Yes, I know that he was :
- ginger
- short
- English
- a World Cup winner
- so squeaky voiced that he sounded like he breathed helium
- not a particularly successful manager
Not a list of qualities that would endear him to your average Scottish football fan, however, it cannot be denied that he was a fair player in his time.
Most disturbing for me was the report on the BBC website which stated:
"Ball, who collapsed outside his home after tackling a bonfire,..."
Not the most sensible behaviour for a 61 year old, you get more than friction burns doing that kind of thing...
3 comments:
Dead Ball - very good!
Ball's manner of passing wasn't a patch on Rod Hull's though, falling from his roof whilst fixing his TV aerial in a lightning storm.
I agree Jock, surely the only moment of true comic genius in Mr Hull's singularly unfunny life...
Alongside getting threatened by Billy Connolly on Parkinson (or was it Wogan?)
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