
Football Revisited 1979/80
Para 1.09b Aston Villa v Stoke City 17/11/1979
<p>November 1979, the mud is upon us, the chill winds of the days before global warming are rippling across Villa Park, and Jimmy Rimmer is happily throwing goals into his own net.</p><p>Meanwhile, there’s a dog on the pitch and commentator Hugh Johns is so delighted that he resembles said canine with an additional appendage. Once upon a time, says the sagacious Johns, you’d always find a dog on the pitch at a football match. Whether this was in real life or simply in the pages of Boys Own comics, who can say…</p><p>It’s a game...






