Extracts from Alan Mullery – The Autobiography by Alan Mullery and Tony Norman. Published by Headline.
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Extracts from Alan Mullery – The Autobiography by Alan Mullery and Tony Norman. Published by Headline.
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Buy the Kindle edition from 26 May 2016
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MANY THANKS TO…
Alan Mullery & Tony Norman – Quotes from ‘Alan Mullery – The Autobiography’
Adele Bolderson (England Fans Officer, Communications Division – The F.A. Group)
Barnsley F.C.
The Bolton News
Dave Swaffield
Gary Parkinson (Editor, FourFourTwo.com)
Jathan Granger at jgdesigns
Kevin Lamb (Communications Director – Grays Athletic F.C.)
Lucy Pepper (Media & PR Manager) Millwall F.C. + Millwall F.C. programme and website
Mark Perryman at Philosophy Football
Nick Loughlin (Sports Editor, The Northern Echo)
Paul Camillin
Paul Hodson
Richard Walker (Editor – Watford F.C. programme)
Trevor Braithwait (Editor – Sheffield Wednesday F.C. programme)
Tim Herbert (Communications Officer – Plymouth Argyle F.C.)
… AND THE CONTRIBUTORS SO FAR
Gordon ‘Jasper’ Cook
Patrick Burke
Peter Logan
Stanley Lewis
Peter Logan:
And another thing… the moon… With a crescent moon it was like – on its back rather than standing-up. No idea why that was. I’m sure I didn’t dream that… Something to do with the Southern Hemisphere? I’ve been to Australia and never seen it there.
Jasper Cook:
I went to the final with no axe to grind on who won, but knowing that Brazil was going to win it. Had I been a betting man, I would have bet my house on Brazil winning. Apart from the fact that the Italians must have been totally shattered, there was a gulf in class.
Jasper Cook:
We were behind the goal that Brazil was attacking in the second half – high up in the stand. We had numbered tickets so it would have been logical that we would all sit in the same block. But everyone sat wherever.
Peter Logan:
We stayed in there quite a while after while they presented the cup.
Patrick Burke:
We travelled by coach to the stadium. I don’t recall any kind of World Cup fever in the streets. Perhaps it was there and I’ve just forgotten about it. Perhaps it was because the Mexicans hadn’t done too well themselves. Things tend to come alive when the host nation does well.
Jasper Cook:
The (Aztec) stadium was awe-inspiring really.
Peter Logan:
It was a brilliant stadium except we was too high-up. You couldn’t pick-up the individual players.
Peter Logan:
The motel accommodation was excellent; with everything we needed close at hand. A swimming pool, we all had our own rooms – you know like two to a room. All the meals were laid on.
We were behind the goal – sort of nearer the corner flag.
We arrived the day before the game… We drove down to Leon in the team bus, with a police escort. Leon itself was a fairly nondescript industrial city. The accommodation was OK; a motel in a guarded complex… It was only a short drive from the Nou Camp stadium, where the match would be played.