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February 15, 2014January 27, 2018Neil Fredrik Jensen

The day I met Tom Finney, “the Preston plumber”

Tom Finney died yesterday, aged 91. In 2005, I was lucky enough to meet one of the nicest professional footballers you could ever wish to shake hands with. It was at a reunion of the Chelsea 1955 Football League Championship winning side and Tom Finney, who only ever played for his local club, Preston North […]

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