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(1) Sitting here with a rum thinking about Colin Bell and what strikes me is that I’ve been told my whole life that he was magnificent. But all I’ve personally seen are clips.
We’re informed at a young age that the Beatles and the Stones were ace and – should we want to – we can then listen to their entire back catalogue.
We’re informed that Sir David Lean was a master film-maker and we can watch the entirety of Lawrence of Arabia and be mesmerised by his panoramic shots.
But with footballers who played before our time we only have the word of our dad or grandad or uncle.
I’m sitting here and what strikes me is how lovely that is and how unique. We trust the word of our dad or grandad whereas with anything else we need to find out for ourselves to be sure.
