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Any excuse for a jaunt to the Lakes. Admiral returned to Ambleside United FC (AKA ‘the most scenic away day in England’) 48 years after kitting out their 1976-77 Westmorland League title-winning side; they’re still plugging away in the 16th tier of English football. Ambleside was pivotal to the growing textiles industry of the 20th century, with many factories and suppliers of wool residing there, and it had a profound impact on the history of the sportswear business, on which Admiral and others capitalised after the Second World War.
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Adam Hurrey
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If defenders, midfielders and strikers can be dubbed ‘Rolls-Royce’ players, why not goalkeepers? The reason, says the host of the popular Football Clichés podcast, is because by virtue of their role, goalkeepers simply don’t have the outfielder’s opportunity to ‘purr’ and ‘move through the gears’.