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Originally Posted by jaysay
A few years ago I had a visit at home from former Rovers and England Winger Bryan Douglas, he was a friend of my Fathers and was in his prime back in the 60s when I was travelling around the country watching Rovers every week. We talked about the old days, Bryan was a one club man, like Finney and we talked about just how much players are paid today as opposed to his day, he just said he had earned much more money outside football than when he was playing, £120,000 is stupid money in anybodies book.
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I know John, when finney was playing he was still working as a plumber as well, when he had a Saturday home game he used to work on a Saturday morning and go to the match on the bus with the supporters
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