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Chapter 6
Autograph Hunting
Somebody once told me that he saw our great Scottish player George Mulhall have a couple of pints in the Park Inn and then jump on the bus to Roker Park before playing in a match and this is indicative of how back in the Sixties Sunderland's players were very approachable and mixed freely with us fans.
In 1964, when I was ten, me and Bryan, my classmate from Chester Road School, plucked up the courage to go round to Charlie Hurley’s house near the Barnes and ask him for his autograph. I seem to recall that Charlie had been sent off in the match before our visit and this made us even more
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