Thursday 18 January 2024

Daily Mirror - Magic Feet - My Secret


1949
Magic Feet - My Secret
Daily Mirror
25+ cut-outs

Another Magic Feet series with information provided by Richard Small. No footprint this time, just a printed autograph.
UPDATE (06-10-2024 13:21):  A collector has provided a list of most of the missing players - numbers 1-10, 12, 13, 19, 20, 22 and 23.

1.  Billy Wright (Wolverhampton Wanderers) -  The art of captaincy
2.  Ron Burgess (Tottenham Hotspur) -  The easy way to fitness
3.  Dick Davies (Sunderland) -  Watch for a signal from your winger  
4.  Frank Brennan (Newcastle United) -  Quickness of the thigh
5.  Jackie Sewell (Notts County) -  Trapping of the ball
6.  Jim Taylor (Fulham) -  A centre-half must join in the attack  
7.  Peter Doherty (Doncaster Rovers) -  First time shot can be best
8.  Bert Williams (Wolverhampton Wanderers) -  It's the safest way to save
9.  Harry Barratt (Coventry City) -  The square ball 
10.  Trevor Ford (Aston Villa) -  Lesson lobbing
11.  Roy Paul (Manchester City and Wales) - Mainly a case of control
12.  Ivor Broadis (Sunderland) -  Keeping in touch with the ball
13.  George Hannah (Newcastle United) -  First the sway and then the swerve  
14.  Harry Parkes (Aston Villa) - It's the head way out of a corner
15.  Tommy Deans (Notts County) - Put 'life' into dead ball kick
16.  Johnny Morris (Derby County and England) - Surprise Back Heel.
17.  Mal Griffiths (Leicester City and Wales) - It's control that leads to a goal
18.  Bill Spurdle (Manchester City) - Keep your hands up
19.  Alf Wood (Coventry City) -  How to take a goal kick
20.  Eddie Lowe (Fulham) -  It gets them guessing
21.  Tom McArthur (Leicester City) - Keeping up to the task
22.  Harry Brown (Derby County) -  A catch in it
23.  Stan Rickaby (West Bromwich Albion) -  Trapping is one of the tricks of the trade
24.  
25.  Roy Bentley (Chelsea and England) - Knees up to score

2 comments:

  1. won set of 24 on ebay - 1. billy wright wolves the art of captaincy, 2 ron burgess spurs the easy way to fitness, 3 dick davies sunderland watch for a signal from your winger, 4. frank brennan newcastle quickness of the thigh, 5. jackie sewell notts co trapping of the ball, 6. jim taylor fulham a centre-half must join in the attack, 7. peter doherty doncaster first time shot can be best, 8. bert williams wolves it's the safest way to save, 9. harry barratt coventry the square ball, 10. trevor ford villa lesson lobbing, 12. ivor broadis sunderland keeping in touch with the ball, 13.george hannah newcastle first the sway and then the swerve, 19. alf wood coventry how to take a goal kick, 20. eddie lowe fulham it gets them guessing, 22. harry brown derby a catch in it, 23. stan rickaby wba trapping is one of the tricks of the trade, i didn't get 25

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    1. That's amazing. Thank you very much for listing them all, I'll update the checklist later today.

      Cheers, Alan

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