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CRAZY, BUT JUST SO COMMITTED!

CRAZY, BUT

CHRIS DUNLAVY

DISCOVERS WHAT KEPT GOALKEEPING LEGEND PAUL BASTOCK GOING FOR SO LONG

STALWART: Paul Bastock made a world record 1,280 appearances and earned promotion to the Football League with Boston United, inset
PICTURE: Shutter Press and PA Images

ON THE weekly drive into St Albans, Paul Bastock frequently warned Lee Clarke that the end was nigh.
“Every now and then Bazza would say to me ‘You know mate, I think this could be my last season’, laughs Clarke, who would be collected from Peterborough by his veteran teammate en route to Clarence Park.
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