![]() ![]() All carried off with aplomb and with none resenting him. ![]() Benign and affable, yes, but shrewd and strategic too. The pantomime was a big success and Ridley writes “…it also serves the purpose of distilling the essence of Jimmy. And he told me I was going to be the best Prince Charming.” He told me when he arrived that I was the best right-back in the country and I could get back into the England side. Paul Reaney said, “Jimmy was a clever man. Surprisingly the players chucked themselves into it with enthusiasm. Somewhat bizarrely to get the team back on its feet and restore morale he decided to write a pantomime for the players based around Cinderella. Ridley was a close friend of Armfield, and he tells us of the time when he took over as manager at Leeds United after Brian Clough’s ill-fated 44 days and came up with a unique idea to restore the morale of a club tearing itself apart. Some achievement in a sport of politics and personalities, intrigue, and insecurity.” Ridley states, “In all my time around the sport, whenever Jimmy’s name came up, I never heard a single bad word spoken about him by anyone. Journalist and author Ridley provides us with some charming, nostalgic, and heart-warming stories about Jimmy Armfield the former Blackpool and England full back who became an acclaimed broadcaster. ![]() Pantomime hero is the first book in the Football Shorts series, which is a new collaboration between Pitch Publishing and Ian Ridley’s Floodlit Dreams Company. ![]()
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