One of Britain's best-ever goalkeepers is now a striker for a pub side. Mark Winter relates the latest unlikely chapter in the Neville Southall story
If a pin could make a noise when it drops on mud, you would have heard it. Even the pied wagtail that was hopping up and down the touchline seemed to stop to watch the penalty being taken. The score was 1-1 midway through the second half and the outcome of the Second Division championship race could have depended on a successful conversion.