Obituary: Jimmy Sirrel

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HE WAS a footballer from another time zone - thick hair parted in the middle, aeronautical ears, the bulbous nose of a music-hall comic and a bony, unsunned chest between wide, jagged elbows.

You could have seen him in any shipyard or pit. But when pressman Peter Robinson took a wonderful photograph of Jimmy Sirrel, sitting in baggy shorts, alone against the slatted boards of the dressing- room, drinking tea from a mug, you immediately noticed the immense power in his legs.

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Obituary: Jimmy Sirrel

This footballer, who never achieved much on the field, became a manager, admired by the greats, ...

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