Back on the pitch again for those fabulous replays

Back on the pitch again for those fabulous replays

The Hindu

There were a few bald heads out there on the pitch, while some of them had fast receding grey hair and quite a few spotted a paunch. But then looks hardly mattered, names did. For, the names that featured in the exhibition match between the veterans of the Kerala Police team and Bolgatty FC at the Ambedkar Stadium on Thursday brought back an avalanche of memories of an era when Kerala football was probably at its zenith, and an Indian side without some of those marquee Malayali players was unthinkable.
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