Show notes: Podcast 239

Sound of Football Podcast 239 - Game-changers

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The end of 2015 brought the sad news of the deaths of two important figures from English football, Don Howe and Jimmy Hill. Both were football activists in the late fifties and early sixties, bringing about changes in working conditions for professional footballers, with Hill going on to influence the game for decades after.

With Graham Sibley, Jan Bilton and Terry Duffelen.

Duration: 35.46 | Filesize: 32.8MB (MP3)

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Links

• Guardian: Jimmy Hill obituary
• Guardian: Don Howe, former England defender and Arsenal manager, dies aged 80
• Independent: Jimmy Hill: Visionary footballer and manager whose greatest legacy was abolition of sport’s maximum wage
• Sky Sports: How the Bosman rule changed football - 20 years one

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English League positions at time of recording: Premier League | Championship | League One | League Two