There's No One Quite Like ; Burton's Veteran Goalkeeper Insists He Is Not Ready for His Pipe and Slippers Just Yet..

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AT 46, he is nicknamed 'Grandad' by his Burton Albion team-mates - and keeper Kevin Poole is in at the deep end.

Poole, the oldest player in the Football League since Peter Shilton reached his 1,000th appearance for Leyton Orient in 1996, is closing in on halfcenturions Sir Stanley Matthews and Neil McBain, who turned out for Brighton at 51, more than 50 years ago.

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There's No One Quite Like ; Burton's Veteran Goalkeeper Insists He Is Not Ready for His Pipe and Slippers Just Yet..

And nine minutes into his first game of the season for the Brewers at Reading on Tuesday night, Poole must have felt all of his tender years when the League's newest club found themselves...

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