The alarming thing about the December 2020 issue of ‘Backpass’ magazine was the number of names I recognised on the obituaries pages, it was a relief and a pleasure to turn to the full page spread on ‘Football’s Black Pioneers’:
For those unfamiliar with it, ‘Backpass’ is a 64 page, glossy magazine that will appeal to supporters of a certain age (that age is possibly best described as ‘getting on a bit’). It isn’t entirely a nostalgia-fest though as three pages are devoted to the Jeff Astle Foundation and the very topical subject of possible links between repeatedly heading a football and the increased risk of dementia.
Backpass was out on 3rd December and I picked my copy up from a branch of WH Smiths.