Quote Originally Posted by Rock_Flock_of_Five View Post
A sign of the times, perhaps.

Let's take Joe Dwyer, for example. He was the captain and was always nailed on to be in the starting eleven. Why, because he seldom got injured.
Ankle ligament damage can keep a player out for months these days - In Dwyer's day, it was called a sprained ankle
I can remember a game where Don Murray could hardly walk, let alone run, but Jimmy Scoular, told him to stand on the half way line, just to annoy the other team