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lay far in the future at this point. At this moment all I could see in my mind's eye was goals - the goals that would help Charlton Athletic to prosper in the First Division. Goals in a footballing sense, and also the goal of working for the PFA to secure a better deal for players, and especially former professionals who had given much to the game but were now, in many cases, scraping a living. I resolved to give my all to Charlton, and to the cause of working for the betterment of my fellow players' rights, just as I had previously given it to Tottenham Hotspur and, on a brief loan spell, Manchester United, and as I would subsequently give it to the BBC's political coverage.
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lay far in the future at this point. At this moment all I could see in my mind's eye was goals - the goals that would help Charlton Athletic to prosper in the First Division. Goals in a footballing sense, and also the goal of working for the PFA to secure a better deal for players, and especially former professionals who had given much to the game but were now, in many cases, scraping a living. I resolved to give my all to Charlton, and to the cause of working for the betterment of my fellow players' rights, just as I had previously given it to Tottenham Hotspur and, on a brief loan spell, Manchester United, and as I would subsequently give it to the BBC's political coverage.