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JIMMY & FRANK SET TO RECEIVE TRIBUTE

By Tom Blackett

CLASS: Jimmy Armfield

IT PROMISES to be a special day in Blackpool on Thursday when there is a plaque unveiling in recognition of two football legends.
The Revoe Learning Academy is the venue as the late Jimmy Armfield and Frank Swift are honoured by the PFA.
Armfield was a pupil at Revoe School. He spent 64 years working in professional football as a player, coach, manager, journalist, administrator and BBC commentator.
Between 1954 and 1971, he played 627 games for Blackpool, many as captain. Capped 43 times for England, he was captain of the 1962 World Cup squad and a ...

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