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3 unusual facts about Mick Rathbone


Mick Rathbone

The 17-year-old Rathbone made his first-team debut on 31 August 1976 in a League Cup defeat at Blackpool, and his league debut on 20 October, as a substitute replacing Archie Styles in a 1–0 defeat at Tottenham Hotspur.

Rathbone is nicknamed 'Basil' or 'Baz', in reference to actor Basil Rathbone.

Rathbone's autobiography, The Smell of Football, was longlisted for the 2011 William Hill Sports Book of the Year.



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