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Former star reveals inside the life of a ‘70s footballer

‘In lockdown,’ Alan Birchenall says via WhatsApp. ‘So any time around mid-afternoon would be fine to call. Birchy.’

We’re reaching out to Birchenall for an interview on the club website about the Anglo-Italian Cup. There’s no real hook, but it’s an interesting enough topic.

It’s all very 2020: arranging content for content’s sake during the lockdown through WhatsApp. All we need for the perfect archetype is live tweets for a decade-old match and a Houseparty call to joint-watch Tiger King.

But we’ll stop before that gets out of hand - our social media team have impressively steered away from dated running updates and, besides, we’re using Zoom - to instead turn our attention to a very different era.