they don t get criticised. when they re my age, it s dinosaurfootball, you know. but i don t know what they were, what do they call them big dinosaurs? yeah, whatever, what is it? tyrannosaurus rex. tyrannosaurus rex, yeah, there s one or two of them in our league at the minute. he says he s been too busy to write a book about his life in the game which almost ended on page one. working as a part time chiropodist, he steered scarborough into the football league in 1987. his and their first game remembered chiefly by the damage caused by visiting fans from newly relegated wolves. i remember saying to graham turner when they were erupting, the wolves fans, over there, come on, we ve got to go across the pitch and calm your lads down or they re going to abandon the game . just before we get to their fans, this drinks can comes whizzing past my head and i bent down to pick it up thinking, i ll squash it full of sand, it would have killed me if it hit me! fortunately, he survived,
SHARING OPTIONS:
Have appropriate footwear for whatever the task at foot is. Invest in two pairs of supportive, laced boots for working. \ Philip Doyle
As you walk through your livestock out grazing, you watch them carefully, looking out for signs of lameness. But do you ever stop to think about your own feet? How are they feeling in their ninth hour of welly wearing today?
Ann Bermingham Chiropody is based in Tullamore, Co Offaly. With over 25 years of experience and a lifetime in the countryside, Ann knows too well the neglect and hardship bestowed upon farmers’ feet.
“Skin problems are one of the most common issues we deal with. Farmers often come into us with hard skin, fissures and cracked heels, which is mainly because they are outside in all types of weather; or because they have stayed in wet boots or socks all day,” she says.