Plus: UK prime ministers’ football allegiances, top-flight W teams in England and united Uniteds Mail us with your all of your questions and answers “Kazuyoshi Miura recently scored in the Emperor’s Cup at the tender age of 59 – is he the oldest goalscorer in football history?” asks Terry Winter. If we were picking an all-time Knowledge XI, ‘King Kazu’ would be in the mix for a place. He’s appeared in various age-related queries over the years, and tales of his exploits always give us hope as we wheeze through middle-age. On Saturday, Miura scored his first competitive goal in nearly four years as Fukushima United thrashed Iwaki Furukawa 7-0 in the Emperor’s Cup. Continue reading...
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