Tony Gale: career regrets, Lewington and why youngsters should join Palace
Gale moved to Crystal Palace that summer, but injury kept him from regular games and he soon left to join non-league Maidenhead. “I already had an ankle tendon injury, so they [Palace] signed me with the injury,” he remembers. “They took a bit of a risk on me because I was a free transfer, and I was one of the experienced players about. “I never really recovered from my injury, and eventually when I did recover I played three games and was playing on one leg. So Palace fans never really saw the best of me, unfortunately.” Without the time pressures of top-level football, Gale began ...
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