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DINOSAURS? WE WERE PIONEERS!

By Chris Dunlavy

CHASE IS ON: Cambridge’s Steve Claridge, right, and Portsmouth’s Andy Awford, and, inset, Gary Johnson
PICTURE: Alamy

GARY Johnson can’t help but laugh when he sees Arsenal or Tottenham launching long throws and blasting the ball at the corner flag from kick-off.
“When me and John Beck did that at Cambridge 35 years ago, people called us dinosaurs,” chuckles the 70-year-old. “Now it’s all the rage. Turns out we were pioneers!”
Beck’s Cambridge were infamous for their long-ball tactics, with defende...

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