Wily Leon gets the Legge up – in goal!

By Hugo Varley
Former Port Vale and Cambridge United defender Leon Legge had a Bank Holiday to remember after being forced to play in goal for new club Bootle.
The 38-year-old was called upon to deputise between the sticks just 15 minutes into his side’s Merseyside derby clash with Prescot Cables – and he performed heroics, keeping a clean sheet, as the 10-man Bucks held on for a goalless draw.
Legge was thrown the gloves after regular goalkkeeper Owen Mooney was sent off for handling the ball outside the area.
“It’s something you see happen on TV but never expect to happen to you, I want my ...

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