Tunstall Town features in the Guardian - Tunstall Town know Staffordshire is no county for very old men

Barney Ronay wrote in the guardian on Monday about old footerballers, and how they don't die, they sign up for Tunstall Town.

Old footballers don't die, it seems. They just sign for Tunstall Town of the Staffordshire County League. Last week a leader piece in these pages flagged up the fact that Tunstall may or may not be the worst football team in Britain, but they are certainly making an outstanding case.

Before the home game against Hawkins Sports on Saturday Tunstall had lost all 17 league matches this season, conceding 171 goals and scoring three. They have lost 19-0, 16-0, 13-0 (twice) and 12-0 (twice). On the bald facts, this is a truly outstanding feat of inadequacy, only a few rungs beneath the ranks of the semi-pro. Tunstall aren't just bad: they are super bad, a lone back marker in a division where matches are otherwise keenly fought.

Happily, however, it turns out they hold another distinction. This is not simply a tale of incompetence and implosion. It is also, in among the drubbings and the roastings, an unlikely good-news story.....

read the full article in the guardian

Thanks to @newfieldchris for flagging it up