DOUBLE FREE KICK HOTSHOT
by DAVE MORGAN
I SAW THIS PLAYER SCORE TWO WONDERFUL GOALS FROM FREEKICKS IN A GAME AGAINST WBA AT THE HAWTHORNS IN 1966-67 SEASON. I HAD GONE TO SEE JIM BAXTER PLAY BUT HE WAS INJURED AND SUNDERLAND DREW 2-2 WITH BOTH THE GOALS COMING FROM GEORGE MULHALL. IT WAS A VERY WET DAY AND GEORGE'S FIRST FREEKICK WAS FROM ABOUT 22 YARDS AND THE SECOND WAS A CLOSER DIRECT FREEKICK THAT WENT IN OFF THE UNDERSIDE OF THE BAR. GEORGE GAVE WONDERFUL SERVICE TO SUNDERLAND AND RARELY MISSED A GAME DESPITE INJURY AND I HAVE ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT IF THEY HAD KEPT THE THREE GEORGE'S SUNDERLAND HAD, MULHALL, HERD AND KINNELL, THEY WOULDN'T HAVE GONE DOWN IN 1969-70. ALL THREE WERE GOT RID OF BY THE END OF THE 1968-69 SEASON!
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