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00:08 My name is Frank Foster. I'm 89 years of age.
00:13 When I was in the RAF in 1951, I used to play for Cromwell,
00:20 and then I used to come on Saturday afternoon and play for Bamford.
00:26 But fortunately, a few months later, I suffered a bad left leg knee ligament problem,
00:36 and that stopped me footballing.
00:38 I had to go to an osteopath to get my knee better.
00:45 I thought, "Right, I still love football, so I'm going to go for training and enter for being a referee."
00:54 I'm a qualified coach, and I've refereed girls, boys, men and ladies,
01:01 and I still wanted to do that. I don't want to finish.
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01:13 Obviously, before a game starts, you need to do a warm-up.
01:20 Stretchers, little sprints, just to keep that muscle warm,
01:27 so that when you do start a game proper, you're not going to pull anything.
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01:39 It's the love of football. You're out in the fresh air.
01:43 It's not only in the sunshine. Sometimes it's wind, and sometimes it's rain,
01:49 but I just love it. Age is just a number. Don't think it is an age.
01:55 Do what you can while you're alive, and this is what I want to do.
01:59 I want to carry on and carry on.
02:02 When I find out I can't keep up with the players, I have to go back to coaching.
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