Peel's tribute to Astle

23 January 2002

Liverpool fan John Peel paid a glowing tribute to The King - Jeff Astle - on his show on Radio 1 last night, then played his 1971 solo single "Sweet Water". I nearly fell off the bed!

If there are any out there that ever doubted that Astle was The King, this proves it. After all, Elvis couldn't play football, could he?

God bless John Peel.

 - Gary O'Dea

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