Football friends of 60 years meet for weekly chat

A group of retired men who became friends through their love of football in the 1960s have rekindled their relationship by meeting once a week in a Cleethorpes café.

The "Boys at the Back", as they call themselves, met as teenagers on the terraces of Grimsby Town’s Blundell Park stadium, but lost touch as work and family commitments took over.

After finishing their careers they started meeting every Wednesday at Oliver's Eatery near Cleethorpes Pier in 2015.

Cafe owner Chelsey Auckland described their morning get-together as "paracetamol time".

"We love having them every week," she said.

"It's great that the friendship still has stuck together 60 years on. It's absolutely fantastic."

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