Thanks Mike - and I think I must be getting old too!
How I long for the days of old when a football had a lace that left it's imprint on your forehead for a week if you headed it, when it was a matter of huge pride to any half-decent player stay on his feet when under pressure, and when goalkeepers didn't have the modern, invisible force-field surrounding them to protect them from being bumped and perhaps even slightly jostled by those nasty, opposition forwards. :-)