What is age in football. How old is too old? [b]Jacek Gmoch[/b], the Polish coach who last week was placed in temporary charge of Panathinaikos this week is 71, but somehow the bare number doesn't quite give the full impression of how long he's been involved in football. A clearer picture is given by the fact that, when Poland eliminated England in qualifying for the 1974 World Cup, and then went on to finish third in West Germany, he was assistant to the manager Kazimierz Gorski.
"It was a good combination," the goalkeeper [b]Jan Tomaszewski[/b] recalls. "Gorski was a very good old man. He got on very well with the players with his humour and his calmness. Gmoch had a very modern view of football and tactics. Gmoch gathered information about opponents. For example, before the game against...