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Ángel Mateos González due to play for CD Colunga, making him oldest player to take part in official match
At an age when many veteran footballers might prefer to be regaling grandchildren, friends and assorted barflies with slightly embroidered tales of their former sporting prowess, 70-year-old Ángel Mateos González is heading back on to the pitch.
The Spaniard, who retired from competitive football 27 years ago, is due to play in goal for the Asturian team CD Colunga in a fifth-tier match this Sunday. If all goes to plan and he pulls on his gloves, he will reportedly become the oldest player to take part in an official match in Spain.
Fans in Buffalo, only a few miles from Ontario, filled the silence when a microphone cut out at the start of a match
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