Alan Mangles

This interview with Alan was fascinating as his introduction to the game via his family instilled in him a passion for the game which has not left him. And when one of the family members is Uncle Barry Salisbury and you get taken onto the field as a team mascot in the 1963 NSW Federation grand final between South Coast United and APIA in front of 30K plus people it must create a memory so fantastic it beggars belief.

This was one of many fascinating moments in Alan Mangles’ soccer life. I dearly hope you enjoy this episode as much as I enjoyed conversing with Alan. Thanks again to Alan and Sandra for the interview and thank you the listener for supporting my endeavour of exploring Illawarra’s football or soccer history.

Music by Luke Nolan