Jim Leighton on playing in goal for Scotland aged 40 against Brazil at France 98. He stood, in his 40th year, at the centre of the world of football. It was the opening match of the 1998 World Cup. It was Paris. It was against Brazil.

Jim Leighton welcomed the eyes of the world. 'I disappeared off the footballing earth for four or five years,' he says. 'But felt I had come back. That was the game that will live with me forever.' 

It may seem rude to point out to a goalkeeper who won a

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