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In a poignant week when football said farewell to Gordon Lee, Brian Horton raised a glass to the manager who signed him for a pint of shandy.

Lee, the former Newcastle, Everton and Blackburn boss, passed away at the age of 87 on Tuesday, leaving a treasure trove of experience and fond memories spanning five decades in some of the game's hotbeds.

More than half a century ago, when Lee had taken over from Stanley Matthew s as Port Vale manager, the club was skint and he had to rebuild the side from free transfers and non-League bargains.

Horton, the son of a Staffordshire miner, was catching the eye in Hednesford Town's midfield when Lee took his 10-year-old son Gary on a scouting mission to watch the Pitmen.

What happened next is one of football's great transfer coups.

“Before he joined Aston Villa, Gordon had played for Hednesford and he continued to follow the club's fortunes,” said Horton.

“Although Port Vale had just won promotion to the Third Division they had no money, and there was no question of a transfer fee changing hands if they wanted to sign me.

“But Gordon told the club secretary at Hednesford that he would buy him a pint of shandy from the club bar 'to make it worth your while' - so the story Gordon always told was that I had been sold for a pint of shandy.”

To spend an hour talking football with Horton, now 73, is like