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Hugh McIlvanney wrote that Johnstone gave a sense of "joy in working wonders" with what?

  • The ball

  • His mind

  • His hands

  • His feet

Answer

The "ball" was Johnstone's medium of choice, and McIlvanney's comment highlights Johnstone's ability to make the difficult look effortless, as if he derived genuine pleasure from performing these feats of goalkeeping brilliance.
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