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The Week in Football #9 0

The Week in Football #9

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Another eclectic mix of footballing history for you this week, as we take in the birth of Serie A, an all-time great running for public office, the end of an era for England, a troublesome sandwich and some textbook Gazza. October 5 Jock Stein, the man who achieved one of British football’s finest feats, Celtic’s [...]

The world bids farewell to Sir Bobby Robson 0

The world bids farewell to Sir Bobby Robson

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The tumultuous strains of Nessun Dorma hit their crescendo, the years fell away and the tears flowed inevitably once more down the cheeks of Paul Gascoigne. Not just dear old Gazza. There were misty eyes everywhere in Durham Cathedral at an emotional thanksgiving service for Sir Bobby Robson which was attended by the great and [...]