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The Fiver has been struggling with too much perspective, man. A glance at the TV Times reveals that a heady weekend of Premier League action awaits, including the prospect of Ed Woodward’s Barmy Army getting beaten at Brighton, a reet good Yorkshire derby between Sheffield United and Leeds, all culminating in a Monday Night Football of Liverpool v Arsenal. The memories. “And Smith must score” at Wembley 1983 before Steve Foster’s headband in the replay. Brian Gayle setting himself up for one of the all-time great own goals to hand Leeds the old First Division title in 1992. As for Monday’s showpiece there’s Charlie George lying down on the Wembley turf, L’il Mickey Owen flying in Cardiff and Jamie Carragher chucking a £1 coin back into the Highbury crowd. That’s three nuggets before we even thought of Michael Thomas celebrating in the style of a salmon caught in a fisherman’s net. Continue reading...
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