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"I
am not a number, I'm a free man," bellowed the
Prisoner. Greedy sod, he should have been grateful,
because Coventry City striker Paul Williams is remembered
in the tomes of football folly by just a solitary letter.
Yes, one blessed letter.
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CHAMPIONS
LEAGUE GLAMOUR ON THE MENU...
WEDNESDAY
16th JULY 2008 |
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Don't
be deceived by the who's who of unpronounceable
club names - the Champions League kicked
off in earnest last night with Welsh Premier
minnows Llanelli shoving one up Ventspils,
and in so doing taking a 1-0 1st leg lead
to Latvia in a fortnight's time, courtesy
of a Stuart Jones goal.
Stebonheath
Park, with its new seating (pictured) must
have been rocking last night, although it's
a long way back home for the 40 hardy souls
who ventured over from 'Gary Johnson country'.
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Tonight
it's Linfield's turn against the mighty
Dynamo Zagreb, and it's even on the telly!
Strange isn't it, if Man United landed
Zagreb you'd have people clamoring for
a four of five-goal rout, but as soon
as you compare them against Ireland's
finest they seem like world-beaters. Only
time will tell .. but I bet they're not
.. otherwise they wouldn't be slumming
it in the qualifying round, innit.
In any case, this is the real spirit of
European football - just look at TNS's
award for battling through Champs League
qualification a couple of years ago -
getting tonked by Steven Gerrard.
Some of the other names in the Qualifying
Round draw do take a bit of rehearsing
.. F91 Dudelange sounds like a military
aircraft, Buducnost Podgorica some type
of debilitating venereal disease, and
I don't even want to know the extend of
tongue-twisting that goes to making up
the club (sensibly) abbreviated as BATE
Borisov.
The first person who has the time and
humility to find out, and who writes in
to let us know, gets a free ticket to
the club's 2nd-leg away trip to Valur
Reykjavik, and that's a fact, though you'll
have to pay for your own transport, I'm
afraid.
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