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It is a ritual that reminds me of my family, my roots, my past, my luck, my motivation, my successes, my losses, my loved ones and my values. It is a ritual I will continue till the end of my days. DG. 470 The end so far…
West Ham United's co-owner David Gold celebrates with the trophy after their victory in the 2012 Championship play-off final football match between West Ham United and Blackpool at Wembley Stadium in London on May 19, 2012. West Ham won the game 2-1 and get promoted to the Premier League after one year in The Championship. 471
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PURE GOLD MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY Rags, Ri
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CONTENTS THE STENCH OF POVERTY ....
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PROLOGUE THE STENCH OF POVERTY Ever
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mistaken for the unclean smell of f
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CHAPTER ONE C1. ABJECT POVERTY One
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And all this would never have happe
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went through it all again and had t
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It was a miracle none of us expecte
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I used to have ultra violet light t
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It would have been easier for my Mu
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The noise on the wooden floor told
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Grandma Miriam Occasionally we were
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Ralph, Mum and Me, 1951 I was remin
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would be in, stripping the wood and
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would move from market to market. H
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scream and shout at him when he ret
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Christmas was always exciting for t
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wheeler bicycle hidden for two days
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The anti-aircraft guns were also be
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It was draughty, cold and damp, and
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The conditions on board were almost
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CHAPTER THREE C3. ABUSED Cenci, mum
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poke fun at him after he had passed
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It certainly was in the cinema on a
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CHAPTER FOUR C4. JEWS, JEWS AND MOR
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allotted time and spent the rest of
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everyone living in London was going
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a young man going to my first black
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and I wanted to know why. Maybe, I
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That jerky black and white newsreel
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newspapers like Redwatch and Storme
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I had only looked on them with disg
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will all end up coffee-coloured, an
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looked up the VC awards in The Time
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Thomas was in charge of the stowage
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news that Roberts and Gould had eac
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For several years Thomas was presid
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incredible courage that it took to
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etween the two playgrounds. Everyon
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olled up, flexing his muscles, when
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together, and from that moment on w
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however, it had still not sold due
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Ralph and I were also pursued relen
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accomplish without dramatically inc
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1958 Vauxhall Victor It was a telli
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Cessna aircraft and five-seater EC1
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(Bizarrely, many years later my fri
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Godfrey was permitted a monthly vis
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make up stories of where he was. I
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station to buy drinks and fruit fro
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CHAPTER EIGHT C8. RUN RABBIT RUN Fo
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noted by the coach and instead of s
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I remember it well as I watched on
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feet tall when he recognised me. Fo
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To this day I remember him calling
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I was naturally devastated, but I w
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To my surprise and delight, Johnny
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CHAPTER NINE C9. SLAVE LABOUR When
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of fruit in the market (ironically,
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speak on the telephone, he stays ov
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journey on our bikes as I set off w
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But they were great memories; ridin
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provide some additional stock, so t
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The same surge in customers happene
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had no qualms about ‘taking a cha
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still couldn’t believe two men ha
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against authority had begun and con
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The problem with fighting against t
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improved dramatically, so what are
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involvement in anything else. Needl
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the premises were worth more. So I
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there’s a surprise) with him and
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Luck has always played such a big p
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Elsewhere, Henry Cooper challenged
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George Cornell, 1965 It was early M
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was run jointly but separately by t
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It was only much later that the ful
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and his wife Joan in their new prop
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2005 general election when, speakin
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I married my first girlfriend, Bery
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discover on a day of betrayal I wil
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transfer, so for the second time yo
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‘They are not worth the paper the
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The door had closed, and I was lock
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Harder still was sitting with Beryl
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I now hate him with a vengeance. He
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the call - the orders had already b
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the two knights of the road and not
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‘I’m finished in the bathroom,
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sitting in the public area of the l
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up in her eyes as she recounted thi
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eplied that this time it would be f
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shattered when they said that Ann-M
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ight to publish erotica and defende
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former secretary Sue Caron. It was
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It is a triumph to have emerged wit
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ecause he had a young son and these
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Just a few months before my court c
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scenes would have to be removed for
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The Pathetic Lord Longford On top o
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The passing of time has clearly vin
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Judge King-Hamilton threw down his
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The jury found the book Lady Chatte
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There was no possibility of receivi
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Judge Bernard Gilis. He was no bett
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Perhaps I should sign this long cha
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uphill section untouched. I wanted
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The postcards so saucy they were se
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From the early 1950s, tens of thous
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He added: ‘They are a vivid illus
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CHAPTER FIFTEEN C15. OVER MY DEAD B
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purchased another freehold in the Q
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it. It was always important that th
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Not only that, female agents were s
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an extraordinary rate and we had to
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In those early days it was difficul
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companies on the net, but none of t
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council could take this action desp
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I am extremely proud of my daughter
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have been horrified, as she was ter
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eating lunch with Mark’s wife Sue
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and our friendship was flourishing,
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would succeed, we followed that thr
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Malta Air Rally Winner 1980 On arri
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experienced. I heard nothing from h
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for him to tell her to put on her l
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had been held back as the drama unf
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feeds, and an AD (airworthiness dir
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Many years later after retiring fro
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It was hugely rewarding flying smal
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of, ‘in pursuance of excellence
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I will be driven in the Phantom to
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The only flying incident I have bee
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wrong tape, she’d been in the coc
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‘Hello Dad, just got your message
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Newspapers and next came our first
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as saying, ‘I feel like General C
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as their business acumen, determina
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Apart from the Racing Post, it is t
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Wednesday and a Friday paper, so we
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A lot of people have their doubts a
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It is all part and parcel of the bu
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never fought I’d be ’ere in the
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the horse his head and by the time
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local people, with more money to in
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the couple of occasions that my mot
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Birmingham City’s St Andrews stad
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have worked tirelessly to achieve i
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It made us realise that when people
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in the 1992/93 season and the game
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confidence in Barry Fry. There was
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famous stadium, only to miss out to
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us but also for our mum and all our
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manager, the players, the fans and
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Barry made a quick decision and we
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most wanted to see him in was the p
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His rows with Karren Brady and Davi
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It had been arranged for Jack Wisem
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ouncing like a rubber ball. ‘You
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financial ruin. As Barry confided i
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necessary to move the club forward.
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still adored. He is, to use an old
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the end to stave off the threat of
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It doesn’t come much crueller tha
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ground. In his anger, he twice took
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Trevor had now lost three semi fina
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tried to contact him on the Saturda
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know whether he wanted to put this
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more like I was welcoming a new man
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CHAPTER TWENTY ONE C21. WELCOME HOM
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Premier League, but it was clear fr
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He won us promotion after just six
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Johnson and Paul Devlin (the Scotti
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Arsenal away (although no one expec
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again to sticking by measured judge
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He made himself intolerable to work
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us, with no one talking to him. I w
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CHAPTER TWENTY TWO C22. THE FA CUP,
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myself becoming embroiled, and in a
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Henry realised that he hadn’t eve
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When the cup is not being displayed
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CHAPTER TWENTY THREE C23. LOSER TAK
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financial blow that is only partial
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Chopard diamond watch which I had b
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We met them a number of times durin
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cannot play for Birmingham City aga
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from bottom. It was in the light of
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When Carson Yeung launched his succ
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sale of the 29.9% David Sullivan, R
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£1. Everything has its price and a
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there is no money there, they deman
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facilities at their stadiums and th
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using the cash to compete with each
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and did more harm than good. Clearl
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egain their lost and valuable statu
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I can remember Douglas Craig, the c
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there are kids playing football, wh
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turnover of a £60-70 million for 1
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house for dinner or we would meet u
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the radio that the actor and singer
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while; a thrill I could only have h
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difference. Ken Bates had a fierce
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thank you for coming and hopes, des
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Spurs have a remarkable hospitality
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chairmen in action, how they operat
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then taken to the press room, and o
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stories, especially when it is a cl
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There are many successful managers
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impatience. However the Prince took
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