The League Paper

The Football League Paper says…Glory, pain – and lots more on the way!

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The LeaguePaper Team
31 December 2017

IF a week is a long time in politics, then a year is almost an eternity in football. As the year draws to a close, some of last season’s highs and lows have receded into the memory.
It’s easy to forget the ecstasy of Brighton and Huddersfield fans on reaching the Premier League or the pain of Blackburn supporters on succumbing to relegation from the second tier on the final day of the campaign.
It was relief for Mark Warburton’s Nottingham Forest, Harry Redknapp was jumping for joy at keeping Birmingham up.
Chris Wilder’s Sheffield United bagged an incredible 100 poi...

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