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SCOTT‘S WISE TO BOSS ALEX AND HIS TELLY PLAY-OFF GAG

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The LeaguePaper Team
29 November 2020

By Chris Dunlavy

BEST FOOT FORWARD: Scott Cuthbert in action for Stevenage
PICTURE: PA Images

EVERY now and then, Scott Cuthbert receives a Whatsapp message from Alex Revell, his manager at Stevenage.
“It’ll say ‘Quick, stick Sky Sports One on,” laughs the 33-year-old. He no longer obeys the command, well aware that he’d find a rerun of the 2014 League One play-off final, when Revell’s Rotherham United beat Cuthbert’s Leyton Orient in one of the most dramatic matches ever played at Wembley.
Leading 2-0 at half-time, the O’s succumbed on...

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