Adam Virgo

Sparky to Bantams has left me baffled

by
The LeaguePaper Team
27 February 2022

Adam Virgo
BRIGHTON LEGEND AND TV PUNDIT

I WAS on holiday in Tenerife when I walked past a bar and saw Mark Hughes being interviewed on TV.
My phone had been switched off, so I wasn’t up on the news. I honestly thought he must have joined a club in Greece or China, a bit like Chris Coleman.
I went in, saw the badge, and thought ‘Oh my God, is that Bradford?’. I genuinely couldn’t believe what I was seeing.
It’s a real left-field appointment, and probably one of the most inexplicable things I’ve ever seen in football. I just don’t understand i...

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