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Chris Dunlavy FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL JUDGED in isolation, Joe Allen and Leon Britton could each stake a strong claim to be Swansea’s greatest modern-day player. Together, they were certainly the most accomplished midfield partnership Swans supporters have laid eyes on. Allen, the Welsh Pirlo, was the homegrown kid who,...
Chris Dunlavy DID Sheffield United’s American owners really make an enquiry about buying Sheffield Wednesday and merging the city’s bitter rivals into a superclub? COH Sports, who bought the Blades for £111m last December, certainly haven’t denied it. And if the reports are true, what does it reveal about their...
Chris Dunlavy TEST: Philippe Clement WHEN Philippe Clement took charge at Norwich last week, the reaction in his native Belgium was one of disbelief. A comment piece in Flemish daily newspaper Gazet van Antwerpen was headlined “Why, oh why?” The 51-year-old is arguably Belgium’s most high-profile manager. At Club Brugge,...
Chris Dunlavy A FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL BATTLE: AFC Wimbledon BOURNEMOUTH’S average home attendance in the Premier League last season was just 11,214. AFC Wimbledon’s average gate in the current campaign in League One is 8,352. Yet while the Cherries are spending £100m every summer to sign players from Barcelona,...
