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BREWERS RUIN ROYALS’ BIG DAY

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The LeaguePaper Team
24 December 2017

By Will Shillibier

JUMPING FOR JOY: Tom Flanagan celebrates after scoring Burton’s first goal
PICTURES: PSI/Holmes Potts

NIGEL CLOUGH insisted that it was his side, not the occasion, that got to their opponents as Burton Albion recorded back-toback away wins for the first time in nearly two years on what was Reading’s 500th game at the Madejski Stadium.
Tom Flanagan’s first goal in over five years and a freak Tom Naylor winner gave Burton three points and helped them climb out of the bottom three thanks to Sunderland and Birmingham drawing. And Clough says his player...

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