John LyonsFLP EXECUTIVE EDITOR
NO WAY THROUGH: Peterborough and Reading played out a goalless drawPICTURE: AlamyTHOSE of us with long memories will remember when there were two points for a win and one for a draw in English football.Football pioneer Jimmy Hill is the man widely credited for putting forward the idea of three points for a win, which was adopted by the Football League in 1981.Before that, the feeling had been that too many teams were playing for a draw instead of going for victory, resulting in a high number of stalemates.Indeed, a point away from home (or even at ho...
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