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Groan Pain: Good riddance Mark Lawrenson, a dinosaur pundit who refused to keep up

The sacked Mark Lawrenson; Gary Lineker chats with the last of the old school, Alan Shearer, and one of the new breed, Micah Richards; Jamie Carragher and Gary Neville share a joke. Getty Images, Alamy (2)

The ousting of TV’s most miserable football “personalities” marks the end for a bland generation whose insistence on complacency and jingoism made them ripe for replacement

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Editorial: Paddy Power’s shirt stunt reflects gambling’s insidious hold on the game

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The bookmaker’s garish sponsorship of a short-lived Huddersfield Town kit got them the publicity they wanted, as the latest example of how betting has embedded itself in football

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Tackled: The Class of 92 star who never got to graduate by Ben Thornley with Dan Poole

385 Thornley

Pitch Publishing, £19.99
Reviewed by Joyce Woolridge
From WSC 385, April 2019
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From Mick Channon to Michael Owen: the players who hated training

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Being paid to play football all day might sound like a great job to most of us, but for many players training sessions are seen as an unbearable chore

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From the archive ~ Three England youth stars who never lived up to expectations

Playing for England at youth level doesn’t always herald a glittering future. In June 2003 we looked at the stuttering careers of Kevin Gallen, Stephen Hughes and Darren Caskey

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