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The Premier League has been mothballed for more than a week, allowing the much-maligned international break a chance to shine. We’ve seen Scotland qualify for the Euro 2024 group stages, Wales revive their campaign and Gareth Southgate lean in to his new irritable, eye-rolling late-era England manager phase. We’ve seen it all, quite frankly – but in a league where 50% of the entertainment happens off the pitch, the Barclays was never going to stay in the shadows. And so it proved on Saturday night, just as Lithuania were taking the lead in Bulgaria, as Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad al-Thani dramatically pulled the plug on his multibillion-pound bid to buy Manchester United.
Re: the Mitre Mystery (Football Daily letters passim). The desolation of a frigid, windswept Saturday morning on the outskirts of Glasgow circa 1973. Picture an undersized 12-year-old, whose n1pples are red-raw from the wet freezing poly-something strip and who really, really wants to go home and eat beans on toast in front of Football Focus. It’s not even half-time and he can’t feel his toes. Only in these conditions can the full impact of the ‘dimpled’ Mitre be felt [sounds like the Mouldmaster – Football Daily Ed]. The ball is hard as a rock. The wet gravel sticks to the surface of the ball and lacerates any skin it comes into contact with. It is a WMD and the pain to my inner thigh has stayed with me this past 50 years” – Douglas Hardie.
As a Palace fan, I well remember that Pajtim Kasami goal for Fulham (yesterday’s Football Daily). As he chested it down in front of him, every one of us inside the stadium, the Palace defence included, had the same thought simultaneously. If you’re gonna try and shoot from there son, be my guest. Sometimes you just have to tip your hat and say well done” – Neil Chapman.
Even as a Palace fan, you have to say that goal was remarkable. And from a team who had been struggling to that point that season? You can’t get more Palace than that” – James Yelland.
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