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SADLY, KING, BILLY TRASHED NOTTM FOREST

CHRIS DUNLAVY sheds no tears at the passing of a manager who tarnished the name of a once-great club

THE lyrics were bellowed with gusto at a triumphant Pride Park. ‘Sacked in the morning, you’re getting sacked in the morning’.
So it went on, as the goals flew in and Billy Davies, the beleaguered Nottingham Forest manager, stood defiantly on the touchline, a agitated oompa-loompa barking instructions that nobody heard.
In fact, the Derby fans were wrong. It was actually late on the Sunday evening when Davies, still bruised and bewildered from a humiliating 5-0 drubbin...

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