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IN DEFENCE OF THEO

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The Late Tackle Magazine Team
1 March 2018

DAN BILLINGHAM SAYS THE FORMER ARSENAL FLYER DIDN’T DESERVE THE UNFLATTERING THIERRY HENRY COMPARISONS

DAN BILLINGHAM

In the shadow of a legend: Theo Walcott was never likely to match up to Thierry Henry’s Arsenal achievements.

Arsene Wenger

ONE particular piece of advice keeps cropping up in the excellent film No Hunger in Paradise, based on the book by award-winning author Michael Calvin about the piftalls of youth football development.
Delivered with the kind of urgency you only get with advice you know nobody is likely to heed, several interviewees caution parents n...

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