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ROB BRADLEY on meeting a hero known for his bizarre matchday programme notes

IT’S always a thrill to meet a legend. If they are a national hero known to all or a local stalwart loved mostly by those in your area, it’s good to exchange words with them after years of enjoying their skills from afar.
This chance opportunity often manifests itself in an inane garbled comment that you regret saying from the second the words leave your mouth, but it’s a thrill nonetheless.
It was a thrill with knobs on therefore to spend the whole of last season sitting in the stand at S...

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