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DAN BILLINGHAM

New boys: Manchester United’s Nemanja Matic, left, and West Ham’s Chicharito

FOOTBALL may have the power to bring people together and lead to endless decent conversations, but occasionally I expect we all hear views that make us just grin and nod out of politeness and then look the other way.
One such exchange took place around Christmas 2006 at the Madejski Stadium.
Reading had just been beaten 2-0 by one of David Moyes’s strongest Everton sides. No shame there. Especially ...

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