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HAIR WE GO

WE’RE as guilty as anyone for mourning all that’s gone from the game, but there’s one thing that has remained constant about football in the past 40 years – bad barnets.
What is it about footballers that they think they can carry off the most ridiculous of styles? From the combover to the mullet, the perm to the ponytail, the stars of the national sport just can’t stop making fools of themselves when the time comes to visit the barber’s chair (or not as the case may be). And as Wayne Rooney, with his drawn on effort, and Joey Barton &...

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