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The implications for club in the medium-to-long term are probably minor, but in the short term, Chelsea is effectively in a limbo.

Surely the greatest spin bowler of all time, and perhaps the most iconic figure of the Australian game in the 1990’s, was found dead at his holiday villa on the Thai island of Koh Samui.

police had closed an outer entry gate, apparently telling the large queues still waiting for access that they would not be let in until half-time in the match. Many who had tickets were understandably furious at that, and, less forgivably, started pushing those ahead of them, and piling pressure on the gate. The gate was reopened to ease pressure, but the fans poured through out of control

It is hard to argue that Benitez really got a chance to fashion a team of his own choosing.

Attitudes to concussion have thankfully transformed completely since the 1980s – an era when, scarily, there was nothing remarkable about players getting concussed, having a head-wash by the physio’s ‘magic sponge,’ and then carrying on playing. Current practice is worlds away from such folly.

It is surprising in this country how we learn to play sports as kids without ever getting to read the rules. The “two-hands-on-it-is-keeper’s-ball” ‘rule’ is one we all get wrong, because the laws of the game do not in fact say that.

Casey describes “rife drunkenness” and “drug-use.” Police dogs were kicked, officers attacked, bodies were “flung to the floor” and families of some of the players were “scared for their lives.”

At no stage between the taking of the corner and the ball crossing the goal-line did the referee blow his whistle. The injury to de Gea, from which he recovered very quickly, did not appear to be serious, and was in any event inflicted by a team-mate.

Everton blunder their way to EPL record derby defeat 1st December 2021, Goodison Park Everton 1-4 Liverpool (Gray 38 – Henderson 9, Salah 19, 64, Jota 79) Rafael Benitez’s return…

In 1984 came the bombshell, as Kennedy was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease, casting new light on his decline. From there, his life descended into tragedy.