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A Worrying Week At War Torn West Ham

Football is a relatively easy game to understand. It can of course be unpredictable, but usually within the realms of feasibility.

Human behaviour though can be a struggle, much like the mystery of women and advanced physics. An example of this was Tuesday nights crowd trouble that erupted during West Ham’s League Cup tie with Millwall at Upton Park.

Understandably there was a tense atmosphere in the ground as the two eastenders lined up for the start of the match, but the trouble that followed is unforgivable and should be confined to shit clichéd films, such as Green Street and Football Factory. The only silver lining to an evening that does nothing for the reputation of English fans and proposed 2018 World Cup bid was that Frodo didn’t appear to be at the ground doing a Dick Van Dyke like imitation of a local thug as he did in Green Street.

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John Lukic

“Where’s Lukic? He’s nowhere. He’s nowhere.”

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Illie Dumitrescu

Within days of signing for Spurs, Dumitrescu was splashed all over the News of the World with accusations that he was chasing prostitutes. A blow to all those at White Hart Lane hoping he would add to the formidable attacking line-up of Klinsmann, Sheringham and Dozzell.

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Peter Beagrie

Peter Beagrie is perhaps best remembered for his somersaulting goal celebrations and a career that saw him play until he was 40, but often overlooked is the fact that he once rode a motorcycle through a hotel plate glass window.

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Steve Ogrizovic

Steve Ogrizovic is one of those players who I have no recollection of ever being young. In my mind he has always been old and was born in goal for Coventry City.

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Neil Ruddock

Where’s the referee in this picture? Where’s the ball? Is a headlock a legitimate tackle?

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Owen Coyle

Yeah yeah, Owen Coyle has guided Burnley into the Premier League for the first time in their history in only his second season at Turf Moor, but who cares when you’ve starred in Hollywood film, A Shot At Glory alongside Oscar winner Robert Duvall.

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Alan Shearer

Alan Shearer won pretty much every individual honour going, including PFA Players Player of the Year twice, in 1995 and ‘97, Writers Association Player of the Year in ‘94 and he was inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame in 2004. In his role as manager of Newcastle United he has been less successful though.

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