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In today’s Fiver: Leicester City, bravery and José Mourinho on values

You may recall, with a shrug or heavy sigh, The Fiver banging on yesterday about erstwhile Aston Villa boss Ron Saunders. There he was, February 1982, storming off in high dudgeon, nine months after winning Villa’s first title in 71 years, his face red-hot with the funk after being refused a few extra quid for his troubles. We continue the story today, not with Saunders rocking up at Birmingham City and eventually getting them relegated, but with Villa replacing him with Tony Barton, who three months later won Big Cup. Barton had been previously unheralded outside of close club circles, to the extent of his name being omitted in the Big Cup final programme, kitman Roy McLaren earning a namecheck instead.

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