The Fiver | Yet another symbolic shave

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HAIR TODAY, GONE TOMORROW?

The former Scotland manager Craig Levein may not have been the greatest tactician in the world, but the man had a mighty fine beard. His face fungus was blessed with magic properties. Depending on Scotland’s fortunes, his bellwether bristles would vary in length from a trim-and-tidy Noel Edmonds to the rather more outré Alfresco Competitively Priced Cider Consumer, providing fans nationwide with an easy-to-read metaphor for the state of their team. As if the scorelines weren’t enough.

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