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NASTY LEEDS LEAD NASTY LEEDS FANS UP GARDEN PATH

It’s tough work being a football fan sometimes, having to deal with the constant misery and all those cruel disappointments. Manchester United, for example, have only won 14 major trophies in the last decade, and none in the last 30 months, so you can understand why some of their put-upon supporters finally snapped on Tuesday night and made their feelings known when their winning team failed to replicate the freewheeling stylings of João Saldanha’s Brazil. It was similarly easy to commiserate with those Chelsea supporters who last weekend left their stadium early when it became apparent that the Blues are not quite as good as they were six months ago, when they hoovered up their 15th trophy in 11 years. You wouldn’t treat mangy old curs in this way.

‘YOU WANNA SEE CRAZY?’ … ‘NO, I’VE SEEN THAT MOVIE AND – SPOILER ALERT – IT ENDS WITH A CLOSETFUL OF MY SUITS ON FIRE’

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