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Archaeologists stumbled upon something remarkable last Saturday. Radiocarbon dating put the discovery at around 1884 AD. It was found in a Manchester midden, buried nought feet below the ground surface, and was instantly identified as Leicester City Football Club. Since their staggering, swaggering victory at the Etihad Stadium, Leicester have been patronised to within an inch of their life – and not only at the start of this sentence – by pretty much everyone in football. A week ago they were plucky Leicester with that kooky foreign manager; now they are nailed on to win this year’s title and back-to-back Big Cups.

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