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14 Ex-Spurs Players Who Prove Spurs Can’t Win Trophies
All is not well at Tottenham Hotspur these days. Although the club have achieved much over the last 15 years both on and off the pitch, they are suffering a crisis of morale. England’s 8th most successful football club has not won any silverware for ages. They’ve had some top-class players come and go, and…
The Two Irish Boys who Escaped to New York City
The epic quest Keith Byrne, 10, and Noel Murray, 13, embarked on in 1985 when they managed to travel incognito to New York via planes, trains and, er, ferries. A metallic clang echoed down a bleak Darndale street. The clang of a fizzy-drink can being punted along by a young boy. His hair, fair and…
Worst British Military Disaster of Each Decade, 1700s-1950s (pt.2)
Click for Part 1 Retreat from Kabul, 1842 During the ‘Great Game’ Britain greatly feared that the Russian Empire’s expansionism could spill into the Asian subcontinent. To counter this threat, they moved to establish a presence in Afghanistan (a buffer between the two empires) and install a pro-British regime. In 1839 a 20,000 strong army…
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