The best stories from the beautiful game that you may never have heard before, written by some of the world’s leading sports journalists, and spanning more than 100 years of sporting history from across the footballing planet.
In this episode: after English clubs were banned from Europe in 1985, the Football League created a consolation competition for them.
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