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Article: Socrates entertains as bar room philosopher; On a visit to London the Brazilian great shared his views on the game, his ambitions and a new career for Sir Clive Woodward.
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- The Evening Standard (London, England)
- Article date:
- November 29, 2004
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Byline: IAN CHADBAND
SOMEHOW it hadn't seemed right. The footballing god that is Socrates wrapped up like a mummy, freezing his 50-year-old whatsits off and waiting for his 10 faintly geriatric minutes of action for Garforth Town recently.
No, this was more like it. The Great Hirsute One in what you'd fondly like to believe to be his natural habitat - a cool Brazilian bar in London's theatreland being served cold beers by beautiful waitresses, having his Marlboro Lights lit for him and waxing lyrical about everything from Yorkshire pudding to his latest stage success.
"It's playing in Sao Paulo, a musical I've written in which the main theme is ...