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Article: Sheffield United's cosy deal to cut out Spring is all wrong; Spring: not even registered for Charlton's Cup team Picture: PA.
- Article from:
- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- January 26, 2009
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THE Football Association will this morning begin an investigation into the circumstances around the transfer of Matthew Spring from Luton Town to Charlton Athletic, on the basis of possible third party interference from Sheffield United.
Don't hold your breath.
It has long been Sheffield United's lot to be painted as victims of grave injustice, so do not expect this latest twist to make a ripple in that smug little pond, or to appear anywhere beyond these pages. Even so, this is important; or it would be if football cared for anything more than grand gestures to the gallery.
Spring did not play for Charlton against Sheffield United in the FA ...