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Article: The Boris Karloff and Vincent Price of soccer-That's me and Jules.(Sport)

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The Mirror (London, England)
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January 26, 1996
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JULIAN DICKS and I are the Boris Karloff and Vincent Price of football.

We're stopped only by a whiff of garlic or a stake through the heart.

When I pull on a shirt for Wimbledon the ref thinks there's a blood-sucking vampire on the prowl.

When Julian plays for West Ham it's like he's starring as Werewolf in his own House of Horrors film - but it's for real and our livelihoods are at stake.

I'm sure many believe we also did the Great Train Robbery - and we weren't even born then!

We really should go round with targets on our ...

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