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Article: Football: LEIGHTON'S CUP CHOKER; BIG VERDICT ON THE FINAL; An utter farce as brave Jim bows out.(Sport)
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- The People (London, England)
- Article date:
- May 28, 2000
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ALL we needed was Brian Rix to appear with his trousers around his ankles to complete this farce.
It became a Carry On Cup Finals production as soon as the unfortunate Jim Leighton was carried off inside two minutes.
Ebbe Skovdahl, with Dame Fortune positively snarling in his direction, hadn't named another keeper on his substitutes' bench.
Enter Robbie Winters and actual competition bowed out of the fray.
The shell-shocked Dons could have put Mike and Bernie Winters in goal and the result would have been the same.
It was a sad ...