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Article: Football: BIRMINGHAM CITY v MANCHESTER CITY: The virtues of the quiet man; John Benson is having a big impact at Blues, says Brian Halford.(Sport)
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- The Birmingham Post (England)
- Article date:
- October 26, 2002
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Byline: Brian Halford
It is one of the most famous clips in the history of televised football. Think David Pleat and you think May 1983. The last day of the season at Manchester City.
There is Pleat, charging euphorically across the Maine Road pitch, little legs carrying him as fast as they can, arms flapping wildly as if trying to achieve take-off towards Luton Town's celebrating supporters on the opposite side of the ground. An intrinsically quiet character lost to exhilaration.
Luton had just beaten Manchester City in an archetypal ...
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