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19 February 2015

I never thought it was possible to have too much football

Eleven hours of the beautiful game on one day: is it enough?

By Hunter Davies

Can you be too thin, too rich, too popular, too old, too handsome, too prolific, too lovely? In my long-legged life, I have been all of those things, oh yes. Not always easy.

But can you have too much football? Until yesterday I’d have said no: impossible, it’s the icing on the cherry.

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