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KEVIN McCALLUM: Beware the deadly cabbage that ends coaches’ careers
Things I have learnt and/or had confirmed in the past seven days. The umpire who had a run in with Serena Williams was born in Africa. Kanye West is an utter prat. Liverpool will be the death of me. The Springboks may just be finding their way. Bruce Grobbelaar doesn’t look bad for turning 60. But all of these mean little next to the news that if you want to get rid of a coach, chuck a big vegetable at him. The last one first. Steve Bruce was an ugly player when he was at Manchester United. Solid, strong, but he was cursed with a nose that had more off-ramps than the M1 South. As a manager, he has seen the ugly side of the sport, brought in to shore up teams in danger of relegation or to drag them back up to the premiership. He was supposed to do that at Aston Villa, but then one fan got the hump after they lost again and lobbed a cabbage at him. The Guardian reported that "the vegetable in question was thrown by an old man who removed it from a white plastic carrier bag and threw i...
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