IT happened more than three decades ago, and the memory of it has not dimmed with the passing of years.
IT happened more than three decades ago, and the memory of it has not dimmed with the passing of years.
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Russell Leadbetter on …
I was in a press box in some football ground one late winter's night, trying to phone over a report of the game to a newspaper down south. The phone line was engaged for ages, and when I finally got through it was perilously close to deadline. "Where have you been? The sports desk has been screaming for this copy for almost an hour," were the copytaker's opening words.
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IT happened more than three decades ago, and the memory of it has not dimmed with the passing of years.
I was in a press box in some football ground one late winter's night, trying to phone over a report of the game to a newspaper down south. The phone line was engaged for ages, and when I finally got through it was perilously close to deadline. "Where have you been? The sports desk has been screaming for this copy for almost an hour," were the copytaker's opening words.
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