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Football in denial over credit madness

Ian Bell, columnist of the year

What's the attribute most of us possess that most of us want to see the back of in a bleak 2009? I am thinking, of course, of debt, scary enough at the best of times, but terrifying when a mere 20 sporting enterprises collectively owe £1.6 billion.