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    The loyal few fading away

    By Norman Hubbard

    Wednesday, April 15, 2009

    There is no loyalty in football anymore. It is the sort of statement that is aired whenever, as happens with great regularity, a club dispenses of its manager, or when one of football's nomads adds yet another employer to an already extensive CV. Yet it is not entirely true. Virtually every one of Europe's major clubs can produce a recent example of faithfulness and fidelity over an extended period. While Craig Bellamy, Marcus Bent and Mido have, to borrow one of football's favourite clichés ...

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