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BY TAPAS IYER When mathematician Edward Lorenz ran repeated computer simulation on weather conditions, he made a startling observation. He termed it the ‘Butterfly Effect’,

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BY GARY THACKER Into the tail-end of the ‘Swinging Sixties’ England thought itself to be the beating heart of world culture. The Beatles, The Rolling

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BY MATTHEW O’CONNOR-SIMPSON Situated in an affluent suburb of Manchester, West Didsbury and Chorlton are among the most interesting football clubs in the country. My

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BY DAVID O’DRISCOLL My father in law, Sidney Williams, played amateur football to a good standard. He played in the Berlin Olympic Stadium in 1946-8

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February 1991 turned out to be quite a momentous month: The first Gulf War ended; 10 Downing Street was attacked by the IRA; and in

BY RICHARD KNIGHTWELL There’s something about the cyclical nature of football. When I was 11, my Dad took me to the old Wembley stadium to

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BY ALEX JACKSON To much of us in Britain, South America is a mysterious part of the world. For a country that once had a

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BY NATHAN O’HAGAN Professional footballers these days, or those plying their trade in the modern Premier League at least, sometimes come across as living in

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