The New Statesman
•Sports
Sports
55% Informative
One of the pleasures of this season for football fans has been watching Man United and Spurs being rubbish, getting stuffed by lowly clubs.
We know that Man United will return, back among the top dogs; they’ll have their swagger back, their fans shall be unbearable again.
But that was then. This is now. These sorts of upsets don’t happen any more.
In 1974 Carlisle United, one of nature’s lowly Third Division North teams, made it into to the top tier.
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