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On Tuesday night, Paul Fairclough will deliver his 74th team talk as the boss of Non-League’s Three Lions – known as the National Game XI in his early days before being renamed England C in 2007 – when they take on Cymru C at Llanelli Town.
Hear those

BIG INTERVIEW: PAUL FAIRCLOUGH
By MATT BADCOCK

MASTER AT WORK: Paul Fairclough gives his team talk ahead of England C’s clash with Belgium in 2012
PICTURE: Pinnacle

PAUL FAIRCLOUGH will never forget picking his first England squad back in early 2003.
With the Conference boycotting the game over an insurance issue, Fairclough and the late, respected, FA administrator Mike Appleby trawled the sixth tier divisions for a group to take on Belgium.
“I remember being in the offices at Lancaster Gate, late at night,” Fairclough says. “We hadn’t got a team, because of what had happened, so we co...

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