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I’ve got no sympathy for these scripted acts

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
20 August 2023

IN RESPONSE to the hand-wringing by full-time professional footballers at having to do an imaginary possible extra 10 minutes work due to planned, and in relation to goal celebrations, “scripted” time wasting which cheats the paying public, do 99% of fans feel sorry for them? The answer is a resounding NO.
By the very fact that it is called “time is added on” means they are not actually playing for that time initially.
The deliberate timewasting on the field has increased greatly in recent years and it has now come home to roost.
My reply to these bleating...

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