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The Non-League Football Paper Team
16 July 2017

TOURNAMENT WILL GIVE WRIGHT’S BORO A PLATFORM

TOMMY WRIGHT is recalling the time Liverpool sent stars Philippe Coutinho and Emre Can to a tournament hosted by Corby Town.
“At the start of that week I had a phone call from Liverpool saying, ‘We need to have a security walk around’,” Wright, then Corby boss, says.
“They came down on the Tuesday afternoon so I said, ‘What’s up?’ The guy said, ‘Some of the lads might be coming down. Coutinho, Can, Balotelli and Firmino. If they get through training on Friday, they’re coming on Su...

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