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ALL THE LIP AND A REAL EYE FOR GOAL!

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
26 July 2020

ALL THE

CHEEKY CHAPPIE: The ‘Leatherhead Lip’ Chris Kelly celebrates scoring for the Tanners against Leicester and Fletcher from ‘Porridge’, below
PICTURE: PA Images

Indeed, Leicester were far from the only victims. Dave Bassett, then in charge of a rapidly-rising Wimbledon, hated Kelly’s sledging so much that according to former Dons player Wally Downes he treated every Leatherhead game like a cup final. Even Leicester’s supporters weren’t spared.
“On the day of the game, there were 32,000 people there,” recalls McGillicuddy. “We...

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