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POOLS HAVE A CHAMP IN LEE

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
24 May 2026

AS A teenager in the 90s, I grew up watching Lee Clark strut his stuff for Kevin Keegan’s Newcastle.
With his shaved head, fiery temperament and relentless energy, he looked like a midfield enforcer. But he was actually a player of considerable technical quality who excelled at controlling the pace of a game.
To this day, there are many fans who insist that the famous collapse of 1995-96, when Newcastle blew a 12-point lead over Manchester United at the top of the Premier League, would have been avoided had Keegan not dropped the Geordie midfielder for February signing Faustin...

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