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Malcolm Clarke: Andy Burnham has the game at heart!

At a time when the nation has been consumed by World Cup fever, fans’ chants for Jude Bellingham and Harry Kane might also appropriately be bellowed out by Parliamentary Labour colleagues as their new leader ascends unopposed to occupy the highest office.

By Malcolm Clarke

At a time when the nation has been consumed by World Cup fever, fans’ chants for Jude Bellingham and Harry Kane might also appropriately be bellowed out by Parliamentary Labour colleagues as their new leader ascends unopposed to occupy the highest office.
But what should football fans expect from him and what does Andy Burnham’s history tell us about his identification with them and his support for the beautiful game?
I first knew Burnham nearly 30 years ago when, as an assistant to Tessa Jowell MP, he was a young, fresh-faced administrator for the Football Task Force ch...

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