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GO LOW FOR FAR GREATER REWARD

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
23 April 2017

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Steve Claridge

I already had plenty of respect for Rafa Benitez, but last May that respect grew into admiration.
Exactly two months after he succeeded Steve McLaren at St James’ Park, his Newcastle team, listing badly for most of the season, disappeared beneath the Premier League waves.
But, like the stoic captain of the Titanic, Benitez kept his position on the bridge, choosing not to jump ship, refusing to barge women and children out of the way as he made for the lifeboats. Instead, for a man who just a few months prior had been marshalling his Real Madrid troops for El Cl&aacut...

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