The League Paper

LEAVE THE DARK ARTS TO GAME’S MASTER SCHEMERS

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The LeaguePaper Team
5 January 2020

GRANT McCann talked witheringly of Sheffield Wednesday’s “hospitality” after his Hull side won 1-0 at Hillsborough in midweek.
“They made me park ten minutes away in my car, which was strange, and turned all the plugs off in the changing room so we couldn’t listen to music,” he said.
Such devious strategies are nothing new, of course. Indeed, if McCann really wants to learn about dirty tricks, he should talk to Gary Rowett when the Tigers play Millwall in April.
As an 18-year-old, Rowett played under John Beck at Cambridge and kept a diary of every scheme...

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