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Master of dark arts has new title

PROFILE ON JACK LESTER CHESTERFIELD MANAGER
By Chris Dunlavy

HERO OR VILLAIN? Rival fans had their own views on Jack Lester
PICTURE: Action Images

CHESTERFIELD were waist-deep in a League One relegation scrap when their manager, John Sheridan, challenged his players to bare their teeth.
“I wish I had one or two players who were a little more nasty in not wanting to lose”, griped the former Sheffield Wednesday midfielder. “I haven’t got any – apart from Jack Lester, of course.”
The ‘of course’ was apt. After 19 years, six clubs and 178 goals...

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