LONDON — In the 1956 autobiography of former Newcastle striker Len Shackleton, one chapter was entitled "The Average Director's Knowledge Of Football."
It comprised a blank page.
The gallows humor of the player nicknamed the Clown Prince of Football seems more appropriate than ever 52 years later.
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