Why Great Footballers Like Really Crap Music
Steven Wells, Guardian Unlimited, March 2003
WITH ALL THE current hoo-hah about how all gun crime in the UK is obviously caused by listening to gangsta chaps rapping about ho's and that, I think it ill behoves us in the sports massive to get all snooty and superior. Because we got our problems too, baby. Just look at the England cricket team.
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