Sport, and football in particular, loves its urban myths. Fans gleefully indulge in this giant game of Chinese whispers, circulating stories that probably aren't true but are given authenticity by the passage of time and the authority with which they are related. Some are ludicrously far-fetched. Others have a grain or more of truth. All tend to gather momentum because they are ripping yarns. Like the philosophy student presented with the query Is this a question?' who writes Is this an answer?' to gain full marks, there is a part of us that wants to believe them.
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17 September 2008, 06:27 PM
In sport, the more far-fetched, the more we want it to be true
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