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Organisation: Theatre of Dreams

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IT said it all about the predicament in which Manchester United find themselves that their 2-0 defeat to Burnley at Old Trafford on Wednesday night felt like a huge deal for the visitors but, in a very strange way, just more of the same for those home supporters who clogged the exits with ten minutes still to play.

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‘Ox’ might turn out the most bizarre deal of all
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Van Gaal unimpressed by rose-tinted memories

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KILKENNY centre-forward Henry Shefflin has taken to calling Croke Park The Theatre of Dreams, and so it was for the Leinster champions yesterday as they put the nightmare of last year’s All-Ireland semi-final loss to Galway well and truly behind them.

Mon, 19 Aug, 2002

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