Why it’s wrong to label Trap a magician
But he wasn’t exactly crushed. Just 19 at the time, a call-up to Euro 88 would have been a bonus. And, in any case, Jack Charlton lent the young Staunton his car for a month to compensate for the omission.
Different times. In many ways.
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