Gerrard firing the parting shots

FA Cup Third Round:

Gerrard firing the parting shots
Tue, 06 Jan, 2015 - 00:00
Tim Abraham

The Crazy Gang may have beaten the Culture Club 27 years ago but the ghosts of the 1988 FA Cup final briefly haunted Liverpool last night.

AFC Wimbledon rose from the ashes of the decision to relocate the original club to Milton Keynes in 2002, and they gave a performance that their celebrated predecessors would have been proud of against a team 72 places above them.

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