Proof once again that a British cup game tops the lot.
Guts, more mud than the Somme, comedy goals, kamikaze tackles, a no-nonsense ref who looked like he fancied a fight, dreadful misses galore, it could have finished 7-7.
Chew, what a scorcher – Ukraine 1 Wales 1 (2001)
In the middle of Kyiv, 50 yards away from the Khreshatyk tube station is a restaurant/pub whose name escapes me.
On the menu are listed the usual starters, main courses, desserts, wines and half a page devoted to . . . chewing gums.
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Ukraine u21s 1 Wales u21s 0 (2001)
All I can say is: ‘We wuz robbed.’
Let there be light – Port Talbot 2 Airbus Broughton 2
Port Talbot: the dramatic soul of Wales and producer of Michael Sheen, Richard Burton and Anthony Hopkins.
And today, unwanted football drama as visiting director of football Andy Preece threatened to take his team off the pitch after he was called a black bastard.
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Till death us do part – West Ham 1 Wolves 0
The Boleyn – heading, like the woman it’s named after, for the chop.
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A Beano by the beach – Ramsgate 1 Hythe 3
Rum old Ramsgate: Van Gogh lived here, UKIP wooed it ardently and, a good sign this, the spirit of Dennis the Menace is alive and kicking.
Viva Vorskla! Poltava 0 Zorya Lugansk 2
Last game before the winter break, as Ukraine wraps up warm and retreats into hibernation.
Vorskla, fifth, versus Zorya, third.
The banned played on – Dynamo Kyiv 2 Chornomorets Odesa 1
First game for European football’s bad boys of the moment since they’ve had their backsides whipped.
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The carpet in the clouds – Vozdovac 1 Novi Pazar 0
Finally someone has built a shopping centre that is socially useful.
Trouble is, it’s in Belgrade.
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Penetration, The Garage, London
The thrill of the new has re-energised this most peculiarly talented relic of the punk era.
Wales find zen in Zenica – Bosnia 2 Wales 0
And about time too.
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Zenica here we come
Well, 725 fans are slowly making their way to Zenica – aka Port Talbot in the mountains.
Miles from Nowhere 