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Stats king Ley now happy to be a sub
By CHRISTOPHER DAVIESIt became a routine in Barclays Premier League press boxes. John Ley would walk in and a dozen or so football writers would wait for Statman (with apologies to Angus Loughran) to reveal the gems behind Portsmouth versus Bolton Wanderers.
While Ley was working for the Daily Telegraph there remains a camaraderie within the competitive world of journalism and he was happy to share the fact that it could be the first time Portsmouth have won five home matches in succession or whatever with other writers. On a freezing winter’s night when Fleet Street’s finest (and coldest) ...
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