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Football's not 'more important than life and death at all. It's just the most entertaining sport in ...

Football's not 'more important than life and death at all. It's just the most entertaining sport in the world.' A perfect synopsis of what has been the most brilliant season I can remember for decades. The words of wisdom come not from a top manager or player, but a soldier, Private Carl Clowes, who was invited by the Football League to watch his team Leeds play Doncaster in the play-offs at Wembley over the Bank Holiday weekend. Private Clowes served in Afghanistan, so he knows first hand what life and death is all about. Especially after his Land Rover was hit by a land mine and he ha...

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