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“Sean Lock felt One Man Went to Mow was pathetic, so chanted, ‘I know an old woman who swallowed a fly. I don’t know why she swallowed a fly. CHELSEA’” Johnny Vaughan on the funniest chant he’s ever heard
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EXCLUSIVE Terrace humour remains one of the best parts of the matchday experience

“Everyone was leaving Anfield and ran back in after my magnificent header. People ask, ‘Do you remember that goal you scored?’ As if I scored millions!” Neil Ruddock on his favourite-ever game
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EXCLUSIVE Ruddock was known as a hard man, but had a knack for scoring useful goals during his career

‘I nearly signed for Spurs, but decided on Monaco. A guy also called to ask me if I wanted to join Chelsea, but I said no. I wanted to stay at Inter at the time’ Christian Vieri reveals his Premier League snubs
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EXCLUSIVE The much-travelled Italian forward never made it to British shores

“When I arrived, only Noel was there. I asked about the others and he said, ‘They’re back in England’. They’d had a fight with Chelsea fans on the ferry” How football fans almost derailed an early Oasis photoshoot
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EXCLUSIVE Iconic photographer Kevin Cummins shares a love for Man City with the Gallagher brothers

‘I didn’t know where Chelsea was, but I wanted to go because Gullit wanted me so much. I was broken-hearted to see him leave. You don’t do that to a legend’ Frank LeBoeuf on Ruud Gullit’s Blues exit
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EXCLUSIVE The former France defender has discussed his admiration for the Dutch legend

“Ronaldo was from another planet, like a gift from God, but sometimes you’d see a piece of metal coming out of his knee. I was like, ‘What the f**k is that?!’” Christian Vieri on his best-ever team-mate
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EXCLUSIVE Christian Vieri played alongside the Brazilian icon for three years at Inter Milan

‘That’s still my biggest regret, not scything Michael Thomas down in 1989’s Anfield title decider. You don’t want to be the bad guy, but it rankles with me’ Ray Houghton on his role in one of English football’s most historic moments
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EXCLUSIVE The former Liverpool midfielder admits he would have done it all differently in 1989

‘That’s how I thought the game should be played, with great assists and goals. If you have improvisation without the end result, you need to go to the circus’ Dimitar Berbatov reflects on his playing style
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EXCLUSIVE The former Tottenham and Manchester United man had a distinct manner on the pitch

“Atletico’s president once bet me a Ferrari if I scored a hat-trick. I’d left for Lazio by the time it was finally delivered, so said, ‘It’s OK, you can keep it’.” Christian Vieri recalls his La Liga spell
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EXCLUSIVE The journeyman Italy striker spent a year at Atletico Madrid

“After snubbing Chelsea, Ken Bates said, ‘I hope you have an effing nightmare against us home and away’, and slammed the phone down. I quite liked that!” Ray Houghton on his Liverpool exit
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EXCLUSIVE The former Ireland midfielder recalls his run-in with the ex-Chelsea chairman
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