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380: Stephane Guivarc’h, Newcastle United, Merlin’s Premier League 99 Official Sticker Collection

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In 2017 the country musician Brad Paisley released the album 'Love and War' featuring the track 'selfie #theinternetisforever'. The song is a cautionary tale of the historic tweets that have proven the downfall of politicians, English fast bowlers and several prospective employees. However vanilla your Internet activity may have been those lovely people at Meta do like to remind you of your 'memories' whenever you have a look at Facebook. I can only apologise to the contestants of the seventh series of X Factor and Garth Crooks for some of my misguided grumpiness back in 2010 and I should probably pre-emptively resign my future cabinet position on the off-chance Cher Lloyd becomes leader of the opposition. Occasionally this feature does unearth a more fascinating moment from the past. In September 2011 I was one of a mere five thousand people to witness Calvin Andrew score for Crystal Palace in a 2-1 League Cup win over Middlesbrough. While there is a precedent...