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Monday 20 May 2013

Chelsea basket case

CAR crash Chelsea are the laughing stock of the Premier League following Eden Hazard's remarkably stupid attack on ballboy Charlie Morgan at the Liberty Stadium.

It looks like Hazard has escaped the possibility of a police investigation into events during last night's Capitol One Cup semi-final, which ended scoreless and with Swansea celebrating qualification for a Wembley final against minnows Bradford.

But the English FA is likely to throw the book at the Belgian, who could face a lengthy ban as a result.

Mischievous Morgan, a son of Swansea director Martin, tweeted just hours before the match that "the king of ballboys is back making his final appearance - #needed #for #timewasting" and became the centre of attention when Hazard kicked him while trying to recover the ball.

Rafa Benitez could only watch from the touchline as another trophy was taken off Chelsea's menu and both sets of fans sang "You're getting sacked in the morning".

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The Beatles started a revolution back in the USSR

If ever a band has been well served by the literary world it's The Beatles. Practically every aspect of that revolutionary body of work has been dealt with in book form... or so one would have thought. From Hunter Davies' The Beatles, through Philip Norman's Shout, Bob Spitz's humongously detailed history and Ian McDonald's brilliant Revolution in the Head, which offered a musical and contextual analysis of every song they ever recorded, surely there's nothing left of interest to diehard fans of the Fabs. Well, think again.