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MATT LE TISSIER

“GERARD HOULLIER PHONED MY DAD TO ASK IF I’D PLAY FOR FRANCE – I’M NOT EVEN A BIT FRENCH!”

Many will be familiar with your stupendous goals – are there any lesser-known corkers we should look up on YouTube?

A long-range strike in 1997, at Barnsley in the League Cup. You can watch it on YouTube, but it’s grainy footage. I could feel the defender’s presence right behind me, so without looking I flicked the ball over my head and his, then ran the other side of him and caught the ball on the volley. It dipped in off the underside of the crossbar – it always looks better

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