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* [[Always Someone Better]]: Almost every side has a "bogey team" that they just can't beat. The most spectacular example? Portsmouth have not beaten Chelsea in any competition for over ''60 years''.
* [[Badass]]: Each club has had at least one player who was considered a 'hard man', a physical player who had no shame in yelling at others or getting physical or getting plenty of red cards. This practice has been in decline with the controversy surrounding tough tackling lately but examples include:
** Wimbledon's Vinnie Jones is the best known example, who even released a video called ''Soccer's Hard Men'' which got him fined and banned by the FA for a while, and now plays tough characters in films. He also was booked after 3 seconds in one game and earned 12 red cards in his career. Perhaps best known for a photo of him, [https://web.archive.org/web/20130927221632/http://www.vinniejones.co.uk/images/football/vj_pg_big.jpg er, taking the measure] of poor Paul Gascoigne.
** Manchester United had Roy Keane.
** Arsenal had Martin Keown.
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