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From: The Mirror (London, England)
Date: 20071229
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Byline: MIKE WALTERS
GOODBYE 2007 - and good riddance. What a lousy year for English football, from the worst FA Cup Final in living memory to that ginger Gene Kelly whistling under his brolly.
Despite unprecedented riches at the top end, never has the game been more detached from its public nor privatised by foreign investors on the lookout for a fast buck.
Long before Manchester United's Christmas party demonstrated that young men with too much money is a repugnant combination, the Premier League proved it knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
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