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Ned Kelly caught out by his wooden prose; Football Notebook.

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From: The Evening Standard (London, England)
Date: 20031118
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Byline: MARTIN CHILTON

YOU may not know the name Carlo Collodi but his most famous character came to mind while reading a new expose of Manchester United - "the book they tried to ban".

Collodi wrote: "If he turned to the right, he knocked it against the bed; if he turned to the left, he struck the walls. Pinocchio, not knowing where to hide his shame, tried to escape from the room, but his nose had become so long that he could not get it out of the door."

Perhaps it's for the best that Ned Kelly, the former SAS man in charge of United's security for 12 years, ...

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