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Football: DONE UP LIKE A KIPLING; Poem gives Ranieri the strength to soldier on CHELSEA v EVERTON, TODAY, 3pm.(Sport)

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From: The Mirror (London, England)
Date: 20040417
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Byline: MARTIN LIPTON Chief Football Writer

CLAUDIO RANIERI revealed last night how he found strength during the Chelsea shenanigans in the poetry of Rudyard Kipling.

Ranieri has now steeled himself to accepting his fate and knows that he will be shown the Stamford Bridge door at the end of the season.

But the Italian explained that Kipling's famous poem "If" had been the inspiration behind his determination not to let the behind-the-scenes machinations destroy the team he has built.

Kipling's words begin "If you can keep your head when all about you are losing ...

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