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26th December 1985 Graeme Sharp dives to head home against United in a 3-1 win for the Blues -


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Is this the player who went from the School of science football at the Blues to this -To start of the Dirty Leeds who could play - wee Bobby gets stuck into Gerry Byrne of Liverpool in the 1965 cup final - beaten in the final in 1965 , and lost the title on goal difference to man United - wee Bobby footballer of the year - Everton that.......

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Is this the player who went from the School of science football at the Blues to this -To start of the Dirty Leeds who could play - wee Bobby gets stuck into Gerry Byrne of Liverpool in the 1965 cup final - beaten in the final in 1965 , and lost the title on goal difference to man United - wee Bobby footballer of the year - Everton that.......

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Didn’t Gerry Byrne play for most of the game with a badly injured arm ? No subs then. Maybe that’s when he got the injury. A season or two later Bobby Collins got a broken thigh playing against one of the Italian teams !
 
Is this the player who went from the School of science football at the Blues to this -To start of the Dirty Leeds who could play - wee Bobby gets stuck into Gerry Byrne of Liverpool in the 1965 cup final - beaten in the final in 1965 , and lost the title on goal difference to man United - wee Bobby footballer of the year - Everton that.......

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….early in the game, shocking tackle from Collins if you watch the clip. I think it was in the first few minutes, would have been a straight red, Byrne lucky to escape without serious injury.
 

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