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  • Especially in the smaller places these daily dramas can make you very much an interactive player; there is always at least a bit-part for the lone gringo who dares set foot into the street and mingles with the locals, and more oftern than not they are willing to cast you as the star, especially if you are retired and have a lot of time on your hand.

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  • All the mock scousers wondering why a bit-part WC winner that's never won anything at club level might want to join a club that's won the PL a few times and is a strong candidate for the CL need to hold their breath for ten seconds

    Bid for Fernando Torres shows Chelsea's strengths and weaknesses | Richard Williams 2011

  • Sturridge, described as "a very interesting player with a big future", also needs more than a bit-part role, with Newcastle United among the clubs keen to secure him on a temporary basis.

    André Villas-Boas is in no rush to run the rule over Chelsea squad 2011

  • Especially in the smaller places these daily dramas can make you very much an interactive player; there is always at least a bit-part for the lone gringo who dares set foot into the street and mingles with the locals, and more oftern than not they are willing to cast you as the star, especially if you are retired and have a lot of time on your hand.

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  • The teenager has swapped life as a key player for a squad place in London, though he accepts the bit-part role that initially awaits.

    Chelsea striker Romelu Lukaku cannot wait to learn from Didier Drogba 2011

  • Especially in the smaller places these daily dramas can make you very much an interactive player; there is always at least a bit-part for the lone gringo who dares set foot into the street and mingles with the locals, and more oftern than not they are willing to cast you as the star, especially if you are retired and have a lot of time on your hand.

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  • However, there is a limit and Styler, with her pre-Sting background as a bit-part actress, would be the first to understand that it's all about the casting, darling.

    Trudie, the big issue is that you have six homes | Barbara Ellen 2011

  • With Alex transfer-listed and not under consideration – the Brazilian's appearance at Stamford Bridge on Monday was limited to a private visit to the gym next to the stadium – and Paulo Ferreira only a bit-part player at the club these days, Chelsea's fully-fit options at centre-half amount to only Branislav Ivanovic, making Terry's inclusion appear critical.

    John Terry limps out of Chelsea training ahead of Tottenham test 2011

  • Isa Nacewa was a bit-part New Zealander, capped by Fiji as a two-minute replacement against Scotland at the 2003 World Cup but is now, as a resident of Dublin, one of the most creative full-backs in the European game.

    Ireland's story of survival fuels Leinster's Heineken Cup final push | Eddie Butler 2011

  • So far, her biggest claim to fame comes from appearances as a bit-part player on The Armstrong & Miller Show, but that's surely going to change before too long.

    This week's new comedy 2011

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