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Sprake was the goalkeeper in Don Revie's mighty Leeds team of the late 60s and early 70s.
Arsène Wenger's goalkeeping blindspot is simply bananas Harry Pearson 2010
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As a consequence the Kop serenaded the man from Swansea with a chorus of the Des O'Connor hit Careless Hands (Sprake later used it as the title of his autobiography).
Arsène Wenger's goalkeeping blindspot is simply bananas Harry Pearson 2010
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On his off days Sprake wasn't so much prone to errors as totally supine before them, infamously diving over an innocuous Peter Houseman shot in the 1970 FA Cup final and getting in such a flap during a game against Liverpool in 1967 he threw the ball into his own net.
Arsène Wenger's goalkeeping blindspot is simply bananas Harry Pearson 2010
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Says Sprake: "The general public just don't understand what we do or why we do it."
GUNNING FOR THE HUNT 2008
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"They talk about [our] cruelty but there is a ferocity and a viciousness there," says Sprake, referring to the protesters.
GUNNING FOR THE HUNT 2008
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Coming up with the contenders was tough enough; great names such as Mickey Thomas, John Mahoney, Gary Sprake, Peter Nicholas just missing out.
WalesOnline - Home 2011
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_Sprake_ in _Lusatia_; and were now united under one common King called
Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel, and the Apocalypse of St. John Isaac Newton 1684
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"It's all about saving money," said Sprake, a paralegal.
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"It's all about saving money," said Sprake, a paralegal.
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Springing for a new hat and buying Derby tickets were too pricey for Sprake and her husband, who moved into a new home in 2007.
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