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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Gregg Bakowski

It’s time to dish out some premature Premier League congratulations

Let’s have it, then.
Let’s have it, then. Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters

FATE, CONSIDER YOURSELF TEMPTED

There’s usually naff all to play for on the last Friday before the Premier League season ends, which means we can phone our Fiver in from the pub. But not this year. Annoyingly, our fierce thirst has had to wait while we work out what in Weird Uncle Fiver’s name is going on. First up: congratulations to Frank Lampard’s Everton. They won the Not Getting Relegated Cup for their third time in Premier League history by beating Crystal Palace 3-2 amid proper scenes at Goodison Park. So at least that’s done and dusted. There were touching moments at the end when fans who had effed and jeffed at players all season, ran on to the pitch in their thousands to hug it out. “Love you really, la.” If The Fiver had a glass eye, etc and so on.

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