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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Pa Sport Staff

John Hollins: A Stamford Bridge fixture who turned reading game into an art form

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John Hollins turned reading the game into an art form across almost 600 Chelsea appearances, but one moment of typically impeccable timing trumped a career’s worth of pivotal interventions.

The Guildford-born Chelsea youth-team graduate popped up with a telling pass just when the Blues needed him most – trailing 2-1 to Leeds with mere minutes to play in the 1970 FA Cup final.

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