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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Scott Murray

Nottingham Forest, Huddersfield and ‘the most lucrative fixture in football’

Former Huddersfield and Forest players Marcus Stewart, left, and Mark Crossley getting wheeled out for some promo at Wembley.
Former Huddersfield and Forest players Marcus Stewart, left, and Mark Crossley getting wheeled out for some promo at Wembley. Photograph: Andrew Fosker/Rex/Shutterstock

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING PROMOTED

We’re going to have to preview Big Cup on Friday, aren’t we? That means we won’t be able to talk about the other big game taking place this weekend. Yes, it’s the Oscar Wilde Final on Sunday afternoon, the match everyone’s seemingly contractually obliged to refer to as the most lucrative fixture in football, albeit only by people who know the price of everything and the value of nothing. Yes, approximately £170m blah future revenues for the winners drone next three years chunter waffle blah, but the occasion itself should be loved on its own terms, right? That’s right!

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