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Football’s Red Card ClichΓ©

Football managers often claim β€œit’s harder to play against ten men”. But is there any truth to this? Tim Harford finds out.

Managers and pundits often say β€œit’s harder to play against 10 men”, but is there any truth in it? Also, Tim Harford speaks to the author Siobhan Roberts about Professor John Conway, who has been described as a genius and one of the world’s most charismatic mathematicians.

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Mon 5 Oct 2015 13:50GMT

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  • Fri 2 Oct 2015 18:50GMT
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