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Chase & Status: Roundhouse, London

Ian Gittins, The Guardian, 13 March 2011

IN THE LATE 1980S, Wimbledon FC became known as the least aesthetic but most effective of football teams. Eschewing all nuance or subtlety, they played a percentage game based on obliterating the opposition by pounding them with relentless brutal, high-impact assaults until they were simply worn down.

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