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People queue at an NHS Vaccination Clinic at Tottenham Hotspur's stadium in north London
Pereira gives Gibbs-White time to prove fitness for Villa clash
AS MILLIONS of people wait in a virtual queue to book their booster jab on the NHS website, some are yet to have their first — including a number of athletes at the top level.
It is a personal choice, but with rumours of damaging conspiracy theories circulating around the dressing rooms at elite football clubs, you wonder how this might have been allowed to happen.
How could such misinformation be spread around training grounds where players work closely with doctors and physiotherapists day to day? Even the stadiums they play in almost weekly opened up to the public to help provide mass vaccination.
From pirate statues to surplus Wembley seats, The Dripping Pan offers a reminder that the game’s soul survives beyond the Premier League glare, writes LAYTH YOUSIF
JAMES NALTON writes on the bizarre Aston Villa v Maccabi Tel Aviv scandal
STEVEN ANDREW welcomes a fine introduction to FC United of Manchester, the team set up in opposition to Manchester United
JAMES NALTON discusses how Fifa claims to be apolitical, but as Infantino and Juventus players stood behind Trump discussing war, gender, and global politics, the line between sport and statecraft vanished