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Wembley’s Hail Mary as staff repair pitch for Spurs v Manchester City | Simon Burnton
Premier League match kicks off 30 hours after NFL game and Wembley can call no time outs in bid to have perfect surface
If Wembley’s ground staff are feeling sorry for themselves at the prospect of turning a pitch prepared for the NFL match between Jacksonville Jaguars and Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday into a surface perfect for the Premier League match between Tottenham and Manchester City on Monday night in less than a day, they can seek some solace in the fact that some of their predecessors had it very much worse.
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