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Memory Lane #007 | "CATCH ME IF YOU KANU" – When Arsenal asked us to do it again, with Ben Meakin
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Memory Lane #007 | "CATCH ME IF YOU KANU" – When Arsenal asked us to do it again, with Ben Meakin

Kanu, controversy, and a re-match. Were Sheffield United involved in football’s strangest acts of cheating and sportsmanship?

In this episode of Memory Lane, Ben Meakin joins Andrew and Sam to revisit Sheffield United’s infamous FA Cup tie with Arsenal, and the extraordinary (literally) decision to replay the game.

From Kanu’s controversial goal to Arsène Wenger’s and David Dean’s offer to do it all again, we unpack the fallout of a true “you’ll never sing that” moment.

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