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The 18-year-old had not made even a substitute's appearance before being drafted into a depleted defence at right-back yet settled superbly.
Liverpool 3-0 Manchester City | Premier League match report 2011
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Andy Carroll met a long ball from his goalkeeper Pepe Reina and glanced it towards Dirk Kuyt, with the substitute's angled shot finding the right-hand corner of the net.
Liverpool tear aside camouflage to expose Manchester United 2012
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Dikgacoi limped off during Saturday's 0-0 draw at Bolton and adds to an injury list that already includes Paul Konchesky, John Pantsil, Zoltan Gera, Clint Dempsey and Andy Johnson Manager Roy Hodgson noted that he doesn't face a selection problem, his problem is getting 18 players fit and health to field a starting 11 and fill the substitute's bench.
Fulham Injuries Woes Get Worse Matt Johnston 2010
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Dikgacoi limped off during Saturday's 0-0 draw at Bolton and adds to an injury list that already includes Paul Konchesky, John Pantsil, Zoltan Gera, Clint Dempsey and Andy Johnson Manager Roy Hodgson noted that he doesn't face a selection problem, his problem is getting 18 players fit and health to field a starting 11 and fill the substitute's bench.
Archive 2010-02-01 Matt Johnston 2010
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And coming up w/McSame is about as witty as signing your name "Ben Dover" on some substitute's attendance list.
Roberts: McCain grapples with major fundraising challenge 2008
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Up front, meanwhile, Thierry Henry pressed his case for a recall to the starting line-up with an eye-catching substitute's cameo.
World Cup 2010: Florent Malouda's angry silence speaks of French ills David Hytner in Cape Town 2010
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That ended the substitute's connection with Monarch painlessly and legitimately.
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Cap'n Abe had made to guide his substitute's treatment of certain customers.
Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper James A. Cooper
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No man performs his duty unless he sends a substitute of equal bravery and patriotism to that which he should himself possess, and then he must do the substitute's duty by going in his place.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 3, March, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various
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Should any player leave a table during the progress of a rubber, he may, with the consent of the three others, appoint a substitute to play during his absence; but such appointment shall become void upon the conclusion of the rubber, and shall not in any way affect the substitute's rights.
Auction of To-day Milton C. Work
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