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Aug 2024
50m 35s

A curtain raiser for THE curtain raiser

Talksport
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Sam Matterface & Alex Crook are alongside former Chelsea defender Scott Minto ahead of the season's 'offical' curtain raiser the Community Shield!


Coming up; How much does lifting the community shield really matter? West Ham go loco in the transfer window, have Chelsea gotten worse ahead of the new season?

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