West Ham boss Alan Curbishley refused to speak after the game, but assistant Mervyn Day played down comments which seemed to suggest the Hammers boss wanted United to win the league in preference to Chelsea.

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"I think it was safer on the field actually, " said Wales captain that day Mervyn Davies.

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Sir Mervyn King said the other day it would be wrong for the Bank to write off the government debt it had bought as part of its quantitative easing policy, because that would be an act of fiscal policy - and an irresponsible one, at that.

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