To balance their domestic budget, his wife, Barbara, took a part-time job as a book-keeper and let a room in their flat.

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The stud-book keeper for the snow leopard, for example, is in Helsinki Zoo, and works closely with zoos in Russia, China, India and America.

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Etherington had his spot-kick saved by West Ham keeper Robert Green but Danny Higginbotham drilled in a free-kick to secure the win and book the Potters a place in the semi-finals for the first time since 1972.

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