Fernando headed Bordeaux into a 54th-minute lead and Marouane Chamakh made certain with a close-range stoppage-time second as the hosts extended their unbeaten run, with their only dropped points coming in the 1-1 draw at Juventus in September.

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But come lunch time, they would run down to a basketball court that was close by, choose up sides for a 4 on 4 pickup game, go shirts and skins, and compete like they were both NBA teams.

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Lovell's close-range effort put Falkirk ahead before half-time before Scott Arfield's mazy run and shot and O'Brien's screamer.

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Mr Meredith, who at the time was the elected mayor of Stoke-on-Trent, offered to close the council-run leisure centre Dimensions, and pay Waterworld a subsidy so that people could swim there at discounted prices.

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