Alf Ramsey saw the shape of the future as far back as 1950 when a football team from the United States beat England, to English fans' disgust and American astonishment.

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Killie, who finished second bottom of the Scottish Premier League last term, also lost Steven Naismith and Colin Nish during the course of last season and have so far only been able to bring in one new striker in the shape of Allan Russell from Airdrie United.

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Far away from Wall Street, the U.S. economy still looks to be in decent shape.

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