A record of nine titles in 14 years with four different clubs across two countries tells its own story.

14年间在两个国家的四个俱乐部中获得九项冠军，这个记录足以说明一切。

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Crouch will be in line to make his debut against one of his former clubs Liverpool in nine days time while he is also looking forward to playing in the Europa League.

克劳奇可能要在九天内献出首演—面对老东家利物浦，他也很期待在欧洲战场出场。 “冠军杯是很美妙的体验，希望现在我可以给俱乐部在欧联杯的比赛中提供一点经验。

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United have now played all of the five clubs who finished immediately beneath them last season, and only two of their opening nine league fixtures have been against clubs from the bottom 10.

曼联已经和五支上赛季排名仅此于自己的球队交手过，其中只有两支球队的开季九场比赛对手是和后十名球队。

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But in November, they were one of nine European clubs referred to the CFCB because of debt problems and infringements of UEFA's licensing agreements and one of 23 to have prize money withheld.

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For example, nine of the 20 football clubs in the English Premier League last season were owned by foreigners. (The final count was eight: no amount of American cash could have saved Derby County from relegation.) One or two may be rich men's playthings, but most have been bought for the media rights, ticket sales and merchandising.

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MyFootballClub was approached by nine clubs and looked into seven of those before opting to take over Ebbsfleet.

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