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Yang Min-hyeok Goal Reaches Kitchen Table Via Four Websites, Growing From Fine Finish To Absolute Scenes

Philippa Crane · Media Editor12 October · Reading time: one pint

football.london reported that Yang Min-hyeok, on loan at Westerlo, came off the bench in the 85th minute to score in a 5-1 win over Royal Antwerp, and the report covered all 17 Spurs loan players.

A Tottenham man sat down to breakfast on Monday and read about a goal four times, which the Herald can confirm is the number of times the goal happened.

The original report, published by football.london, stated that Yang Min-hyeok came off the bench in the 85th minute for Westerlo and scored in a 5-1 win over Royal Antwerp. It described the finish as a wonder goal. It was one item among 17 loan players. It was a perfectly good report.

The second website, which the Herald understands read the first, described it as a stunner. No further detail was supplied. The distance covered, the long throw and the far post were all present in the first report and were, in the second, still there.

It said wonder goal on the first one. By the third it was the goal of the weekend. I've only had one slice.

The third website moved the goal to the top of a list of loan performances and attached the word forgotten to Yang's name, a word the Herald notes had also been in the original. The fourth website used all of the above and added absolute scenes, which refers to a team-mate hugging him.

The Herald has compared all four versions line by line over a second pot of tea. The goal is the same goal. The scoreline is the same scoreline. The only item not present in the original is the word scenes, which was added in transit and has not been sourced.

Souza's difficulties and Jamie Donley's goal were also covered in the original and were also repeated, in the same order, without a single new fact between them.

The man has since closed the tablet and asked whether there is any more toast.

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Supporter Walks Uphill From Stadium With Altimeter After Dragusin Agent Seeks Higher Level Than Tottenham

Barry Napier · Transfer Correspondent11 October · Reading time: one pint

Radu Dragusin's agent told Sport, as relayed by Sport Witness, that he wants the Fiorentina defender at a club at a higher level than Tottenham, and the supporter's phone has since reported a reading he describes as low.

A season ticket holder was seen walking uphill away from the stadium on Monday morning, holding a phone aloft, after reading that Radu Dragusin's agent wants his client at a club at a higher level than Tottenham.

The agent made the remark to Sport, as relayed by Sport Witness, in an interview about the defender, who joined Fiorentina on loan with a £21.4m obligation. The agent also said he does not expect Dragusin to leave Fiorentina for at least two years.

The supporter has not read that part. The Herald understands he stopped at the headline and has taken it in its most literal sense.

It says higher. I've downloaded an app. The forecourt is basically at the bottom.

He took a reading at the main gate, another at the turnstiles and a third beside the bins, and wrote all three on the back of a ticket wallet. He then set off north-west, in the general direction of what he called the hills, stopping at each lamp post to check.

Passers-by who suggested that Tottenham is a place and not a level were told that this was exactly what people say. One woman offered him a bus timetable. He accepted it and used it to shade the screen.

He expects to locate a higher level than Tottenham by early afternoon and has packed a flask, a banana and a second phone charger. The reading at the top was not available at time of going to press.

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