Football: Christie's Comeback Is Rewarded with a Gift at Villa's Expense

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Injury-jinxed Middlesbrough striker Malcolm Christie announced his latest return to action with his first goal in almost two years - and then admitted he would probably be watching it on Saturday night's Match of the Day with the sound down.

The former Nuneaton Borough man, who has undergone eight operations in four injury-ravaged years at the Riverside, was well aware that he was in an offside position when he received the ball for his first-half strike and that it should not have counted.

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Football: Christie's Comeback Is Rewarded with a Gift at Villa's Expense

But he explained: "The wife will still want to watch it. But I don't think she understands the offside rule and, when she...

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