Football: Irwin's Self-Belief in Upset Is Game's Beauty
Birmingham Post › January 17, 2004
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It's not because he's so old that he's losing his marbles, and it's not because he's realised that he won't have to face Ryan Giggs today, but Denis Irwin is convinced that Wolverhampton Wanderers can beat Manchester United.
It's bottom versus top at Molineux, and Irwin and company know full well that that state of affairs will still almost certainly exist tonight. But you don't win as many medals --seven Championships, three FA Cups, one League Cup, one European Cup and one European Cup Winners' Cup --as the 38-year-old Irishman has in the game without a certain amount of self-belief.See the full content of this document
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Football: Irwin's Self-Belief in Upset Is Game's Beauty
'We believe we can beat United,' Irwin said. 'Even if no one else does.
'That is the beauty of this league. They are top, we are bottom, but it is not cut in stone tha...See the full content of this document
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