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The art of being an elite club in European football is the art of forgetting how to be happy. The competitions you don’t win have to sit like a stone in the middle of your consciousness of the competitions you do. Stoke City (“not an elite club”) were ecstatic this weekend after a 0-0 draw with Leicester City secured their promotion to the top flight in England for the first ... [link]

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Big Money, No Whammies: West Brom, Stoke City Win Promotion to Premier League
Published 5/5/2008 by David J. Warner at FanHouse
... Meanwhile, our pals at The Run of Play would like to remind us that while Stoke supporters are ecstatic today, fans of La Liga champions Real Madrid and Bundesliga champs Bayern Munich are too disappointed with their European performances to enjoy their domestic success. I guess it's all relative. ...

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