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Masal Bugduv: The Irish origin of football's great hoax

Ten years to the day when his famous football hoax unravelled, Declan Varley tells Raf Diallo abo...

Raf Diallo

16:25 15 Jan 2019

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Soccer

Masal Bugduv: The Irish origin of football's great hoax

Raf Diallo

16:25 15 Jan 2019

@Raftastico

Ten years to the day when his famous football hoax unravelled, Declan Varley tells Raf Diallo about Masal Bugduv. The Moldovan football prodigy appeared on The Times' list of 50 Rising Stars in 2009. Only problem was Bugduv wasn't a real person!

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