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Retro: Gloriously awkward pictures of footballers – Volume 4

Whilst many become club legends in the eyes of their adoring supporters for the work they do on the pitch, take a professional footballer out of his comfort zone and magic truly happens.

Here’s a selection of pro’s captured in an array of magnificently awkward ways.

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Pilot Officer Scott Noyes of 72 Squadron gets a masterclass from Doncaster Rovers midfielders James Coppinger, left, and Mark Wilson while they wait for the weather to clear ahead of a flight at RAF Linton-on-Ouse. Picture: Matt Clark

 

Linda the chimpanzee shares a slice of the cake with Jimmy Greaves at the PDSA sanatorium, Ilford.

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Picture - Ken Macpherson, Inverness See Alasdair Fraser story. Inverness CT manager Terry Butcher tried his hand at pizza making in Zizzi's Restaurant, Inverness, yesterday (Tues) as he launched a chance for fans to 'win a slice of the action' in the launch of the club's new away strip later this year. Fans will have the chance to win a trip to Parma in Italy in April to witness the new strip coming off the production line there.

 

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Everton manager, Joe Royle, sitting at his football pitch desk at the training ground