Thursday, January 24, 2008

Turkish delights continue to surprise

"Turkish delights continue to surprise

If shock league leaders Sivasspor can beat Fenerbahçe on Sunday, Turkey's traditional hierarchy really could be under threat

This weekend unfashionable Sivasspor have the chance to put a rocket up the Istanbul hierarchy of Turkish football with a fury not seen since Lagari Hasan Çelebi flew a gunpowder-powered jetpack over the Bosphorus in 1633."

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