Quality Street or Over hyped?

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Taxi drivers listen to TalkSport all day - well they've got to do something in between ranting about immigrants to their fares - but proper football supporters listen to radio Five's SixOsix.

Considering myself the latter, and certainly not the former, I tuned in on Saturday night after a decent afternoon of football around the country. The most interesting calls came from a Reading fan, and a young Southampton supporter. The Reading supporter had just seen his team lose 2-1 at home to Blackburn, while the Southampton supporter had endured an exciting draw with Derby. But it was the common themes which caught my ear. The Reading fan had enjoyed his game, even though they lost, but commented on how over hyped the Premiership is and the poor quality of the football. The So...

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