What is the hottest match ever played in England?

Plus: players with comic-book nicknames, successive suffix fixtures and the least deserving champions in football history

“What is the hottest English league or cup game on record?” asks Mike Dunn.

“In our era of climate change, the answer is probably last week, but I think I know the game that was most affected,” perspires Andy Wright, before letting us in on a remarkable saga of woe. “Bizarrely, it took place in Manchester.

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