The Day I Knew I Had to Give Up Drinking ; the Interview Clarke Carlisle [Edition 2]

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THE turning point for Clarke Carlisle came as he curled up in a corner seat of the team coach as QPR prepared to drive to their overnight stay before a match at Colchester. He was hoping no one would smell his breath and manager Ian Holloway would be unaware that he was still drunk from the night before.

'It was a Friday morning,' remembers Carlisle. 'I tried to hide on the bus, I didn't talk to anyone and I slumped myself in the corner, but it was blatantly obvious. I knew I'd get my comeuppance if Olly (Holloway) caught wind, which he did. I was half-expecting it, probably.'

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The Day I Knew I Had to Give Up Drinking ; the Interview Clarke Carlisle [Edition 2]

To the fans and staff at Burnley, where Carlisle is the defensive lynchpin in their impressive start in the Premier League, it all seems barely credible. 'He's super, isn't he,' says the receptionist at Turf Moor, expressing a view that each...

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