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The Bill Howell Column: The hard work is about to start for Wolves and Birmingham City

THE yo-yo is a toy consisting of two equally sized but not specifically equally weighted pieces of plastic, wood, or metal, connected with an axle, with a string looped around the axle.

Or, in footballing terms, it is simply “a knack devised by Charlton in conjunction with Bolton that has been turned into an art form by Albion and more latterly Blues”.

It is the habit of flirting between divisions. Being too good for one and not quite up to the next.

Mick McCarthy and Alex McLeish were at Villa Park last night.

All smiles. No hint of nervousness.

Gareth Southgate was there. So too was Tony Pulis.

A man on Friday smashed the world record for keeping a football in the air for a marathon 24 hours in Covent Garden.

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