Football: OH NO! JAMES DOES IT AGAIN; Chelsea 1 Aston Villa 0: New clanger puts heat back on Gregory.(Sport)

From: The Mirror (London, England) | Date: January 2, 2001 | Copyright information

Byline: Harry HARRIS

CALAMITY James was back with the kind of comical error that could cost manager John Gregory his job.

With Gregory under intense scrutiny by his chairman Doug Ellis after failing to win a single game since mid-November, Gregory was fortunate to have missed keeper David James' mistake.

Results rather than Gregory's most public of rows with Ellis will ultimately determine his destiny and his latest setback came when James fouled up a routine clearance.

With time to spare, James completely mis-kicked after comfortably collecting Steve Staunton's ...

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