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The second leg home advantage: Evidence from European football cup competitions

Lionel Page Westminster Business School, University of Westminster, London, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Katie Page Department of Psychology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Pages 1547-1556 | Accepted 12 Feb 2007, Published online: 04 Oct 2007

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