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‘I’m proud of what I achieved; I’m also ashamed of what I done’: a soccer coach’s tale of sport, status, and criminal behaviour

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Pages 505-518 | Received 24 Mar 2016, Accepted 21 Jun 2016, Published online: 07 Jul 2016

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