Trump at the League Cup draw

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Long before launching his bid to become the most powerful man on the planet, Donald Trump dipped his toe into English football.

It was December 1991, and the now-Republican presidential candidate had agreed to appear in the fifth-round draw for what was known as the Rumbelows Cup at his Trump Tower headquarters in New York.

It was part of the ‘Saint and Greavsie’ show, which ran on ITV between 1985 and 1992, and Trump was tasked with drawing the away teams out of the bag after Jimmy Greaves had picked the home teams.

The footage opens with an introduction from the former Football League secretary David Dent, and Trump enjoys some light-hearted banter with Greaves before getting started.

The draw pits Norwich against …

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