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Just what Diego Costa needed: a guide to the traditions of the Premier League

Perfect your celebration, don’t sweat the League Cup, and learn to spit properly

Tim Howard confronts Diego Costa Photo: Getty
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Roger Alton
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Roger Alton is a former editor of the Observer and the Independent. He writes the Spectator Sport column.

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