“It felt like The Athletic’s Jack Pitt-Brooke was speaking for many who had the misfortune to watch Brentford 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur on New Year’s Day. ‘I really hope that is the worst football match that takes place in 2026, in any league, at any level,’ he wrote on X. ‘If there’s anything worse than that, something’s gone wrong.’ That game was certainly bad — worse than bad, in fact — but how does it compare to some of the other horror shows our writers and editors have witnessed over the years? We asked for a selection of their lowlights. …”
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