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The former defender , who played for Tottenham and Arsenal in the capital, has been courted by the party and recently had lunch with the party chairman, Grant Shapps, amid suggestions he could run for mayor.
But when a crook waved a pistol in Leonardo Bonucci's face last October, the Juventus defender punched his assailant twice before chasing him up the street.
The England Under-21 defender was making his first start at Goodison following his full debut at West Ham United and despite that almost costly slip, he produced a prominent, assured outing from left-back.
Ashley Williams appeared amused by the incident, joking: "I've got my passport!" The Swansea defender added: "Most people did not realise anything was wrong until we were on the plane, he is touching down any moment I think.
It did, however, contrive to make global headlines, earning the defender the nickname "Llama" in honour of the South American camelid's prodigious ability for hurling projectiles manufactured from saliva.
Michael McGowan's free-kick was met by the Ayr defender Chris Smith only six yards out but he failed to make proper contact, allowing the goalkeeper Graham Stack to smother.
8 min: From the middle, Huddlestone picks out Lennon, who is far too quick for left-back Mejac and gets in behind the defender before pulling the ball back across the face of goal.
The half-dozen players at the core of the Aranycsapat – the Golden Squad – were all in the side by 1949: Ferenc Puskas and Nandor Hidegkuti made their international bows in 1945, the goalkeeper Gyula Grosics and defender Jozsef Bozsik in 1947, Sandor Kocsis in 1948 and Zoltan Czibor in 1949.
The Saints forward Nigel Hasselbaink restored the Scottish Premiership side's advantage in the 49th minute with a prodded shot before the defender Steven Anderson made sure of their place in 's draw in the 78th minute with a third goal.
However, speaking at the launch of his new biography at Cheltenham Literature Festival on Thursday, the former Tottenham and Arsenal defender admitted he is considering taking a more active role.
Striker Davie Dodds left for Neuchatel Xamax of Switzerland, although just four months later he would be back in Scotland with Aberdeen, and just a few weeks into the start of the new season, defender Richard Gough moved to Tottenham for £700,000, bucking the trend at the time that had seen players based in England moving north due to being deprived of European football.
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The primary grammatical function of "defender" is as a noun , designating an individual or entity that protects or advocates for something. As evidenced by Ludwig, "defender" is used both to denote roles, such as in sports or law, and to describe someone who supports a cause.
Expression frequency: Very common
