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The 46-year-old has always watched an extraordinary amount of football, as demonstrated by his encyclopaedic references.

From BBC Mar. 23, 2026

Now we get an encyclopaedic analysis of every player's attribute, who he's married to and the names of all his children.

From BBC Nov. 21, 2021

Yes, he possessed a mild interest in fashion as a teen, he says, but he didn’t have an encyclopaedic knowledge of it.

From The Guardian Apr. 4, 2020

As for David Mitchell, with his bearded and bookish mien, it’s not hard to picture him as some sort of nerd-in-chief, earnestly urging his encyclopaedic knowledge on his people.

From The Guardian Aug. 25, 2019

And to that golden age belong also the great saint and preacher, Leander, who died in 603, and S. Isidore of Seville, the encyclopaedic writer, who died thirty-three years later.

From The Church and the Barbarians Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 461 to A.D. 1003 by Hutton, William Holden