Almost half a century ago, a touring Santos side met their match in a feisty friendly in front of a capacity crowd at Home Park
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A football memento with a hidden secret received as a promotional gift serves as a reminder of family bonds and glimpses into the world of the press box
The Alternative Football League and clubs such as Manchester Laces show demand is there but players still face huge hurdles to wider participation
Battles of attrition and tedious timewasting in the lower leagues are increasingly a turn-off for supporters, whose entertainment is sacrificed for points
Returning to non-League after 2020’s enforced absence heightened the senses of matchday, as told in this extract from the new book The Silence of the Stands