Stories

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From the archive ~ Remembering Jossy’s Giants: ground evictions and girl problems

Glipton’s teenage stars captivated a generation of adolescents with their comic microcosm of the evolving football world in the late 1980s

Monday, June 26th, 2017 - Stories

Badge of the week ~ Labasa FC, Fiji

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Friday, June 23rd, 2017 - Stories

Keeping it real: lower-league football’s growing authenticity problem

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The idea of football becoming more “authentic” the lower down the leagues you go simultaneously patronises those fans and hinders modernisation

Thursday, June 22nd, 2017 - Stories

Photo of the week ~ Saltergate, former home to Chesterfield

Tuesday, June 20th, 2017 - Stories

From the archive ~ Football’s odds have always been stacked against defenders

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It’s often said that football has gone soft. However Philip Cornwall, in May 2004, believed the history of the game has been one of taming the back line

Monday, June 19th, 2017 - Stories