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Football Welcomes initiative this weekend celebrates contribution of refugees

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Stoke striker Saido Berahino welcomes initiative to mark 80th anniversary of arrival in UK of some of the first refugees to play professional football here

Friday, April 21st, 2017 - Stories

Photo of the week ~ Burgess Hill Town’s tree-lined Leylands Park

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Burgess Hill Town 5 Epsom & Ewell 2, 13/09/2008, FA Cup

Wednesday, April 19th, 2017 - Stories

From the archives ~ FA Cup third-place play-offs: football’s forgotten games

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For two semi-finalists the FA Cup will be over this weekend, but that wasn’t always the case – in WSC 288 Owen Amos remembered the matches even the FA ignore

Tuesday, April 18th, 2017 - Stories

The steady disappearance of sloped pitches is a sad loss to the game

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From Barnet’s Underhill to the Manor Ground of Oxford via Grundy Hill and Easter Road, pitches with a slope have become part of football’s folklore

Thursday, April 13th, 2017 - Stories

Photo of the week ~ Ninian Park, Cardiff City’s former home

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Wednesday, April 12th, 2017 - Stories