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Feb 3, 2023

Is football fan culture on the decline or on the rise?

What is football fan culture? Ultimately it means different things to different people and different traditions in different countries....

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Aug 27, 2022

From a car crash, to a hospital bed, to laying on top of Alun Armstrong.

There’s a two year period in the middle of Stockport County’s historic 90s decade where the club went through somewhat of a transition...

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Jul 26, 2022

County are back: Tales of an anxious glory hunter.

Further down this site you’ll find pieces I’ve written on Stockport County’s most glorious decade, the 1990s. The run to the semi finals...

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May 16, 2021

Wrexham AFC, the Hollywood takeover.

In November 2020, in the midsts of a global pandemic, Wrexham AFC, one of the few professional Welsh football clubs to play in the...

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Aug 26, 2020

The day I met Carlton Palmer in just a towel.

August 2002. Stockport County had just been relegated after five years in the Championship and started the new season with plenty of...

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Aug 17, 2020

City City what’s the score?

The title of this may seem a little juvenile but believe it or not, Stockport County once produced an official DVD sold in the club shop...

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Aug 17, 2020

Stockport County - Giant killers

A piece I wrote for the podcast and blog “The Scarf Bergara Wore” 96/97 - numbers that roll off the tongue for a lot of Stockport County...

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Aug 17, 2020

Welcome

As an 80s kid, I grew up in South Manchester on Panini stickers, kicking a ball against a wall, by myself, until it was too dark to see,...

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