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Port Vale 5-1 Maldon & Tiptree: Without Mercy. Without Remorse.
It was all over in twenty-four minutes of glorious chaos, four goals in a nine minute spell from Vale enough to deprive the nation of a Sunday afternoon giant-killing. It began with a dream and a stumble. Five minutes in… Continue reading
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Port Vale vs Maldon & Tiptree: Even The Gods Watch The First Round
Sunday 2 November, 3PM kick-off. The Valiants vs Maldon & Tiptree. FA Cup 1st Round proper. This fixture that has become drenched in so much narrative it might as well be staged by Beckett and scored by Wagner. The Maldon… Continue reading
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Port Vale 0-3 Stockport County: No Shelter from the Storm
I thought the cold light of day might wash it clean, give me perspective, a little clarity. It didn’t. It’s still there, raw and ugly. That performance was a surrender, a folding of cardboard in the rain, limp and shapeless.… Continue reading
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Port Vale vs Stockport County: Under The Lights
No football for us this weekend. Why? Because Sky Sports, the great puppeteer of the modern game, wanted it played on a Monday night for the cameras. That’s why. And what Sky wants, Sky gets. So here we are, Stockport… Continue reading
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Wigan Athletic 1-0 Port Vale: We’re Grim Up North
Let’s start with the positives. Or the positive. I could only find one. Marvin Johnson. For the short time he was on the pitch he looked a cut above anyone else we have seen at wing-back this season, I’m talking… Continue reading
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The Soul of the North: Wigan in Motion
Come Saturday we’ll be back on the road, northbound. M6, A49. 50 straight miles into Wigan. Wigan Athletic vs Port Vale. It’s more than just a game of football — it’s a cosmic pause, a roadside prayer whispered through transistor… Continue reading
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FA Cup 1st Round: Port Vale vs Maldon & Tiptree
The FA Cup — sacred chalice of English football, holy grail of the working man’s dream — rattles into town like a ghost train and we’ve jumped on board. 1st Round Proper, numbers drawn out of the hat, names put… Continue reading
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AFC Wimbledon 1-1 Port Vale: Our Achilles Heel
Where we end up this season, it’s all down to the back line — the last stand, the trench, the place where dreams get mugged in the alleyways. Defending. It’s not been great, has it? Not great at all. Ok,… Continue reading
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AFC Wimbledon vs Port Vale: Tripping On London
Tunstall. Crack of dawn. Streets half-lit and half-forgotten. Furlong Road stands quiet, like it’s waiting for something to happen. Sitting on the doorstep with a Sterling red and a coffee. The town’s still asleep but the day’s ready to tell… Continue reading
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Mo Faal – The Enigma and The Moment
That goal against Accrington Stanley the other night — watch it again. See what he does. He receives the ball with his back to goal, ten yards inside the Stanley half. Controls it. Holds off two defenders. Turns and sweeps… Continue reading
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