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Port Vale and the Unending Misery of League One
That little bit of hope the Bolton game gave us – do you remember that? Of course you do. It’s still clinging to the edges of the week like smoke that hasn’t quite dispersed. Only last Saturday, wasn’t it? And… Continue reading
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Port Vale 2-3 Leyton Orient: We Find Meaning In Our Suffering
Saturday 6 September 2025 Vale Park, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent When it arrived, the kill was swift and surgical. Ninety minutes plus five. A careless surrender on the halfway line, a blur of movement — run, pass, pass, goal. It was not… Continue reading
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