football
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Reading V Port Vale: Searching for that Young Soul Rebel
Saturday 30 August, 2025 We roll. We roll because the road is ours, and the road is all there is. No gods, no maps, no meaning—just the hum of the engine and the beat of our hearts. Camus asked, “Should… Continue reading
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The Best Of All Possible Draws! Port Vale V Arsenal
The mechanics of the Carabao Cup draw, like the workings of the universe, are not for mortal minds to comprehend. Balls were drawn from a jar with all the solemnity of a village fête tombola. And lo! The first name… Continue reading
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Echoes Beneath the Floodlights: Vale Park at 75
On Sunday 24 August 2025, Vale Park – the Wembley of the North and home of Port Vale FC — will celebrate 75 years of existence. A theatre of hopes, dreams, miseries, and nightmares. A place where time has not… Continue reading
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Port Vale 1-2 Stevenage FC: The Truth Is Here
Tuesday 19 August 2025 Vale Park, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent We were better. For long stretches, undeniably better. But football, like life, is not a meritocracy. Two goals in three minutes – one born of defensive negligence, the other a product of… Continue reading
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