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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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Port Vale vs Arsenal: Breakfast And A Morning Stroll
Wednesday 24 September 2025, 08:30. The morning began, as mornings ought, with a ceremony of nourishment both modest and magnificent. An omelette, golden and obedient, enfolded within its curving embrace a portion of smoked haddock – firm, fragrant ,and faintly… Continue reading
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Port Vale 2-1 Mansfield Town: The Reprieve
Saturday 20 September 2025, 3pm. Vale Park, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent. Ninety-five minutes gone and the world hangs on a whistle, the ref a god with a plastic trinket, Ronan Curtis standing there like a man on the edge of a dream… 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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Reading 1-0 Port Vale: The Gentle Art Of Not Scoring
Saturday 30 August, 2025. Madejski Stadium, Reading. Dark clouds gather above us like prophets of doom. We cannot ignore this weather — this creeping malaise. August dies in the rearview mirror. Six games gone, no wins, just the bitter taste… 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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