tales from the paddock

Sunderland

  • There Is A Light That Never Goes Out

    The board goes up – six minutes. Six. Added. Minutes. And I swear something inside me just snaps like an old elastic band that’s been left in the sun too long. I’m done. Absolutely shredded. Head gone, legs gone, soul… Continue reading

    There Is A Light That Never Goes Out

  • Port Vale: Going Down Fighting and the FA Cup Fever Dream

    There is definitely something happening, right? You can feel it under the skin now – a stubbornness, a resilience, a refusal to lie down that simply didn’t exist a few weeks ago. There’s fight again. There’s spirit again. There’s belief… Continue reading

    Port Vale: Going Down Fighting and the FA Cup Fever Dream