The Magazine
Head down to your local astro-turf arena and you’re likely to see as many unique characters as you do spectacular, albeit sometimes fluky, goals. We’re talking about the Friday night heroes, not the professional futsal legends or the paid stars....
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“Here you go Easty.” I look up from my newspaper as my manager, Paul Sturrock, places two plastic shopping bags on the table in front of me. One is full of an assortment of fruit and veg and the other, which has three foil...
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Modern football has yet to make its mark on the Ayrshire coast. The usual breed of uncultured workhorses do battle in a ground consisting of one creaking wooden stand and a trio of vast terraces. Hardly the sort of place...
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There are moments in life when you just know you have over-stepped the boundaries of appropriate adult behavior. In my case it was shouting ‘For fuck’s sake, don’t make that fat twat look like Messi!’ during a tense under-10s league...
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Football is the secondary sport in Devon. The formation and growth of three professional football teams (Plymouth Argyle, Exeter City and Torquay United) lagged behind other clubs across the UK. Plymouth Argyle didn’t become a professional club until 1903, Exeter,...
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