Smells like team spirit - the Mighty vs Reading

Some nights are magical. It's a cliche above all cliches to talk about football as the opera or ballet of the working class, but when you see your team sweeping down the pitch and take in the nimble footwork, the seemingly telepathic connection between them, the grace and balance...

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Everywhere they go...: the Mighty vs Bolton Wanderers

There's an anticipation outside. I'm a bit late which adds to the urgency of it all. I've always panicked about missing kick offs since I was a kid and very rarely has it happened but an ill judged nip to Tesco before the game has delayed me (why did seemingly everyone in the...

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How not to win a game of football: the Mighty vs Leyton Orient.

It was sunny but cold. The crowd was in the mood. Orient had brought a smallish but fairly vocal following. We were resplendent in tangerine and white, they looked dowdy in a grey away kit that a) made them all look like goalkeepers and b) made you wonder 'who looks at 'all...

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From the ridiculous to the sublime and the stuff in between: the Mighty vs Cambridge Utd

The incredible thing about football is I never get bored of it* When I try and work out why that is, one thing that comes to mind is the seemingly infinite amount of ways there are to score a goal. Some goals are beautiful, crafted works of art. I think my favourite goal of...

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Drudgery and duty - the Mighty vs Peterborough Utd.

There's a hundred other things that would be more worthwhile than attending a football match that in all likelihood will have no bearing on anything for either side. That said, does football really have any great bearing on anything anyway? It's not like getting promoted or...

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