THE FAMOUS SLOPING PITCH Hancock + England

I happen to feel that the UK is a much less threatening place than it was in the 60's and 70's. I hesitate to suggest that that's because I lived there.

You should be a political Correspondent

Isn't exhausting to merely exist at the moment?

"...the spark is lit before the system gets hold of you...Street games were as much about community as sport; street football is the social fabric of the game"

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'Street Football: The Real Grassroots of the Beautiful Game'

#StreetFootball

That's why, although I totally understand your reticence

If that's Richard O'Sullivan, that's a double dick pick

An awful take! Be Informed and sceptical but never hide.

A deeply reactionary woman in my ( limited) experience working with her

Shoplifting at the top level

"We came from the streets...."

'Street Football: The Real Grassroots of the Beautiful Game'

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Grandson of Moorcroft founder buys bust Stoke-on-Trent firm New owner Will Moorcroft is

This is good news. Now he needs backing

#Moorcroft #ThePotteries #StokeonTrent

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

my grandpa was illiterate so i have no idea if this ouija board is working or not

His timeline is full of capital letters and inverted commas

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Just before he died Nelson said to me : " You're not Hardy"

Just before he died King Harold said to me : "I spy with my little eye something beginning with 'A' "

In the meantime Stoke on Trent Council tell us they are providing free events to celebrate the city's centenary. NOT FREE paid for by Council Taxpayers.

'Should', should is the word

Strange but good luck

It's great but it's no ' Electric Landlady ', RIP Kirsty MacColl

Also...talking trees and Elvish language

Forbes report: Manchester United world's second most valuable football club despite struggles Manchester United are named the world's second most valuable football club behind only Real Madrid despite their recent struggles on the pitch.

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Those sackings got them over the line

Rare footage of Lenin on The Generation Game

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For when it's raining

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'Work and Play: The Industrial Roots of English Football' is available via Pitch Publishing

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#WorkandPlay

They have such a patronising, metropolitan view of what 'normal ' people want. Makes me almost nostalgic for the Tory ' couldn't give a fuck' approach.