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Stories from the beautiful game past and present - All written by James M. Gowland. From amateur to professional, from home and abroad. Particularly, but not exclusively, German football and also a bit of groundhopping. (twitter @jimmylad86)

Monday, 16 June 2025

Why a Bunch of Amateurs From Auckland Are Representing Oceania at the Club World Cup Despite the Fact the City Has a Perfectly Good Professional Side

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Long day explaining there’s two clubs in Auckland. All the best for Saturday @AucklandCity_FC , we're backing you. 💪 pic.twitter.com/X...

Tuesday, 26 November 2024

Third Lanark (1872 - 1967) and Cathkin Park (Includes a poem by James M. Gowland)

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Cathkin Park is a public park in the south of Glasgow but it once housed a football ground which was home to the now defunct Third Lanark F...

Monday, 7 October 2024

Last Chance To Visit East Belfast’s Oval?

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You may not get many more chances to visit one of the ultimate vintage delights of the football ground world. With plans to completely rebui...

Monday, 30 October 2023

Football by the Railway Lines as Dunbar United Aim to Go Full Steam Ahead in the Scottish Cup

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I am trying to think if there are any football grounds closer to a railway line than Dunbar United’s New Countess Park? Okay, off the top of...

Friday, 11 August 2023

The Death of a King and the 40,000 Who Turned Up to Watch Gateshead FC

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At 11:15am on the morning of 6 February 1952 and the day of Gateshead FC’s fourth round FA cup tie with West Bromwich Albion, the BBC announ...

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