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On A Hiding To Nothing: 25 Years At Sunderland AFC

On A Hiding To Nothing: 25 Years At Sunderland AFC

This book is a collection of interviews with Sunderland AFC players to document a 25 year period at the club

2020

Stories

The Silksworth Evictions

A County Durham town was at the brunt of a union dispute at the back end of the 19th century- and it wouldn’t be the last time

8h ago

The Silksworth Evictions

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The Windscale Fire

Nuclear disasters are thankfully few and far between, even more so in the UK. In the 1950s, however, an incident in Cumbria highlighted the…

1d ago

The Windscale Fire

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Rugby Town 2–5 Long Eaton United

A clash between two clubs at either end of the Pitching In Northern Premier League Midlands table was won by the side knocking on the…

Mar 30

Rugby Town 2–5 Long Eaton United

Mar 30

Vikings, ghosts, and disco ball cocktails

From cobbled streets to ghostly pubs, York is a city steeped in history where there’s a tale around nearly every corner

Mar 30

Vikings, ghosts, and disco ball cocktails

Mar 30

The Stay Behind Cave

The Second World War saw soldiers undergo plenty of daring missions, but for half a dozen British soldiers on the small peninsula of…

Mar 28

The Stay Behind Cave

Mar 28

When the miners returned

March 3 1985 brought the longest trade union strike in UK history to an end and the country was to change irreversibly

Mar 5

When the miners returned

Mar 5

Bedworth United 2–4 Anstey Nomads

The club located to the north of Coventry has a great setup and a friendly fanbase- but the fight against relegation looks set to go down…

Mar 2

Bedworth United 2–4 Anstey Nomads

Mar 2

Ten years on from ‘The Teyn’

Before this month it had been almost a decade since I was at Sixfields Stadium

Feb 26

Ten years on from ‘The Teyn’

Feb 26

For King and Country?

In 1933 Oxford Students Union voted not to fight for King and country- over 90 years later history has taught the public why they had a…

Feb 26

For King and Country?

Feb 26

Rugby Borough 1–1 Bourne Town

A first visit to the other football club in Rugby was my first match of the month- and it was a cup tie that went all the way

Feb 24

Rugby Borough 1–1 Bourne Town

Feb 24

Patrick Hollis

Patrick Hollis

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I am a journalist with an honours degree from Coventry University. I’m a published author and journalist with several years experience in the industry

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