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Jan
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Chapter 9 - Last roll of the dice 14:45. Fifteen minutes to kick off, and the home dressing room hummed with a nervous energy that felt alive, buzzing in the air and with a hint of sweat and expectation. Ashton Gate, packed to the rafters, no empty s...
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Jan
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Chapter 8 - The Weight of a Season PosTeamPLDWONDRNLSTFORAGAGDPTS1stPlymouth45346510112891082ndIpswich4526109723141883rdBristol City4526811833449864thWigan45241210693534845thBournemouth4523148664323836thQPR45221410584018807thCharlton Athletic45231013...
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Jan
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Chapter 7 - Teach an old dog new tricks The crowd at Ashton Gate was restless, the low hum of anticipation buzzing through the stands. Bristol had been the better team and had pressed hard against Sheffield United, also looking for a play off place b...
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Jan
1 year ago
Chapter 6 - Boiling Point The away dressing was a furnace of frustration and anger. Boots thrown across the room, locker doors slammed and hanging on hinges by a thread, striker Daka’s personal vendetta against a water bottle carrier still going desp...
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Jan
1 year ago
Chapter 5 - Watching from the Sidelines Jimmy was sat in the dugout with the subs, still walking gingerly after getting the all clear to resume light training. The floodlights at Ashton Gate bathed the pitch in a harsh white, the kind that made every...
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Jan
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Chapter 4 - The season opener ‘And what better way to kick off the Championship season  than with the Severnside Derby between Cardiff City and Bristol City. Bristol of course have reached the playoffs seven seasons in a row, getting to the fina...
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Jan
1 year ago
Chapter 3 - Back to the grind 05:30, and as usual the training ground was a graveyard. The early sun was starting to bleed through the mist, the scent of freshly cut grass sharp in the air. The loud bang of the closing gate echoed like a gunshot goin...
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Jan
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Chapter 2 - Ghosts of penalties past Jimmy Sharpe. The name rang out in Bristol like that of a God, a hero in the red side of the city. The Gas, the nickname from the other side of Bristol, the Bristol Rovers side, were loving the fact that the man t...
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Jan
1 year ago
This is the first of a series of short stories I've done. Similiar to how @HockeyBhoy is doing with his. == == == == == == == Chapter 1 - The miss Jimmy Sharpe lived and died by the spot. Never once missing a penalty in his fourteen years a...
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Jan
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Good luck with the national team hope you do well As @HockeyBhoy  says you should get some images of the game up to really set your story alive 
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Chapter 8 The final game of the season had all the subtlety of a public hanging. The air in Legionowo was thick with desperation, a feeling that had clouded over Polonia Bytom all season long. Scott Lańkowski had his eyes fixed on the pitch, watching...
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Chapter 7The streets of Bytom were still heavy with coal dust and doubt, but something had shifted in the air. Survival wasn’t a word that got whispered in back alleys or muttered over shots of vodka in dimly lit bars. It was a possibility now, a real, li...
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Chapter 6   The cold air in Bytom hit harder than usual, with fog creeping in. The floodlights weren’t on just yet, but the ground staff were ready if they needed to be switched on. The fans packed the stadium, their breath rising in clouds...
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Jan
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January 2017 football news Danielle De Rossi leaves AS Roma after sixteen and a half years. He leaves for 1.5 million to Argentine league leaders Boca Juniors. In his first start two days later De Rossi scored the equaliser against Tigre, and almost...
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Jan
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The derby   The air in the city was heavy with tension and coal dust. Despite Bytoms rough form the streets buzzed with anticipation, locals gathered in dingy bars muttering about the derby. Raków Częstochowa, the enemy, the team with more...
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Jan
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Chapter five  Scott Lańkowski wasn’t sleeping much. The nights were spent reviewing game notes, going over reports and tactics and just bled into mornings, the stress carving into the hollows under his eyes. Polonia Bytom had started with a flic...
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Chapter four   The season started under a bleak cloud, as Polonia Bytom were already on negative eight points before a ball had even been kicked. Eight points, the kind of punishment that makes veteran players question their loyalty and you...
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Jan
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Chapter 3The morning air in Bytom smelled like wet iron and old regret. The kind of air that sticks to your clothes and crawls down your throat and into your lungs. Scott Lańkowski walked through the gates at the stadium, Edwarda Szymkowiaka, his breath f...
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Jan
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They key playersAging full back Marek Szyndrowski, a grizzled veteran with knees that creak like ancient floorboards. Marek might possibly be the glue that will keep the Polonia Bytom backline together, he’s a relic from a bygone era where tackles were wa...
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Jan
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Chapter 2The wind rattled through the Silesia countryside taking no prisoners. The clatter of things being thrown around was drawing out the voices in Scott Lańkowski’s head, telling him this was all a mistake. He stared at his reflection in the mist cove...
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Jan
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Part one - The weight of expectation No one really knows how Scott Lańkowski got the job. Something to do with a favour to his old man (more on him as the story progresses) although no one wants to open up that can of worms. Scott Lańkowski wasn...
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Interesting seeing a save start so far in the future. Will be following this
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Jan
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Can I request SS style kits for my upcioming Sleza Wroclaw save pleaseTeam Name: Sleza WroclawKit Maker: Jako Sponsor:  Wroclaw.pl Badge:  Home - Red and yellow halves similar to this pleaseAway - Any style please but white with a...
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Dec
1 year ago
Chapter 8Rain, more fucking rain. I could hear it banging on the floodlights in the Victoria Stadium, not that the lights would be needed for this game. As the game kicked off I reminded myself that Bruno’s Magpies are meant to have this game wrapped up b...
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Dec
1 year ago
Chapter 7As has been a staple of my time in the Gibraltar, the rain was coming down in buckets the morning of the game. It was slashing down across my face like a member of a football firm pissed up waving a knife around just all over the place with absol...
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Dec
1 year ago
Chapter 6 January 2017Football headlines In England Arsenal lead the way at the top of the Premier League, showing impressive form and consistency so far and even going on a 18 game unbeaten run in all competitions. Tottenham Hotspur follow...
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Dec
1 year ago
Chapter 5     The rain, surprisingly on this day, was falling in relentless sheets, sticking to everything around me and was drumming on the hoods of the cars as I walked into the Victoria Stadium. Inside the ground I could feel a...
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Dec
1 year ago
Chapter 4 As I was working my way through notes and reports, the phone on my left rang on the small desk I sat at. The sharp brrrrlliinnnggg cutting through the silence like a jagged knife, it startled me to be fair. It was getting on a bit, 21:43 to...
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Dec
1 year ago
Chapter 2 Scottish football news:Ally McCoist has been named the new Kilmarnock manager. Scotland have been drawn against the English, Lithuania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Malta in their group in the World Cup qualifiers.Dundee United have signed O...
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Dec
1 year ago
Chapter 2 Lets take a step back for a moment. You’re maybe wondering how I even got offered the mangers job of a small second division club in Gibraltar despite never managing a team before. If you’re not, well I’m going to tell you anyway. We’d...