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Mike Amos

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A thumbs-up journey with north-east football folk. https://nitter.cf/t.co/mXzOWMcS5P

 Middleton Tyas, England
Joined April 2017
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Malcolm Allison, Alan Durban and the Willington connection.. @WillingtonAFC Read more on mikeamosblog.wordpress.com
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October 29 2026: Durban renewal mikeamosblog.wordpress.com/2…
October 29 2026: Durban renewal

October 29 2026: Durban renewal

Showing Willington: Malcolm Allison and Alan Durban A lengthy, chatty and friendly email arrives from journalist Jeremy Robinson – tells a good story, too – but since there’s need…

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The first floodlit matches. @NonLeagueCrowd Read more on mikeamosblog.wordpress.com
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October 28 2026: light nights mikeamosblog.wordpress.com/2…
October 28 2026: light nights

October 28 2026: light nights

Let there be light: Bramall Lane, 1878 More Oxford debate. Monday’s blog supposed the Manor Ground, in 1950, to have been the first “professional” ground to stage a football match…

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Heavy hearted at Highbury. Again.... Read more on mikeamosblog.wordpress.com
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October 27 2026: Highbury lows mikeamosblog.wordpress.com/2…
October 27 2026: Highbury lows

October 27 2026: Highbury lows

Fleetwood max…. Until tonight, until this dark and dolorous night, it had been 20 years since Arsenal played at Highbury before upping sticks to the Emirates. It says as much in all the paper…

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When Oxford was the most expensive place to watch football... Read more on mikeamosblog.wordpress.com
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October 26 2026: cloud Cuckoo Lane mikeamosblog.wordpress.com/2…
October 26 2026: cloud Cuckoo Lane

October 26 2026: cloud Cuckoo Lane

Manor borne: Oxford United We’d recalled a couple of days back a 1993 readers’ poll in the Newcastle United fanzine Talk of the Tyne. Remember? It was the one which named the same bloke…

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The parmo, the travel writer, the WAG and the Middlesbrough footballer... Read more on mikeamosblog.wordpress.com
Grass Routes

Grass Routes

A thumbs-up journey with North-east football folk - click in the menu to buy my NEW autobiography

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October 25 2026: parmoceutical mikeamosblog.wordpress.com/2…
October 25 2026: parmoceutical

October 25 2026: parmoceutical

Back in 2012 – remember the year, it’s important – entertainingly off-grid travel writer Tim Moore produced a book (above) called You are awful (but I like you), sub-titled “…

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A Reay of sunshine on a stormy day....@Official_SAFC @YarmEaglescliff @NonLeagueCrowd Read more on mikeamosblog.wordpress.com
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NEW CHAIRMAN West Auckland Town FC is delighted to announce the appointment of John Elliott MBE as our new Chairman. #westisbest
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October 24 2026: Reay of sunshine mikeamosblog.wordpress.com/2…
October 24 2026: Reay of sunshine

October 24 2026: Reay of sunshine

Storming….Ben Reay Shildon’s Facebook page The plan – the temptation, anyway – is to head to Boldon CA, not least because of Keith Nicholson’s enthusiasm for the pie, …

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The coincidence of the missing football trophies...@HallamFC1860 @westaucklandfc Read more on mikeamosblog.wordpress.com
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The amazing one-armed footballer. Read more on mikeamosblog.wordpress.com
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October 23 2026: arms and the men mikeamosblog.wordpress.com/2…
October 23 2026: arms and the men

October 23 2026: arms and the men

One armed: Jimmy Hasty A mite surprising that no proper, paid, press plagiarist has yet to pick up on the compelling story in Tuesday’s blog about the one-legged goalie for Billingham Under 1…

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Funeral of Peter Ridley, great man and former editor of the Darlington and Stockton Times.
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Good morning with referee Martin Robinson at Sporting Memories this morning - and with memories of that Jimmy Glass moment at Brunton Park... @officialcufc @SportsMemNet @bishopafc Read more on mikeamosblog.wordpress.com
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October 22 2026: Speedy check mikeamosblog.wordpress.com/2…
October 22 2026: Speedy check

October 22 2026: Speedy check

Fist operator….Martin Robinson at Sporting Memories Picture: Peter Jackson Crowded hours begin with breakfast at West Auckland and then on to Sporting Memories at Bishop where long-running re…

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Recalling Shildon's FA Cup First Round tie with Notts County, now we've got a posh photo. @Official_SAFC Read more on mikeamosblog.wordpress.com
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