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Single Parenthood & I: School Sports Day
No, you're not getting me up to run on a sweltering hot morning. But I will turn up to support someone who turns out to be... not a natural athlete.
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Ian King
The Long Read: Charlton Athletic & The Battle for The Valley
The original plan was to buld the biggest football ground in the world, but in the end Charlton Athletic supporters had to fight to get back to their…
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Ian King
Single Parenthood & I: The Apps Won't Work
It's only taken a few days on the dating apps to realise that I'm probably not as cut out for them as I thought I might be.
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Ian King
The Long Read: Football vs Fascism in the 1930s
As the world slid towards war in the 1930s, football was as much a part of the British policy of appeasement of anything else.
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Ian King
Single Parenthood & I: Out With The Old
There ain't nothing like some midsummer's replenishment to make you feel brand new.
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The Best Team in the Land and all The World, Part Eleven: How Manchester United Didn't 'Kill The FA Cup'
FIFA wanted in on that sweet, sweet club tournament money, and if that meant a half-baked tournament in the middle of the European domestic season, then…
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Ian King
Ange Out
The overwhelming feeling that comes from this having happened is, well... obviously?
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The Soundtrack to My Life: The Weekly Playlist - Colours
This was going to be a podcast, but truth be told I couldn't get it to work. So instead, it's a playlist, and a precis of each of the songs contained…
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Ian King
The Long Read: The Almost Complete History of Stamford Bridge
Ain't got no history, huh? Well, 120 years of Stamford Bridge, and the club created to fill it, say otherwise.
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Single Parenthood & I: Timmy Mallett, going down a K-hole
Nothing is going to make you feel older than the realisation that you don't even understand how their video games work any more.
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Ian King

May 2025

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