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Mike Amos @MikeAmosBlog
Joined April 2017
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A weekend in London for Boro v Spurs, travel, hotel - all for £11.80 plus 70p VAT. Well, it was 1974... Read ore bargains on mikeamosblog.wordpress.com
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June 14 2026: Bee-plus mikeamosblog.wordpress.com/2…

June 14 2026: Bee-plus

We’re back on the buses. Steve Smith – “decluttering”, he insisrs – comes across the programme for Middlesbrough v Luton Town, first division August 1974, his eye part…

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The long and winding road from Trimdon to Blackpool - nearly 7 hours and a numb bum. Read more on mikeamosblog.wordpress.com
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Who remembers Walter Willson's? An amazing story. Read more on mikeamosblog.wordpress.com
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June 13 2026: store quality mikeamosblog.wordpress.com/2…
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Could you get to Westerdale by bus? You could go nearly everywhere else.... Read more on mikeamosblog.wordpress.com
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There's only two Freddie Lundbergs, only two Freddie Lundbergs.... Read more on mikeamosblog.wordpress.com
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June 12 2026: Freddie steady.... mikeamosblog.wordpress.com/2…
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She made it! Soaked, shattered but smiling, Jill Scott arrives in Bishop Auckland after riding through the rain from Manchester. Today it's just a 28 mile run to Sunderland.... @JillScottJS8 @SportRelief @bishopafc #TeamJill Read more on mikeamosblog.wordpress.com
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Doug Grant on football, prizes - and mental health struggles. @SportsMemNet @bishopafc Read more on mikeamosblog.wordpress.com
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June 11 2026: Grant aid mikeamosblog.wordpress.com/2…
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The referee with the perfect name... Read more on mikeamosblog.wordpress.com

Grass Routes

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

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June 10 2026: fault lines mikeamosblog.wordpress.com/2…

June 10 2026: fault lines

Recent remembrance of the 1994 World Cup in the United States – subject of an Ashington fanzine 32 years ago – prompts further recollection from blog reader John White. That in turn cal…

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Andy Saville and the David Sullivan offer... @Nick_Loughlin_ Read more on mikeamosblog.wordpress.com
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June 9 2026: Saville's travels mikeamosblog.wordpress.com/2…

June 9 2026: Saville’s travels

Chairmen: Garry Gibson (left) and David Sullivan David Sullivan – porn king, multi-millionaire and until last Saturday vice-chairman of West Ham United – was said this week to have made…

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So where really is the centre of Britain? Read more on milkeamosblog.wordpress.com
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Oops! Motorhome mishap on Skye....Read more on mikeamosblog.wordpress.com
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June 8 2026: centre points mikeamosblog.wordpress.com/2…

June 8 2026: centre points

Many a slip….misfortune on the Glenelg ferry It’s not just Ms Sturgeon and her egregious estranger who have problems with motor homes – as the image above illustrates. Forwarded b…

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When Ashington's fanzine went to the World Cup... @Ashington_FC @FanzineFC REad more on mikeamosblog.wordpress.com
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June 7 2026: tomorrow the Worlds mikeamosblog.wordpress.com/2…

June 7 2026: tomorrow the Worlds

The World Cup’s upon us and (almost literally) out of the cupboard falls a splendid memento of the last time – 1994 – that the finals were held in America. It was only the second …

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