“Heading up the hill, past the parade of shops and fast-food takeaways, you find yourself wondering how many people have passed through these unpretentious, terraced streets without knowing the football history. If you didn’t know what you were looking for, you could walk this route from Plumstead railway station without ever appreciating what links this piece of suburbia, in a quiet corner of south-east London, to the football club currently at the top of the Premier League table. The first clue is from peering over the wall on Mineral Street (when you find out more, you come to realise why it has that name) into the nearest gardens. …”
NY Times/The Athletic (Video)
The old terraces of the Invicta Ground in back gardens on Hector Road, Plumstead, south-east London
Welcome to Arsenal’s old south-London stadium, with its terraces hidden away in back gardens
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“And just like that, Leicester City found themselves embroiled in a battle against relegation to the third tier. Confirmation filtered through on Thursday evening that the Championship club were subject to a six-point deduction, handed down by an independent commission, for breach of the English Football League’s profit and sustainability rules (PSR). The sanction leaves a side who are currently without a manager, following the sacking of Marti Cifuentes last month, outside the second division’s bottom three on goal difference alone. …”
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