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The wrong way to the Rhonddas

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
19 November 2023

FANS’ FORUM

JUST an observation on the otherwise excellent report on the Merthyr Town v AFC Totton match last Saturday, which I was at. (By the way, an impeccably observed two minutes silence by both teams and all supporters.)
Your report captured the match faithfully, but Merthyr ‘in the Rhondda Valleys’?? As an Englishman who has lived in the beautiful Valleys for over 30 years, I can tell you this is a little like accusing a Spurs supporter
■ Correction please: Merthyr Tydfil is a County Borough and Merthyr Town is not in “the Rhondda Valleys&#x...

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