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We’re part of one big family

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
3 March 2024

Charlie BAKER
talk SPORT HOST AND TORQUAY UNITED FAN

I’ll admit it. I always smirked and was pretty cynical whenever any fan would talk about ‘The Football Family’.
A mythical fantasy world where despite every Saturday at 3pm throughout the length and breadth of the country fans calling each other every terrible thing you can possibly imagine and some you can’t, when the Danny Shittu hits the fan there will be an armistice, a peace will break out, a grave nod of the head will occur as the ‘family’ will admit that they’ve actually always loved going to Scunthorpe, that they have a deep r...

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