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Sherwood Collieries

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
23 March 2025

There’s no coal in the Collieries, but seams of sunshine in the sky, there’s warmth in the clubhouse, without the suit and tie.
Hospitality in the back room, sandwiches and chips, pride with the tea urns, mutters with sips.
There’s no coal in the Collieries, but flanks of trees on the hill, willow on the scrubland, in the air so still.
Running at defenders, Brighouse forwards shone, their orange shirts glimmered, finding through balls long.
There’s no coal in the Collieries, no slag heaps to be found, but hearts in the hinterlands, and kindness all aroun...

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