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Saturday, 2nd January 2016 Stevenage 2-2 Leyton Orient East London’s Leyton Orient kicked off the New Year with an away match at Stevenage – and a single point to show for their journey up the A1. Just over 4,000 fans ...

Emdad Rahman A club started off by Aindreas Ó Céirín, better known as Brother Walfrid, to provide food and warmth to starving street children has now become one of the most famous names in world football. In 1888, Brother Walfrid came up ...

Emdad Rahman What better way to spend a day in December to burn off those holiday calories than climbing and leaping from tree to tree? It is with exactly this in mind that a visit was planned to the latest Go ...

Thanks to Mayor Lutfur Rahman’s initiative to introduce a “Mayor’s Cup” football competition, grants to community football groups are now available. And just before Xmas John “two jobs” Biggs found time in his busy schedule holding down two full-time jobs ...

Over the festive season, when junior citizens are getting bored and clamouring to be let out, it’s tempting to agree to go out for a family walk – but why stick to ground level? Until now, Go Ape’s forest adventures ...

Emdad Rahman reports from Anfield Liverpool 1-0 Leicester A run of four winless games was ended as a solitary strike from substitute Christian Benteke was enough to secure three precious points for Liverpool on Boxing Day. The Belgian hitman’s winning ...

Emdad Rahman explores the Scottish National Museum and Hampden Park. The football heritage of Glasgow is unparalleled. Football romantics will be hard pressed to find a story to match that of the Lisbon Lions, born within 30 miles of Parkhead ...

Player, pundit, presenter Fearsome union leader The Bearded Beatnik always fit the bill Craven Cottage fame He once scored five in a game Farewell Jimmy as you trot over the Hill number7 © Emdad Rahman

Jimmy Hill – a man whose life was football – has died at the age of 87. He was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease seven years ago and he lived the last years of his life in a care home. Hill ...

Tower Hamlets Council works hard to promote sport to all its residents and to ensure there are plenty of place to take part in a wide variety of sport throughout the borough. It takes an inclusive approach: so one strand ...