Mike Amos

@MikeAmosBlog

A thumbs-up journey with north-east football folk. https://mikeamosblog.wordpress.com/

Middleton Tyas, England

Joined April 2017

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July 26 2025: WH15TLE happy? mikeamosblog.wordpress.com/2025/07/27/jul…

MikeAmosBlog's tweet card. Nothing for it: City on the attack Picture: Martyn Tweddle North-west from Kirkby Stephen isn’t the best bit of the Settle and Carlisle railway line but it’s bucolically pleasant, stops…

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Mike Amos@MikeAmosBlog · Jul 26

First game of the season. @DarloTownFC v @synthonia. @NLFanAccount @NonLeagueCrowd . @EbacNorthernLge Read more on mikeamosblog.wordpress.com

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Mike Amos@MikeAmosBlog · Jul 26

July 25 2025: in the bag mikeamosblog.wordpress.com/2025/07/26/jul…

MikeAmosBlog's tweet card. Brought to book…. A bit like one of those poor bairns abandoned on the doorstep, a thin blue carrier bag has been left at Darlington Snooker Club where from time to time I raise a glass. Insi…

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Mike Amos@MikeAmosBlog · Jul 25

Watch out for more Harmisons....! @ashingtoncc_ Read more on mikeamosblog.wordpress.com

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Mike Amos@MikeAmosBlog · Jul 25

July 24 2025: Harmi's way mikeamosblog.wordpress.com/2025/07/25/jul…

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Mike Amos@MikeAmosBlog · Jul 24

July 23 2025: nick-nack mikeamosblog.wordpress.com/2025/07/24/jul…

MikeAmosBlog's tweet card. Bonner fides: John Thompson Perhaps keen to make a name for himself, loyal reader Chris Snowdon not only suggests a sortie into soubriquets but provides pages of examples. Some are ingenious, some …

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Mike Amos@MikeAmosBlog · Jul 23

When football grounds had character - and now they're gone-except in a great new book.... @Groundtastic @NonLeagueCrowd @DarloRetro @EWFC1913 @bishopafc @penrith_afc @ConsettAFC . Read more on mikeamosblog.wordpress.com

MikeAmosBlog's tweet image. When football grounds had character - and now they're gone-except in a great new book.... @Groundtastic @NonLeagueCrowd @DarloRetro @EWFC1913 @bishopafc @penrith_afc @ConsettAFC . Read more on mikeamosblog.wordpress.com

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Mike Amos@MikeAmosBlog · Jul 23

July 22 2025: one sighs.... mikeamosblog.wordpress.com/2025/07/23/jul…

MikeAmosBlog's tweet card. The American folk singer Pete Seeger featured atop yesterday’s blog – it was he who (ultimately) wrote Turn turn turn – and perchance he features again. In 1963 he sang Little box…

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Mike Amos@MikeAmosBlog · Jul 22

When H'Angus wore a Darlo shirt.....Read more on mikeamosblog.wordpress.com

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Mike Amos@MikeAmosBlog · Jul 22

July 21 2025: U-turn mikeamosblog.wordpress.com/2025/07/22/jul…

MikeAmosBlog's tweet card. However unfamiliarly, readers will be familiar with the first eight verses of the third chapter of the Book of Ecclesiastes, read at half the church funerals over the last 60 years and memorably se…

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Mike Amos@MikeAmosBlog · Jul 21

Tea, traions and telephone boxes.... @WeardaleRailway @aucklandproject . Read more on mikeamosblog.wordpress.com

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Mike Amos@MikeAmosBlog · Jul 21

Tea, trains and telephone boxes.... Read more on mikeamosblog.wordpress.com

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Mike Amos@MikeAmosBlog · Jul 21

July 20 2025: training session mikeamosblog.wordpress.com/2025/07/21/jul…

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Mike Amos@MikeAmosBlog · Jul 20

What H'angus found in Australia... @Nick_Loughlin_ @Official_HUFC . Read more on mikeamosblog.wordpress.com

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Mike Amos@MikeAmosBlog · Jul 20

July 19 2025: monkey business mikeamosblog.wordpress.com/2025/07/20/jul…

MikeAmosBlog's tweet card. Costume drama: H’angus Former Northern Echo sports editor and Hartlepool United fan Nick Loughlin forwards some images from hot metal days, of linotype machines and of great gantries of type,…

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Mike Amos@MikeAmosBlog · Jul 19

Death of The Mighty Wyn @NUFC. Read more on mikeamosblog.wordpress.com

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Mike Amos@MikeAmosBlog · Jul 19

July 18 2025: the mighty Wyn mikeamosblog.wordpress.com/2025/07/19/jul…

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Bishop Auckland FC@bishopafc · Jul 18

A great morning at the Vest Construction Stadium yesterday in company with Vince Kirkup who gave us a great insight into his grass roots sporting background - very enjoyable. Thank you Vince! 📸 @elmerbat

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Mike Amos@MikeAmosBlog · Jul 18

Great tales of @crooktownfc, Stanley Hill Top and much more with Vince Kirkup at Sporting Memories @bishopfc yesterday. @SportsMemNet @groundtastic. Read more on mikeamosblog.wordpress.com

MikeAmosBlog's tweet image. Great tales of @crooktownfc, Stanley Hill Top and much more with Vince Kirkup at Sporting Memories @bishopfc yesterday. @SportsMemNet @groundtastic. Read more on mikeamosblog.wordpress.com

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Mike Amos@MikeAmosBlog · Jul 18

July 17 2025: veni, vidi, Vincey mikeamosblog.wordpress.com/2025/07/18/jul…

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