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Jack Walton

England, Manchester, Oldham, Wigan
As seen in: The Post, Substack, The Bolton News, The New World, LincolnshireWorld, Wigan Today, Oldham Evening Chronicle, The Set Pieces, Back Page Football, Mancunian Matters, The Big Issue in the North and
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NCTJ Trainee @NewsAssociates. Intern @OldhamChronicle, @WigToday. Words in @ManchesterMill, @WSC_magazine, @thesetpieces, @KentishGazette, @MM_newsonline

Jack Walton’s Journalist Portfolio

To pay is to fail: The high art of the Manchester jibbers

To pay is to fail: The high art of the Manchester jibbers

Dear Millers - today's story is about the Inter City Jibbers, a daring group of Manchester United fans who ro…

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Oldham Athletic Supporters Trust fully back Lemsagam departure

Oldham Athletic Supporters Trust fully back Lemsagam departure

Abdallah Lemsagam As Oldham slumped to another home defeat on Saturday, there was a sense of absolute unity a…

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The Big Step: How football is dealing with its gambling habit - The Set Pieces

The Big Step: How football is dealing with its gambling habit - The Set Pieces

As Paul Merson stood on the golf course in his documentary Football, Gambling and Me, fighting back tears as …

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'They want to make us look like the lowest of the low'

'They want to make us look like the lowest of the low'

"What bloody more could you ask for?" says Roy, panting and doubled over into a recovery position on a bench …

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In Salford, the gardening gods chisel away at the anguishes of men

In Salford, the gardening gods chisel away at the anguishes of men

Dear members - today's story is by Jack Walton, who spent some time at Garden Needs, a community garden in Sa…

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Come to fight, stay to grow

Come to fight, stay to grow

In 2005, Charlie Henson was living destitute in Oldham. Sofa-surfing when he was lucky, on the streets when h…

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Raised in Weoley Castle

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By Jack Walton
| Birmingham Dispatch
All of 15 seconds elapse between Richard opening the door to his house in Weoley Castle – decorated with a vast England flag hanging from a second floor window – and me running out of questions. I rattle off three and he answers gamely: “Sure mate, as long as it’s quick…Richard…I put it up for the World Cup.” The door closes — not roughly, not rudely, but with a certain finality. What else is there to say?
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Raised in Weoley Castle

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By Jack Walton
| Birmingham Dispatch
Dear readers — it’s been a year since The Dispatch broke the story of the flag frenzy that started in Weoley Castle, then spread across the country, prompting many a broadsheet analysis and chin-stroking think-piece in the national papers. The flags are very much still up and, yes, we’re still banging on about them. In today’s story, Jack heads to the place where it all started to find out what happened after the reporters left. But before that, your Brum in Brief.
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The Top G World Cup

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By Jack Walton, Laurence Thompson, Abi Whistance
| The Post (Liverpool) Verified
Illustration by Jake Greenhalgh Dear readers — Bear with us. Here at The Post, we pride ourselves on watching things so you don’t have to: interminable council debates; city region press announcements; episodes four and five of The Cage. And we also keep an eye on all the influencer trends plaguing our fair city.
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