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Jack Walton

England, Manchester, Oldham, Wigan
As seen in: The Post, Substack, The Bolton News, The New World, Wigan Today, LincolnshireWorld, The Set Pieces, Back Page Football, Mancunian Matters, Oldham Evening Chronicle, 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

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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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A definitive ranking of every Beatles tourist magnet in Liverpool

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By Abi Whistance Verified, Laurence Thompson, Jack Walton
| The Post (Liverpool) Verified
The writer, Jack, having the time of his life. Photo: Abi Whistance Dear readers — What do you call a Post journalist in a suit? The defendant! Yes: we’ve been in court this week, the results of which we’ll be able to bring you shortly. But either way, it’s thrown a spanner into our usual operating procedure. Hence the delay to and subject of today’s story, which a cynic might call low-hanging fruit. What’s never low effort, however, is our reporting – as you’ll soon discover. The Beatles.
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The Tameside slaughterhouse facing down a global army of activists

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By Lucy McLaughlin Verified, Jack Walton
| The Mill
Dear readers — for nearly four weeks now, an eclectic group of protestors have gathered atop the rolling hills of Mossley. Nestled in the far edge of Tameside, come rain or shine, these activists trade jeers with the employees of Hartshead Meats, an abattoir at the foot of the Pennines. The site has catapulted the quiet town to the centre of a global furore.
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Welcome to Tranmere Rovers, a football club at war with its fans

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By Jack Walton
| The Post (Liverpool) Verified
When Ben Harrison arrived for a meeting with Mark Palios one evening in April 2023, he knew not to expect the warmest greeting. Harrison had just received an expletive-ridden series of text messages from Palios’s wife, Nicola, the co-owner of Tranmere Rovers. “Mark and I are still funding the fucking wages and you are stabbing us in the back…we need to speak face to face,” reads one of the texts. Harrison arrived at the urgent summit, and was told Palios would soon join him.
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