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Michael Walker

Nord-Pas-de-Calais
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Freelance football reporter @TheAthleticFC & @IrishTimesSport NUJ mwalkerfoot.bsky.social
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Middlesbrough and the meaning of football in troubled times

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By Michael Walker
| The Athletic Verified
Five o’clock Saturday, the Riverside Stadium and Middlesbrough head coach Kim Hellberg is fist-pumping a half-bewildered but fully enthused home crowd. A helter-skelter 4-3 win over Norwich City has been secured in added time. In the directors’ box owner-chairman Steve Gibson blows out his cheeks while a euphoric stadium falls over itself with happiness and relief. This really mattered.
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121 seconds of madness as Raya’s penalty save and Guimaraes strike secure Arsenal victory

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By Art de Roche Verified, Ahmed Walid, Michael Walker
| The Athletic Verified
Arsenal maintained their 100 per cent record in dramatic fashion as they defeated a spirited Sunderland side 2-0 at the Stadium of Light. In two pivotal minutes, David Raya saved an Enzo Le Fee penalty and Bruno Guimaraes scored a superb first goal for the club. Bukayo Saka added a stoppage-time penalty to add gloss to the win. The first half was a closely contested affair with clear chances at a premium.
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‘I find a bit of myself in Sunderland’: Thomas Meunier on his new life in England, a striking past and Balogun Original

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By Michael Walker
| The Athletic Verified
Not many footballers schedule interviews for eight o’clock in the morning. But then, as it soon becomes clear, not many footballers are Thomas Meunier. Shortly after 8am, Meunier laughs as he declares himself “hyperactive”, and you begin to better understand a personal and professional trajectory that took him from delivering the mail and fixing car windscreens as a teenager in rural Belgium to signing for clubs including Borussia Dortmund, Paris Saint-Germain and now Sunderland.
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