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In this week’s column, Fakenham writer Jim Harding tells tales of playing football across the world… Growing up in the days when televisions were absent in most houses, including ours, viewing live sports was very limited. Despite this, I embraced everything from cricket to football to athletics to boxing with great enthusiasm. Football was probably the most influential and at least when my dad, a smart electrician, cobbled together our first TV with a nine-inch screen I was able to see cup finals live every year. Our local football team was Woking and I was a regular touchline supporter with …

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