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DOING THE A FOOTBALL MECCA 92

ALAN JOHNSON discusses the pleasure – and pain – of attempting to watch a match at every Football League ground in a single season

Avisit to Wembley or the Nou Camp could be described as a football pilgrimage. But perhaps the greatest pilgrimage, in English football at least, is to visit (and witness a first team match at) all 92 of the country’s Football League grounds in one season. No mean feat when you consider the league season contains only 41 Saturdays, leaving the remaining 51 grounds to be strategically spread over Sundays and week nights.
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