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Photo: Digitura (CC0) The big one
Match day at the stadium: stands, turf and floodlights
Why it matters: From a distance football becomes a spectacle of architecture: huge roofs, colourful seats and carefully mown grass.
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Callum Reid Football
Streetball league tips off with 160 teams as Gulls players coach youth sides
Why it matters: The city's 3x3 basketball league has more than doubled in size, with games on outdoor courts in five parks and professional players from the Wrenhaven Gulls helping out on the sidelines.
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Tomás Herrera Football
What we lose when the neighbourhood pitch disappears
Why it matters: The scraps of land where children once played were never just football pitches. They were classrooms where a generation learned to live together.
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The stands should teach belonging, not rage
Why it matters: What a child learns on their first trip to the stadium says more about football's future than any scoreline.
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