9 November 2026

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Football · 6 photos · 1 min

Match day at the stadium: stands, turf and floodlights

From a distance football becomes a spectacle of architecture: huge roofs, colourful seats and carefully mown grass.

Text: Lucas Moreau
Football Harbourside Women's rugby side promoted after an unbeaten season Harbourside won all 16 of their league matches to earn a place in the second tier, five years after the club fielded its first women's team. Callum Reid · 2 min Football Wrenhaven Athletic fight back to win at Larchfield and cut the gap at the top to two points Two goals in the final 20 minutes turned a flat afternoon into one of the Wrens' best away results of the season, and left the National First Division title race wide open. Callum Reid · 2 min Football Record 1,200 children turn out for Wrenhaven Athletic's academy open trials Coaches ran sessions on six pitches across two days as the club's youth academy held its largest open trials yet, with girls making up almost a third of those who took part. Diego Fernández · 2 min

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