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7.Football glossary: End-to-end football. A period in a game characterised by high levels of chance creation at alternating ends of the pitch. 'It's like watching basketball!' A reminder that an end is one side of the stadium. Famous footballing ends include the Stretford End (Manchester United), the Gallow...

14.6 - FOMO

6.@banterbets: BREAKING! UEFA

14.5 - Squad of War

5.Friday, July 31

14.4 - To Shreds, You Say?

4.Chesterness Series 3: The

14.3 - The Jaws of Victory

Become a Patron to read ahead!3.Sporting glossary: Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Somehow conspiring to fail when everything seemed to be going well.***Thursday, July 9UEFA Conference League Qualifiers Match 1 of ?: Progres Niederkorn versus College 1975A day of firsts started with my first ever flight on a...

14.2 - The Maxnificent Seven

2.Saturday, July 4, 2026I crashed into the saloon; everyone turned to look at me. The pianist stopped playing, the barman thought to himself, 'here's trouble.' No-one went for their shooter - good. No need for bloodshed today.I spat on the wooden floor and moseyed on over to a table at the back."Howdy, ...

14.1 - Emily in Canada

Player Manager 14

[Patreon-only Bonus] Book 13 Epilogue to the Epilogue

[T2 readers reading this on March 3 2025 - no chapter this Friday!]Hey! Got you a present.It's multimedia so I can't drop it on Patreon itself.Make sure your volume is ON and click the play icons to summon the videos if you see blank spaces where a video would go.https://ted-steel.com/bonus13/Enjoy!...If you mi...

13.16 - Epilogue

Become a Patron to read ahead!16.Mid May, 2026Emma drove us to south Manchester while I chose the tunes. The first few songs were upbeat bangers that gave a sense of propulsion and fun. Holiday Roadand Happyinto Highway Star. I planned a controlled descent from there to The Stone Roses, but ended up letting The Black K...

13.15 - The End of the Road

15. Boys 2 Menby

Chapter Tuesday

Hey, sorry for this but it's 3 am and I'm only about 70% of the way through the next chapter. Let's pop it back a day so I can do it properly.I know this has been happening a lot recently but I got the idea for the concept fairly late. The idea is an absolute banger. Just incredibly satisfying, to me at lea...

13.14 - Application Forum

14.Monday, April 20Transcript of the Chester Fans Trust End of Season Special MeetingOn stage: Boggy (Seals Live host and lifelong Chester fan); Max Best (Director of Football, player, brat.)Boggy: Okay, ready to start. Max, we're on video and we have to assume children are watching.Max: Go to bed you little shits....

13.13 - Easter Eggs

13.Thursday, April 2

Chapter Tomorrow

Hi all,Over the weekend I had to finish the proofs of book 6 for the publishers, plus I'm generally just a fraction behind and out of sync at the mo. I will have a good draft ready by tonight but then I want to get cheeky and add a few more [chapter titles] in.You'll understand what I mean pretty quickly. Don&#...

13.12 - Sing When You're Winning

12.Welcome to Wrexham is a good show. Some 'proper football men' don't like what they call the Disneyfication of the sport: chopping it into bits and rearranging it to make it palatable to a wider audience, setting it to sappy music, cutting to shots of Ryan Reynolds looking sad and empathetic.My take was t...

13.11 - St. Well In's Day

11.Saturday, March 28Red Army Discord: Always Bet on BestButteryCrumpetsAll right, lads. Pay attention. Absolutely massive game for Chester today and it looks pretty chaotic in the betting markets. No bugger seems to be able to make head nor tail of it.On the one hand you've got Chester, third in the table, flying,...

13.10 - The Country Club

10.NETHERLANDS"Footbal

13.9 - 80th Best

9.The Eightieth Best Manager in EnglandBy Bethany AlbanReprinted with kind permission of Lionised magazine, the only women's football magazine dedicated to long-form content and in-depth tactical analysis.Max Best is the 80th best manager in England.It's a Tuesday night and the star of the Chesternessdocumentar...

13.8 - E = md²

8.Sunday, March 1

13.7 - Always Bet on Best

Sports glossary: Bunny. An opponent you always

13.6 - Transfer Deadline Dan

6.Saturday, January 31 - T

13.5 - Manchester United 2 Chester 1

5.In the week leading up to C

Next Chapter: Monday

Hi all,Hate to do this but has to be done!Because I went nuts on the last chapter (and then the Discord pointed out a big dumb mistake I spent Tuesday morning fixing...!) plus a bit of low-level sickness, some simply insane road resurfacing outside (it's December! Is it just me or is that bonkers? Also they keep fi...