<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Football Vagabond]]></title><description><![CDATA[Football Vagabond]]></description><link>https://dunkerleykevin83.wixsite.com/ten-tier-tour/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2026 10:50:08 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://dunkerleykevin83.wixsite.com/ten-tier-tour/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[From the Beach to the Buxton Bottle: A Seaside Send-Off to the Ten-Tier Tour]]></title><description><![CDATA[The final whistle has blown on my Ten-Tier Tour, and what better place to wrap things up than Scarborough—a town where the sea breeze...]]></description><link>https://dunkerleykevin83.wixsite.com/ten-tier-tour/post/from-the-beach-to-the-buxton-bottle-a-seaside-send-off-to-the-ten-tier-tour</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68440fddc821e3e357e0d188</guid><pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2025 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d1aa31_9556c44cfa75418d8b3493ff97f8119e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kevin Dunkerley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Sound of Tier 10: Cheers, Chat, and a Crying Baby]]></title><description><![CDATA[After the relative grandeur of Turf Moor, my Ten-Tier Tour plunged to its lowest (and arguably most charming) level yet — Tier 10 — for...]]></description><link>https://dunkerleykevin83.wixsite.com/ten-tier-tour/post/the-sound-of-tier-10-cheers-chat-and-a-crying-baby</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67fac703555ee813e6b04a2c</guid><pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2025 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d1aa31_4df48a59bd444c50af01996d5c2c5b06~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kevin Dunkerley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bovril, Rain, and a Flemming Free-Kick: Burnley’s Dominance Over Bristol City]]></title><description><![CDATA[My latest Ten-Tier Tour took me to Turf Moor for Burnley’s Championship clash with Bristol City. 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