Ecstatic Adelaide United fans at the club's headequarters, on Manton Street, Hindmarsh. Photo: AAP/David Mariuz

Manton St Tales

A final tale to tell

In the final edition of InDaily’s long-running soccer column, Paul Marcuccitti reflects on his time writing about the game that invokes a passion that reverberates just as powerfully in an Adelaide suburban ground as it does in the great stadiums of the world.

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