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Matchday One

Standing Room

An Ameraucana rooster with slate-blue plumage in a white polo shirt and red-white-and-blue scarf standing between green stadium seats with wings spread wide in celebration, golden sunlight streaming through an open roof, crowd in warm bokeh behind, confetti falling around him

Sixty thousand strangers in his living room and not one of them had asked permission. He found he didn't mind. He had always been a generous host — it was the scoreline that surprised him.

13 June 2026