European Football Dancing in the streets of Serravalle tonight, Matthew 29 Oct 202020 Nov 2020 The UEFA Nations League qualifying that took place in October didn't really throw up any results that could be tagged as "eyebrow raising". In fact, the number of draws, especially…
European Football Flickin’ Hell 24 Dec 201920 Nov 2020 First published back in 2010, this post on some of the stranger accessories available through the years for Subbuteo generated a lot of interest. Nearly ten years on and there…
Denmark… The most passionate football nation in Europe 23 Dec 201920 Nov 2020 This article was first written back in 2011 but is one of the top five viewed posts I've ever published - if you view it in terms of population of…
European Football The strange case of the Saarland National Football Team 29 Oct 201929 Oct 2019 The who many of you will probably say. Indeed up until a few months ago I would have been in that group that would have struggled to place the region…
European Football… All that glitters certainly isn’t gold 7 Nov 2018 It is a clear free-kick on the edge of the Inter Milan box. 25 yards out, dead centre and ten world-class players queueing up to create some magic. 86,000 fans…
European Football… Be careful what you wish for would-be Premier League clubs 27 Oct 2018 Over the weekend I had a lively debate with a Wolverhampton Wanderers-supporting friend who was venting his anger that eight out of their first ten games in 2019 would be…
Bundesliga… Premier League football German-style 9 Aug 2018 It's 5pm on a beautiful Wednesday evening in early August and the FC Kaiserslautern team bus is slowly maneuvering itself down a lane not really wide enough of a Smart…
European Football… It’s better to travel in hope than not to travel at all 27 Dec 201724 Dec 2017 Watching the great Dynamo Tblisi team of the early 1980's is one of my foremost footballing memories. This piece, written in March 2010 captured the trials and tribulations of "exotic"…
European Football Taking road trips to the extremes 21 Sep 2017 Last season only the brave band of the die-hard such as PJ, Gary, Deaksy and Cynical Dave headed to the Herne Bay and Ramsgate, Lewes's two longest away trips (bar…
England… 2016 – A year in football 1 Jan 201730 Dec 2016 So that was 2016. A year most will remember for famous people dying, although the stats will show that no more than a normal year (our love of Social Media…
England… Who benefits from Stadium naming rights? 27 Dec 201627 Dec 2016 There's a fantastic new book that's been published by Leon Gladwell called "Beyond the turnstile" which is full of oustanding pictures from his quest to capture the beauty of the…
European Football… Economic Theory explained by Football 21 – The Kaldor-Hicks Theorem 13 Dec 201612 Dec 2016 It doesn't matter what the decision is, someone somewhere will be worse off. It doesn't matter if it's a political decision, an economic decision or a referee's decision, there will…
European Football The Football Tourist 2: The Second Half 16 Nov 2016 Football is the world's game. Wherever you are on earth there will be a group of players, a ball and a pitch. Stuart Fuller has set out to find as…
Europa League… Introducing “The Handful” 6 Nov 20166 Nov 2016 One is one Two is a brace Three is a hatrick Four is a haul So how do you refer to someone who scores five in a game? I asked…
European Football… The tide has turned 30 Jul 201631 Jul 2016 Michelle: What do you prefer? Astroturf or grass? Rodney: I don't know, I've never smoked AstroTurf It's been almost ten years since I started The Ball is Round. Back in…
