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…
England… Whatever happened to the likely to be very good lads? 30 Dec 201726 Dec 2017 July 2014 and Germany have just demolished Brazil on home turf in the World Cup Semi-Final. The vast majority of their squad have come through their Under21s yet we still…
European Football… The Seven Year Itch and how England can’t scratch it 1 Jul 2016 After the short hop across the Channel to Lens on Tuesday I was heading back again a few days later to visit Lille for the fifth Second Round game of…
Bundesliga… On an even Kiel 24 Aug 2014 In the grand scheme of things it had been a pretty good weekend. Whilst the rain was lashing it down outside, we were happily snuggled up in , just round…
Barclaycard Premier League… Bigger than the Intertoto Cup 4 Aug 2014 Being a Lewes and a West Ham fan doesn't really give me many opportunities to watch my team play overseas. Going continental means crossing the respective bridges for our league…
Argentina… Five things from….Argentina 0 Germany 1 13 Jul 2014 So this is it. 30 days since it all started, over 15,000 words written on this blog and countless beers in the name of World Cup research. The two best…
England… The Golden Generation of German football 13 Jul 2014 There has been millions of words written about the most remarkable game in the history of the World Cup Finals. The six or so first half minutes when Germany scored…
France… Five things from….France 0 Germany 1 4 Jul 2014 We had a bet at home that the 1982 Battiston incident would be mentioned within 30 seconds of the TV coverage. We were wrong - it was 45 seconds and…
Germany… Five things from….Germany 2 Algeria 1 30 Jun 201430 Jun 2014 "It was the best of times, it was one of the worst of footballing crimes." Paul Doyle's opening line in the Guardian two weeks ago took us back to darker…
Germany… Five things from….Germany 1 USA 0 26 Jun 201428 Jun 2014 Back for a third time, our resident Team USA expert, Andy Mack, tucks into the German beers in Manhattan and gauges the mood of the nation as they aim to…
Germany… Five things from….Germany 2 Ghana 2 22 Jun 2014 So 27 hours 23 minutes after I left Melbourne I finally arrived back at TBIR Towers. The Fuller family were all there to welcome me home and on hindsight I…
Germany… Five things from….Germany 4 Portugal 0 16 Jun 201417 Jun 2014 22 hours after I left home I finally arrived in my hotel in Singapore. I was hot, sweaty and tired and just wanted to lay on the bed and watch…
European Football… The tournament that freedom forgot 31 Mar 201411 Feb 2014 Back in the late 1980’s Europe's political landscape was changing. The Eastern Bloc was crumbling. Football was one language whereby different political ideals could be set aside for 90 minutes.…
Bundesliga… On the ninth day of TBIR Christmas – The best atmosphere 3 Jan 20142 Jan 2014 The dilemma of being a Non-League fan is that the atmosphere at games is generally poor. You don't really have high expectations in terms of noise, colour and flare(s) when…
Bundesliga… Champions League Nights: Part 1 – Five thoughts from the Emirates 24 Oct 201325 Oct 2013 I rarely pass up the chance to go to the Dripping Pan but last night I committed the cardinal sin. I put the gravy train of the Champions League above…
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