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…
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"…
Austria… It’s in the shops….. 20 Oct 200926 Oct 2009 The UK locked in a frenzy with the launch of "Passport to Football" . Thirty chapters, thirty unforgetable trips (well, the bits we can remember in between all the foreign beer) and…
Russia Moscow 28 Aug 200628 Jan 2009 Moscow [clearspring_widget title="Animoto.com" wid="46928cc51133af17" pid="4980c87198704f33" width="432" height="260" domain="widgets.clearspring.com"]
European Football… What is Russian for “Who’s the bastard in the black?” 5 Aug 200619 Feb 2010 A weekend of football in the Russian Capital - 4 - 6 August 2006 A weekend in Moscow at first didn't appeal as a football trip, but with UEFA deciding…
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