Allsvenskan… The Djurgarden of Eden 21 Jul 2014 Just over a year ago I was lucky enough to attend one of the final football matches played in the Olympia Stadion in Stockholm. In normal circumstances, clubs move elsewhere…
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…
Allsvenskan… Closing time 1 Jun 2013 "Closing time...every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end" So here I am at last. It has taken me five years of visiting this wonderful city to finally take…
AIK Solna… A poor man’s Andy Carroll? I don’t think so 16 Nov 201217 Nov 2012 Just two weeks ago the lights dimmed and a lone voice welcomed over 45,000 people to the opening of Europe's 2nd largest indoor arena (Schalke's Veltins Arena is classed as…
AIK Solna… On the first day of Christmas….The best atmosphere 26 Dec 2011 Welcome to our annual "awards" - celebrating all that is good about the game from our tours around the world. By 31st December we will have seen 115 games in…
AIK Solna… Still England’s finest export 4 Aug 20116 Aug 2011 We think Kenny Pavey is the best English player currently playing outside of these shores. Whenever we are in Sweden we try and make time for him, simply because he…
European Football… The start of the gravy train for another season 14 Jul 201116 Jul 2011 "Ce sont les meilleures équipes Sie sind die allerbesten Mannschaften The main event!" Of course we all recognise the above three lines as the opening verse of the Champions League…
Sweden For the love of Skåne 27 May 201129 May 2011 "Scandinavia. The final frontier. These are the voyages of the good ship TBIR. It's continuing mission: "To explore strange new football grounds. To seek out unusual floodlights, new songs and…
Allsvenskan… We’re gonna party like it’s 1989 18 Oct 201019 Oct 2010 Right straight to the point. We love Malmö FF. We love their new stadium (we actually loved their iconic old stadium which still sits next door to the new Swedbank…
AIK Solna… The quickest penalty of all time? 6 Jul 201015 Jul 2010 The 18 May 1946 is not a day that many will remember as being well known for anything. If you are old enough to remember, then President Truman gave a…
European Football… A right royal affair 26 Apr 201013 May 2010 Almost three years into my love affair with all things Scandinavian I am still yet to chose my favourite teams in each country. In Denmark I think I am a…
Sweden AIKy breaky heart 15 Apr 201015 Apr 2010 Another day, another country. Today's 4am start took me across the Oresund and back to Stockholm, just a week after I was last here. And as luck would have it…
European Football… The sound of the suburbs 7 Apr 20108 Apr 2010 Five games in seven days. Apart from a major tournament this is a record at TBIR towers but not one I fancy repeating too often. After heading to the far…
European Football… Double Danish with a portion of Swede – Part 2 15 Mar 201016 Mar 2010 I rarely get hangovers these days but after a night of pub hopping in Copenhagen and more than a few Carlsberg/Tuborg/Jacobsens I woke up on Sunday morning with a banging…
Denmark… Double Danish with a portion of Swede – part 1 15 Mar 201016 Mar 2010 "Never go back they say" - well quite frankly that is bollocks, and having been made so welcome by OB in the Autumn (read about our last trip here) I…
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