Travelling across Britain
To find football's next Superstar

Or at least a decent
cup of bovril...

Welcome to my website The Journeyman diaries. Travelling across England, Wales & now Scotland in search of soccer talent, I want to provide a fly on the wall blog of my footballing journey across the grounds I visit.

I'm a PFSA Associate Football Scout & Freelance Data Scout with a background in playing & coaching, these days watching from World Cup to County Cup, WSL to NPL, Premier League to National League & beyond.

Based mostly in the Midlands I aim to bring you a light-hearted look into my life of watching football in the UK. So please ENJOY!

The Head Scout

Head Scout

Cup of Tea

Republic of Ireland 0-2 England (UEFA Nations League Group Stages) I’ve had about three hours sleep. I got back from Cardiff at 1am and...

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Raining Cards

Wales 0-0 Turkey (UEFA Nations League Group Stages) Craig Bellamy’s first game in charge for Wales tonight and I’m up in the TV gantry...

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Old Sarum

Salisbury 1-2 Chesham United (National League South) I’ve been scoring for Yorkshire at the cricket over the last couple of weeks so...

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Game of Two Halves

Braintree Town 2-1 Aldershot Town (National League) I got invited to a barbeque on Saturday so had to scrap plans to cover Boston...

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Brown Sauce

Basford United 0-1 Leek Town (Northern Premier League) I used to live in Basford. The home of Shipstones Ale, Imperial Leather and HP...

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Poundstretcher

Barwell 0-1 Banbury United (Southern League Central Division) Newtown Unthank is the home of Poundstretcher. It's the sort of useless...

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Old Friends

Boston United 0-3 Rochdale (National League) The opening weekend of the football season has me heading East to see some old friends at...

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I Predict A Riot

Southampton 1-1 Lazio (Friendly) The UK is rioting, as the nation prepares for immigration protest and counter protest this cloudy...

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Pipasha

Cambridge United 1-0 West Bromwich Albion (Friendly) The heatwave continues as we deepen into pre-season, just a week away from the...

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Football Town

Barnsley 4-3 Derby County (Friendly) The last time I was in Barnsley, One Show Presenter Jermaine Jenas was scoring for Nottingham Forest...

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And Back Again

Hull City 2-2 Fiorentina (Friendly) It’s forty degrees outside. Bloody hot, but we shouldn’t complain as summer has finally started it...

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To Hull & Back

Hull City 0-2 Newcastle United (Friendly) I was in Taunton on Friday, scoring at Somerset v Kent in the Metro Bank One Day Cup. Michael...

Upcoming Journeys

Tuesday 10th September 2024

Republic of Ireland

Greece

Nations League

Aviva Stadium

Friday 13th September 2024

Derby County U21

Bournemouth U21

Premier League U21 Cup

Moor Farm

Saturday 14th September 2024

Gainsborough Trinity

Grantham Town

FA Cup Second Qualifying Round

The Northolme

Travelling across Britain To find football's next Superstar

Or at least a decent cup of bovril...

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Travelling across Britain
To find football's next Superstar

Or at least a decent
cup of bovril...