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

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Mestalla Victory

Wolverhampton Wanderers U21 0-1 Valencia U21 (Premier League International Cup Group Stages) It's been a busy week in the world of...

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Storm Brierley

Derby County U21 1-4 Brentford U21 (Premier League Cup Group Stages) A fourth game in as many nights has the Mrs so annoyed she's banned...

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The Future of Norwich

Norwich City U21 2-0 PSV Eindhoven U21 (Premier League International Cup Group Stages) In January I watched a young (or jong) PSV thump...

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Good Old Days

Wolverhampton Wanderers U21 0-3 Ajax U21 (Premier League International Cup Group Stages) Think of the great world football academies and...

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I Like Worthing

Salisbury 0-2 Worthing (National League South) It was the FA Cup draw on Monday night, my favourite time of the year is always the...

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Rover & Out

Barnsley 0-0 Bristol Rovers (FA Cup Round Two) *3-4 pens aet Interesting fact: Bristol Rovers manager Matt Taylor actually started out...

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Chalking Off Juve

Aston Villa 0-0 Juventus (UEFA Champions League Group Stages) When you do a job like mine you can’t help setting yourself statistical...

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Birthday Wishes

Chesham United 2-1 Hampton & Richmond Borough (National League South) It was my birthday on Sunday, so we spent the weekend in Norfolk...

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Not The Curse

Oxford City 1-2 Alfreton Town (National League North) I’ve woken up to snow. And a good few inches at that, but by lunchtime the thaw...

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Super Greens

Forest Green Rovers 2-0 York City (National League) It's the biggest game of the National League season so far. York go into the match...

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Entertainers

Basford United 2-1 Stockton Town (Northern Premier League) So David Coote has called Jurgen Klopp a German c**t. He probably shares a...

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New Era

Boston United 1-1 Dagenham & Redbridge (National League) I said on my last viewing at Boston that I would be "very surprised" by my...

Upcoming Journeys

Thursday 5th December 2024

Norwich City U21

2-0

PSV Eindhoven U21

Premier League International Cup

Carrow Road

Friday 6th December 2024

Derby County U21

1-4

Brentford U21

Premier League U21 Cup

Causeway Lane

Tuesday 10th December 2024

Wolves U21

0-1

Valencia U21

Premier League International Cup

Aggborough

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...