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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5 days ago7 min read
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...
6 days ago6 min read
Good Old Days
Wolverhampton Wanderers U21 0-3 Ajax U21 (Premier League International Cup Group Stages) Think of the great world football academies and...
Nov 287 min read
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...
Nov 86 min read
Two Cakes & A Chinese
Manchester United 2-0 PAOK (UEFA Europa League Group Stages) It feels like a very traditional autumnal English day today, not only is it...
Nov 75 min read
Never Give Up
Middlesbrough U21 3-2 Borussia Monchengladbach U21 (Premier League International Cup Group Stages) The beautiful thing about being a...
Nov 67 min read
Liverpool Provides The Fireworks
Liverpool 4-0 Bayer Leverkusen (UEFA Champions League Group Stages) It's bonfire night. Not the dogs favourite time of year. It's also...
Oct 295 min read
Looks Like Beyonce
Reading U21 1-4 Monaco U21 (Premier League International Cup Group Stages) Erik ten Hag has been sacked from Manchester United. No...
Oct 256 min read
Live To Fight Another Day
Rangers 4-0 FCSB (UEFA Europa League Group Stages) One of the saddest stories in Romanian football is the naming rights argument over...
Oct 37 min read
The Egyptian King
Liverpool 2-0 Bologna (UEFA Champions League Group Stages) I wanted Aston Villa v Bayern Munich, but I can’t really complain in being...
Sep 266 min read
Wet Teens
Nottingham Forest U21 3-0 Dinamo Zagreb U21 (Premier League International Cup Group Stages) It feels like an age since my last game,...
Aug 87 min read
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...
Aug 15 min read
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...
Jul 205 min read
Linfield Left Short
Linfield 3-2 Stjarnan (UEFA Europa Conference Qualifying) Belfast is a small town, the population almost of my home city of Nottingham,...
Jul 205 min read
The Champions
Larne 0-4 RFS (UEFA Champions League Qualifiers) I've pencilled in a couple of days in Northern Ireland and my trip starts with domestic...
Jul 124 min read
Family Event
Holzheimer SG 0-3 Fortuna Dusseldorf (Friendly) The morning after the night before as England secure a semi-final against the Netherlands...
Mar 158 min read
Men Against Boysh
Aston Villa 4-0 Ajax (UEFA Europa Conference League Round of 16) Johnny van’t Schip was one of my favourite overseas players when I was...
Jan 266 min read
Easy PSV
Leeds United U21 0-7 PSV Eindhoven U21 (Premier League International Cup Group Stages) There's nothing better than checking out an...
Dec 14, 20234 min read
The Wim Jansen Derby
Celtic 2-1 Feyenoord (UEFA Champions League Group Stages) I’m hopping into the car at Hampden and driving the short commute to Celtic...
Dec 14, 20235 min read
Robin Van Persie’s Bench
Celtic U19 2-3 Feyenoord U19 (UEFA Youth League Group Stages) I’ve woke up on a single bed in a box room in Workington and my ankle’s...
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