Scotland 0-1 Japan  (Friendly) I’ve cut short my enjoyment at Albion Rovers to beat the traffic and head down the M73 and M74 towards Hampden Park from Coatbridge, I’m wanting to get there a couple of hours ahead of kick off so I can park up in a little spot I know which has a decent exit strategy for getting back home to England 'more' quickly. My last viewing of Scotland was ‘that match’ against Denmark. I said to myself the journey was too long to keep doing but the money

Scotland U21 0-0 Czechia U21 (UEFA U21 European Championship Qualifiers) The price of fuel is going up, but my road trips seem to be getting longer, something probably has to give, it's time perhaps to stay local for a while, but before that, I'm travelling to Scotland, to cover the national team in both U21 and full internationals this weekend. The U21's are in Dundee tonight and the only ever previous time I have been in the city was when passing through on a train to cove

Scotland 4-2 Denmark  (World Cup Qualifiers)   I'll be honest, I've been looking forward to this one for a few weeks now. Scotland's defeat by Greece and Denmark's failure to beat Belarus on Saturday has set up this European Group C qualifier really quite nicely. If Scotland win, they qualify, if Denmark don't lose, it'll be they who get to go the World Cup.   Our contract with UEFA is to apply in game stats and analytics which are used by the bet markets and live score apps,

Scotland 2-1 Belarus (World Cup Qualifiers) I'm rounding off a trip to Scotland and Ireland to Scotland and back, a busy four days of football comes to a close with Scotland v Belarus in this World Cup qualifying group C game. Up early, my flight from Belfast to Glasgow is scheduled for 7am, so I'm at the airport for five and back in mainland Britain for 8. I've an hour or two to kill as I've booked a stadium tour at Ibrox, the home of Glasgow Rangers, after a dine in McDona

Northern Ireland 2-0 Slovakia (World Cup Qualifiers) Day two of my road (and air) trip watching international football and it's Northern Ireland's turn as Michael O'Neill's men host Slovakia at Windsor Park. No sooner have I packed my bags and left Hampden, am I in the air, next morning bright and breezy landing at Belfast International after a short Easy Jet flight from Glasgow. It's 8am and I'm already in the Hertz queue for a hire car, I can't check in to my B&B until 1p

Scotland 3-1 Greece (World Cup Qualifiers) The international window has lured me back north to Glasgow, Hampden Park and a return to...

England 2-0 Andorra (World Cup Qualifiers) My next door neighbour who works for the FA has asked me if I would like to go with her to...

England 1-3 Senegal (Friendly) The last time I watched England, ten months ago, Lee Carsley was taking temporary charge of his first game...

England U19 1-0 Portugal U19 (UEFA European U19 Championships Qualifiers) It's the last time I'll be heading to Wales for a while, but...

Wales U19 0-1 Portugal U19 (UEFA European U19 Championships Qualifiers) I left Mick Hartford and the Turkish agent getting into the back...

England U19 0-0 Turkey U19 (UEFA European U19 Championships Qualifiers) I decided not to go for a pint last night on my way back from...

Wales U19 0-2 England U19 (UEFA European U19 Championships Qualifiers) I'm wished well by the scout from Stoke on my travels from...

Portugal U19 2-2 Turkey U19 (UEFA European U19 Championships Qualifiers) It's the first match of a marathon week in Wales, a game on...

Northern Ireland 5-0 Bulgaria (UEFA Nations League Group Stages) I'm at East Midlands Airport where I bump into Brummie Rob. He's a...

England U20 3-0 Czechia U20 (European Elite League) Ten years ago today, I was standing in as Manager for Rainworth Miners Welfare as we...

Republic of Ireland 0-2 Greece  (UEFA Nations League Group Stages) I’m back to conclude my Nations League journey with a third game in...

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...

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...

Norway U19 0-0 Ukraine U19 (UEFA European U19 Championships Group Stage) Day two of my Northern Ireland excursion has me off to Linfield...

England 1-1 Switzerland (UEFA European Championships Quarter Final) *5-3 pens aet It took a 96th minute overhead kick by Jude Bellingham...