Leeds United U21 2-0 Athletic Bilbao u21  (Premier League International Cup Group Stages) I’ve got a bit of man flu. Just coughs and sneezes which I always seem to pick up around this time of year, but that won’t deter me from heading north today, to the city of York, and to watch a Premier League International Cup game between two young sides, Leeds United and Athletic Bilbao. Now, Athletic Club, have always fascinated me, they have a cantera policy (cantera meaning quarry

Manchester United U21 1-3 Nordsjaelland U21  (Premier League International Cup Group Stages) After the weekend’s defeat against Brighton...

Tottenham Hotspur U21 1-5 Ajax U21  (Premier League International Cup Group Stages) You can’t mention Spurs v Ajax without the name of...

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

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...

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

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

Middlesbrough U21 3-2 Borussia Monchengladbach U21 (Premier League International Cup Group Stages) The beautiful thing about being a...

Reading U21 1-4 Monaco U21 (Premier League International Cup Group Stages) Erik ten Hag has been sacked from Manchester United. No...

Nottingham Forest U21 3-0 Dinamo Zagreb U21  (Premier League International Cup Group Stages) It feels like an age since my last game,...

Derby County U21 2-3 Bournemouth U21 (Premier League Cup Group Stages) A game which has snuck into my diary this weekend is a youth team...

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

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...

Manchester United 2-1 Manchester City (FA Cup Final) The FA Cup final, now 143 years old, it's a once very special event in the English...

Leeds United U21 0-7 PSV Eindhoven U21 (Premier League International Cup Group Stages) There's nothing better than checking out an...

Wolverhampton Wanderers U21 4-2 Nice U21 (Premier League International Cup Group Stages) The city of Nottingham has been officially...

Liverpool 3-0 Nottingham Forest (Premier League) The wife’s sorted tickets for me and the lad to watch Forest play at Anfield. He’s been an avid Liverpool fan since they won the league in 2020 and has seen them play twice live so will be happy the seats are in the home end as he joins his fellow die-hards. Her company has some corporate numbers in the swanky Carlsberg Dugout Club and we’ve both been before and enjoyed our day out. Free food before the match, a free pint at h

Nottingham Forest 0-1 Burnley (EFL Cup Round Two) I’m meeting the lads at 6pm, the Embankment pub on Awkwright Street just over the River Trent is destination to kick off proceedings, no business tonight, just pleasure, probably passing to pain in the morning from a heavy head filled of alcohol topped with a late night kebab. The young uber driver drops me outside the doors after I’ve given him a lecture on how to get on the property ladder, I’m ten minutes early and on form

Ipswich Town 1-1 Luton Town (Friendly) Saturday 24th April 2004 was the last time I was in Ipswich. A couple of goals from David Johnson...

Manchester City 2-1 Manchester United (FA Cup Final) It’s been a while. Well over a month in fact, since my last ‘live’ attended soccer game. I’ve started cricket scoring in the summer so whilst missing out on ‘the business end’ of the football season, I’ve instead opted for the calm and serenity of Trent Bridge, New Road, Worcester and Grace Road, Leicester, for a slower pace of ball game. I’ve had this weekend booked in for a while though, the FA Cup Final and a ‘first-eve