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Oct 16, 20245 min read
The Price Is Right
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...
Oct 15, 20245 min read
The Next Gen
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...
Sep 11, 20245 min read
Greece Lightning
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...
Sep 9, 20248 min read
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...
Sep 9, 20246 min read
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...
Jul 20, 20244 min read
Scoreless At Seaview
Norway U19 0-0 Ukraine U19 (UEFA European U19 Championships Group Stage) Day two of my Northern Ireland excursion has me off to Linfield...
Jul 12, 20244 min read
Saka Can
England 1-1 Switzerland (UEFA European Championships Quarter Final) *5-3 pens aet It took a 96th minute overhead kick by Jude Bellingham...
Mar 27, 20247 min read
Jude's Saviour
England 2-2 Belgium (Friendly) The first ever international between these two was played in 1921 in Brussels, when Charlie Buchan and...
Mar 25, 20246 min read
It's Just Like Watching...
England 0-1 Brazil (Friendly) It was May 2000 and one of England's last ever appearances at the old 'Twin Towers' when I excitedly took...
Nov 18, 20238 min read
The Pragmatist
England 2-0 Malta (UEFA European Championships Qualifiers) Portugal are playing Liechtenstein and Head Coach Roberto Martinez has came...
Jun 20, 20236 min read
Asian Euro Invasion
Northern Ireland 0-1 Kazakhstan (UEFA European Championships Qualifiers) So before we start... Kazakhstan of course is in Central Asia,...
Mar 29, 20238 min read
500 Miles
Scotland 2-0 Spain (UEFA European Championships Qualifiers) What's the longest you've ever travelled to watch a single game of football?...
Mar 27, 20238 min read
Mexican Waves & Paper Planes
England 2-0 Ukraine (UEFA European Championships Qualifiers) It was Non-League Day on Saturday, but I didn’t get to a game as the wife...
Sep 27, 20227 min read
A Game Of Two Halves
England 3-3 Germany (UEFA Nations League Group Stages) My wife’s lads got an important FA Youth Cup game tonight and I would love to be...
Sep 22, 20226 min read
From England To Wales For Ireland & Gibraltar
Republic of Ireland U19 6-0 Gibraltar U19 (UEFA European U19 Championships Qualifiers) It’s 10:47am Wednesday 21st September 2022 and...
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