The Ball is Round

The quickest penalty of all time?

Jul. 6 | The 18 May 1946 is not a day that many will remember as being well known for anything. If you are old enough to remember, then President Truman gave a televised speech announcing the end of the railroad strike in America and that is probably it, unless...

England’s finest export

Jun. 13 | Question: Who is the most successful English player currently playing abroad based on trophies won? Most people would undoubtably plump for Mr Beckham at this point but they would be wrong.  Leytonstone’s finest has only won the La Liga title since...

A right royal affair

Apr. 26 | Almost three years into my love affair with all things Scandinavian I am still yet to chose my favourite teams in each country.  In Denmark I think I am a Brondby fan, although the hospitality of certain FCK fans is swaying me (take a bow Ivar!).  Norway...

AIKY Breaky heart

Apr. 7 | Another day, another country. Today’s 4am start took me across the Oresund and back to Stockholm, just a week after I was last here. And as luck would have it AIK Solna, arguably Swedens biggest team were at home. Well they are now… Swedish...

The sounds of the suburbs

Apr. 6 | Five games in seven days.  Apart from a major tournament this is a record at TBIR towers but not one I fancy repeating too often.  After heading to the far west of Scandinavia last week for the joys of Esbjerg and Herning, to the barren north of Ilkeston,...

Double Danish and a slice of Swede – Part 2

Mar. 16 | I rarely get hangovers these days but after a night of pub hopping in Copenhagen and more than a few Carlsberg/Tuborg/Jacobsens I woke up on Sunday morning with a banging noise in my head.  Turns out I had gone to sleep with my iPod on and it had looped...