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On the first day of Christmas….The best atmosphere
Dec. 26 | Welcome to our annual “awards” – celebrating all that is good about the game from our tours around the world. By 31st December we will have seen 115 games in 2011, which as CMF reminds me is one almost every three days. She would...
Still England’s finest export
Aug. 4 | We think Kenny Pavey is the best English player currently playing outside of these shores. Whenever we are in Sweden we try and make time for him, simply because he is a really nice bloke. After my trip over to the Stockholm derby I asked Andy Hudson,...
The start of the gravy train for another season
Jul. 13 | “Ce sont les meilleures équipes Sie sind die allerbesten Mannschaften The main event!” Of course we all recognise the above three lines as the opening verse of the Champions League anthem. The music that stirs our loins for a night of the...
Playing away from home
Jul. 3 | I have a few mistresses in my life. Those loves that you try and keep secret, but almost like a drug you are drawn back time and time again. And damn they are expensive. I can see a few of you reading this nodding along sagely. We know it is wrong. We...
For the love of Skåne
May. 27 | “Scandinavia. The final frontier. These are the voyages of the good ship TBIR. It’s continuing mission: “To explore strange new football grounds. To seek out unusual floodlights, new songs and to boldly go where no other English...
Is it too late for the English game?
May. 19 | Last week I was privilaged to be in the Brøndby Stadion for the derby game versus FC Copenhagen. Whilst a couple of other regional sides may argue, this is the biggest game in Denmark. For any first time visitor to a game abroad they would not believe...
Stockholm Syndrome
Apr. 4 | What is the biggest match in football around the world? Many will say Real Madrid v Barcelona, others AC v Inter whilst some of a more continental persuasion will go for the Boca v River Plate game in Argentina. But what is clear that in most domestic...
We’re gonna party like it’s 1989
Oct. 18 | Right straight to the point. We love Malmö FF. We love their new stadium (we actually loved their iconic old stadium which still sits next door to the new Swedbank Stadion), we love the pale blue shirts, we love their passionate fans and we love their...
