Football Adventures with James Rendall
My football adventures all over the world
I have been asked to contribute to the Wick Academy match programme versus Lochee United soon, and this is the first of two tales regarding my Wickense viewings over the years in the famous old Scottish Cup. The second might have to wait until next season, depending on how they get on, but hopefully they'll … Continue reading Reflections of a Southern Scorrie
Maastricht is doubtlessly a name familiar to just about everyone, signing of a Treaty put the name on the global map, certainly more than its football team! Having been at a game on Sunday, I was quite keen to extend my stay and see a bit more of the Netherlands, and if that also resulted … Continue reading A Maastricht Treat, almost!
One of the smallest towns to host Dutch top flight football is back amongst the big boys this season, a warm welcome once more to FC Volendam. The Eredivisie isn’t something new for the team from the wonderful tourist town on the banks of the Markermeer Lake, indeed, they have had a reputation for being … Continue reading FC Volendam
The name AC Bellinzona might ring a bell with the football aficionado of a certain vintage, but you’d be forgiven, especially if you don’t follow Swiss football very closely, of thinking, whatever became of them! Regular readers will know I write with enthusiasm and passion about Italian football, and by virtue you won’t be surprised … Continue reading Bella Zona- Ticino Times
I had never been to Turkey before, but circumstances regarding travel issues for my Russian girlfriend put it firmly on the radar. Visiting a new country is always exciting, especially somewhere as exotic as Turkey, where West meets East. It would be my 52nd country, it wasn’t about to let me down. My only encounters … Continue reading Antal-YA
I finally made it to Terni! More than two years after an aborted trip to the city, courtesy of the pandemic, I promised myself I would still head in that direction thereby honouring my original plan of where I would take in my 200th game outside the UK. In a non Covid world, the 2020 … Continue reading All Terni Tussle
In early April 2022 I finally got to the 200 games watched overseas mark. It has, pretty much like everything else in life, suffered from a pandemic delay. In an ordinary world the 200 would have popped up in March 2020, when a trio of matches were pencilled in for Fano, Perugia and Terni. That … Continue reading Duecento Trasferte
Over the last two pandemic hit season’s, my subscription to Eleven Sports in Italy and with the fabulous catalogue of choice from the entire fixture card of Serie C (third tier) to watch, it became a vital escape from the rigours of keeping loved ones safe, as well as continuing to nurture dreams of a … Continue reading A Ding Dong in Grosseto
If someone had said to me when the final whistle went at the magnificent Stadio Sinigaglia, Como in late January 2020, that it would take 26 months and a few days for me to be watching another game outside the UK, I would have done what the Romanians did to Ceaucescu! That would of course … Continue reading Good Wind blowing
In these uncertain times, the curiosity of a second Scottish Groundhop for 2021/22 was a very welcome addition to the football calendar, particularly as for once the weather Gods were shining upon us. The earlier edition in October had been postponed from March 2020, with the same six home teams hosting games some 18 months … Continue reading Five Go Football Mad in Fife
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