Football Adventures with James Rendall
My football adventures all over the world
As Silkeborg and Greenland stepped out for a friendly at the impress JSVK stadium in Silkeborg, it might have largely flown under the radar, but this was a poignant brothers in arms moment. It was also one of the best stadiums the visitors had ever played in. It was about to inspire. My goodness, other … Continue reading Brothers in Arms
Have you ever done an overseas home and away double of the same fixture in one season? If you live overseas, undoubtedly, but I am talking more about those who journey from one land to another periodically to watch games, rather than an ardent fan of one club. If collecting tales for Football Weekends wasn’t … Continue reading Home and Away
The name Casarano might not be a familiar name to you. Unless, of course, you scour the lower leagues of Italy, like me. There is an astonishing multitude of leagues, where the lower you go, the numbers become mind-boggling. If Casarano as club has passed you by, fret yee not, it is after all, 27 years … Continue reading Casarano Fiesta
I love bringing the lesser lights of football to life, and I thought I would endeavour to describe how I organise my trips, and share some of the frustrations that come part and parcel with my passion for Calcio in this article. You might have an inclination as to when you would like to head … Continue reading Planning to C
On Tuesday 1st April, after 3,682 days, game 27 became 28 when I finally saw Doncaster Rovers play at home again. This is no April’s Fool, merely an acknowledgement that for largely ten years of my life I had given up on travels south, and indeed north to my beloved Inverness too, who had only … Continue reading Donny, Donny, Donny
The northern reaches of Italy have long had a checkered past. These are areas that have been nudged into the Italian realm, and where, especially under Mussolini, the right to utilise the native language wasn’t just frowned upon, it was banned. Yet, up in these pastures of Fruilia, Veneto and Trentino/Alto-Adige, Italian isn’t always the … Continue reading Fantastic Mr B and his Tyrolean Neighbours
The annual Scottish Groundhop, always an early signal of spring, and the downward slope to the season’s conclusion. The weather at these gigs hasn’t always been warm sunshine and fine sunsets though. Indeed, togging down at Glenrothes one giddy Saturday morning due the temperature rising was a rare climate high for these occasions, where waterlogged … Continue reading Hop to it ’25
There was a time when Rimini was one of the hotbeds of British seaside holidays overseas. Certainly in the '80's that was the case, as I for one enjoyed a number of trips to satellite resorts on either side of Rimini; Riccione, and Cattolica to the south, and Igea Marina to the north. On occasion, … Continue reading La Dolce Vita
Regular readers will know that I love a niche morsel of calcio. This particular story comes courtesy of two tales of woe, financial meltdown essentially, that took two of the great bastions of yesteryear top-tier Italian football to the depths as low as the sixth tier. Now I have written about the fifth tier, and … Continue reading Rich history revisited
The village of Brora, with a population of just over 1,200 is perhaps an unlikely recent success story in Scotland’s Highland League. Having been going for over 135 years without a title, to now sit with four on their CV is testimony to a remarkable turnaround. Given the size of the village, for many a … Continue reading Brora Brora
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