Football Adventures with James Rendall
My football adventures all over the world
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
I have been to Roma many times, but aside from a day in Ostia, the rest of the Lazio region has largely been viewed through transient train windows. My goodness, as I headed south east out of Roma Termini, it was a completely new area of Italy for me. Gradually, the tracks were winding up, … Continue reading High Plains Drifters
Finally, I was able to complete the Umbrian trio of professional clubs, perhaps saving the best, certainly the biggest until last. Welcome to Perugia, the hilly capital of Umbria. This region has long been sighted as the thinking man's Tuscany, but from that read, it's slightly cheaper! It does have or doesn't, depending on your … Continue reading Ancient Arts in Perugia
It is always nice to visit somewhere new, even if I have viewed Pescara from passing train windows on many occasions. This sizeable coastal city (population 118,657 in 2023- Greater area, circa 350,000) is the capital of Abruzzo. This wouldn't just be my first visit to the city, but my first trip to the region, … Continue reading Pescara jumping
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