Football Adventures with James Rendall
My football adventures all over the world
From Tynecastle to AZ Picerno's compact Stadio Donato Curio, it's my journey from my first cancha to number four hundred. I was doubtlessly lifted over the turnstiles as a wee lad, certainly for that first match in October 1982 for a match-up between Hearts and Arbroath. I have no idea when getting 'lifted over' stopped … Continue reading IL QUATTROCENTO
Bank Holiday Monday, that curious old chestnut that used to be the first Monday of August in Scotland, but was moved in line with the rest of the UK. My colleagues who had kids used to moan, as essentially all schools are back by the time this day off comes around. A day without your … Continue reading 1,2,3 No.4 – Darlington
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
Exactly a year ago, two FA Cup ties I watched in Northumberland and Tyneside featured home sides in black and white striped shirts, tales I brought to light from Ashington and Heaton Stannington last autumn for Football Weekends. Here on Bank Holiday Monday at the end of the August, with the Northern League providing a … Continue reading Bank Holiday Black and White Tales
A much longer piece on the Euros of 1996 is posted below, capturing the flavour of our 8 games during the group stages, but with England playing Scotland again at the delayed Euro 2020 competition, I pull out this particular days diary entry by way of reliving the last time around. SATURDAY 15th JUNE This … Continue reading EURO’96. A Diary vignette
I have been lucky in life, a journey that has included watching games at five World Cup Finals. Curiously those five editions of the self coined “greatest show on earth” rendered me merely six matches, with the 2018 edition in Russia only the second time I had a ticket with my name on it, and … Continue reading EURO’96. A Diary
Finally football with crowds, and a double header of FA Cup action for Football Weekends Nine days shy of six months, it was finally game day for me again! No one could have foreseen the devastating impact on all aspects of life when it all came to a halt in March. It certainly put the … Continue reading Black and White Tales from the North East
I have rarely ventured to the famous parthenons of World football, although I have gradually ticked a number of them off, albeit on a tortoise timescale. Occasional big gigs have been drip fed onto my stadia CV over a forty plus year passage of time! The Azteca in Mexico City and Racing Club’s Il Cilindro … Continue reading Manchester, not by the sea!
The first competitive home game of the season is always worthy of getting out the bunting, especially when the visitors are from relatively close by. This was the lure for my Italian friend Stefano from Ancona and I as it took us to Great Grimsby, or Cleethorpes if you want to get picky, as Grimsby … Continue reading Great Grimsby
If you say the name Shay, the majority of "Sports" fans will assume you are talking about a famous baseball field on the other side of the pond! For the true football romantic, and supporters in the UK especially it can only be the home of FC Halifax Town. The Shay is a wonderful … Continue reading The Shaymen
Football Adventures with James Rendall 
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