My football adventures all over the world
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
If you support a club through thick and thin, home and away, I am sure you occasionally come across anomalies where certain clubs seem somewhat lacking from your viewing roster. That aspect can be even more exacerbated in the relatively small world of Scottish football, where if you land in the same league as other … Continue reading The Links of Montrose
Every country still has a few football stadiums that get the punters of a certain vintage misty eyed for the nostalgia of when the game seemed a whole lot less commercially packaged. Sadly, with the vast majority of top sides everywhere these days having shiny, modern venues, you need to trickle down a tier or … Continue reading Ton Up – In Praise of Cappielow
I guess hitting 2,000 games in just under 50 years doesn’t constitute a terribly fast pace to the landmark, and you’d be right. Since my first game in late October 1972 the early years weren’t exactly chokeful of going to games. Indeed, 1972 to 1980 only saw sporadic games, and perhaps some are missing from … Continue reading 2,000 and counting
Inverness Caledonian Thistle’s Scottish Cup victory was undoubtedly the pinnacle of success for the club in 2015. It was even more glorious than finishing third in the league that same season, but for the more global citizen in me, getting to see my team play in Europe had always been my dream. So much so, … Continue reading ICT in Europe, a fans recollection
The current Serie A campaign has been anything but kind to the clubs of Liguria. For the first time in nearly a century, the most north westerly coastal region of Italy is providing three clubs to the top flight, for a second season on the trot too. Only Lombardy can equal the trio of representatives, … Continue reading Genoa Nervy
With the Copa Libertadores Final being played in the home of football, the Centenario, it seemed the perfect opportunity to delve into my memories of the 15 games I have seen there. Just having been once at this magnificent historical venue would be phenomenal, but my passion for futbol in Uruguay and Argentina has pulled … Continue reading El Centenario remembered
The classic trio of Italian cities for tourism are of course Roma, Firenze and Venezia. Each and everyone of them is absolutely amazing, and certainly if you have never been, even to one of them, I would implore ticking that box. Curiously, football in cities of great beauty rarely converts too much in the way … Continue reading Oh Siena
If you are a follower of Scottish football from a distance, and just keep tabs on the league tables or Cup matches, the recent appearance of Clydebank in the Scottish Cup might have brought back some misty eyed memories. For the first time since 2001/02 The Bankies as they are known, were back in Scotland’s … Continue reading The Curious Case of Clydebank
Football Adventures with James Rendall 
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