My football adventures all over the world
I have been lucky in life, and getting to watch any football abroad is considered a privilege. As the Copa Libertadores starts up now for the 2023 diet, I thought I would research some recollections of the 26 games I have had the opportunity to watch, thus far in a 2002 to 2015 period in … Continue reading Copa Libertadores Recollections
Anyone familiar with the Isle of Man flag will know it has a three legged symbol in the centre, and while not exactly identical, the angles are all different, Lake Como has three legs too, the Larian triangle as it is known . It was on the shores of this magnificent lake that I first … Continue reading Lecco Land
A little vignette of this piece will form part of FW editors tales from the magazine's trip to Milan, but I have buffed it up as my recollection of a day that will live long on my memory. The Football Weekends magazine 10 (the number in our party) left Milan Centrale on a misty, drizzly … Continue reading Ospiti views from Fiorenzuola
It was fully my intention to give a total boycott to Qatar 2022. It was relatively easy whilst in Istanbul with my girl, but occasionally we’d be in a restaurant or a coffee shop where someone was watching. A one man crusade seemed futile, and I became conflicted that this hideous event was increasingly going … Continue reading The World in Motion
What would you cite as your most random game ever watched? Perhaps such an occasion arrived on your CV almost by accident. Well that’s what happened to me while in Istanbul during the World Cup. I did get a morsel more notice than the day I was dropped off outside my hotel in Riga with … Continue reading Turkish Delight
Tucked in on the Eastern edges of Lombardia, Mantova is one of the unsung gems of the region. That said, Lombardia, and neighbouring Veneto are both teeming with sumptuous cities (as well as every region of this beautiful country), but while Mantova might not be amongst the most well known, it is truly a fabulous … Continue reading Virtuoso Mantovani Times
Within a few hours of my arrival in Taranto, having sat down to enjoy an outdoor meal in the baking heat of mid-October, I found myself posting some photos of the city on my social media with the addition of, “someone take this man’s passport away for goodness sake, Taranto is A-MAZ-ING, and in my … Continue reading Criss-Crossing Taranto
The last couple of years has seen a great number of wonderful footballers pass away. None were bigger than Diego Maradona and more recently Pele. Aside from these giants of the game, Sinisa Mihajlovic, Paolo Rossi and Gianluca Vialli all struck a chord with me. All taken by cancer far too young, and everyone of … Continue reading Chasing Heroes
If you have made it through the four levels of calcio to this point, and made it to La Spezia, well done, thanks for staying with me! The journey has been nudging north, significantly at first, but between Carrara and La Spezia, Parma is a bit of a diversion, although a direct train heads across … Continue reading Viva La Spezia
Having ran out of recollections of Wick encounters in the Scottish Cup, for the clubs third home match in the competition this season versus Falkirk at the end of the month I was asked to write a piece about the Coppa Italia, but I couldn't resist comparing it with a similar ladder layout in Uruguay. … Continue reading Savaging the Coppa Italia
Football Adventures with James Rendall 
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