A must see for fans of the greatest sport on earth, ‘Football: Designing the Beautiful Game‘ looks at how design has been used to push the game to new limits. …
In photos – Football: Designing the Beautiful Game at the Design Museum, London Read More
France 2016 – Enjoy this trip. Enjoy this trip. And it is a trip… “Coleman had a dream To save the national team We had no strikers, so played with …
Wales and the Euro 2016 Championships: the beautiful journey Read More
On Saturday, I was up in Cardiff for the launch of an exhibition showing original artwork from the Bluebird Jones football comic I was involved with from 1993-1995.
Football comic art launch at Cardiff’s Andrew Buchan bar – exhibition runs till Feb 2016 Read More
I’m chuffed to be able to announce that an exhibition of original artwork from the Bluebird Jones football comics will be opening this Saturday, 17th October in Cardiff. The exhibition …
Bluebird Jones football comic exhibition opens in Cardiff, 17th Oct – 1st Feb 2016 Read More
Here’s a selection of street scenes snapped around Cardiff last weekend. Above you can see one of the many scarf and flag sellers that roll into town whenever there’s a …
Scarves, flags, graffiti and stickers – Cardiff street photos Read More
A march and rally is taking place in Cardiff this afternoon in protest at Israel playing in the UEFA Championship. The team face Wales in the Cardiff City stadium at …
Fair Play for Palestine – activists protest ahead of Wales vs Israel UEFA Championship match, 6th Sept, 2015 Read More
The good folks at Football Beyond Borders have released a short film featuring non-league Clapton FC and their unique supporters, the Clapton Ultras.
Clapton FC and their passionate Ultras feature in Away Days video Read More
Readers of this blog will know that some time ago, I finally threw in the towel on my lifelong support of Cardiff City after one corporate rebrand too many. Happily, I found …
The latest Cardiff City FC crest rebrand now features a weird red ferret/dragon thing Read More
During my Christmas stay in south Wales, I took a trip to see Newport County FC see off Plymouth Argyll in an entertaining Boxing Day match. It was great to see …
Spytty the Dog, Newport County’s strange emo paedobear club mascot Read More
With the rebranded and corporatised Cardiff City no longer on my sporting agenda, we travelled to Newport on a wet and cold Boxing Day afternoon to watch the home team take on Plymouth …
Newport County sweep aside Plymouth Argyle on a dark and miserable Boxing Day afternoon Read More
In line with the fan-run, no-budget, slightly ramshackle ethos, there’s often plenty of home-made and hand painted signs to be found around the grounds of lower league football teams. At …
The hand-painted and hand made signs of Harrow Borough FC, north London Read More
Yesterday, I travelled to Surrey to watch Dulwich Hamlet take on the Metropolitan Police FC at their East Molesey ground. The game wasn’t that great – Hamlet lost 2-0 – but there were some dramatic scenes …
Ghostly football – players hunt the ball in the swirling mists of Surrey Read More
Next month, the Football Supporters’ Federation (FSF) has organised a march to the Premier League and Football League headquarters to demand ‘Affordable Football for All.’
Football fans to march to Premier League and Football League HQs to demand Affordable Football for All 14th Aug Read More
Ahead of the World Cup in Brazil, this fantastic monologue from John Oliver tears into the hugely dubious practices of FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association), the international governing body of association …
FIFA and the World Cup is brilliantly torn to shreds by John Oliver on American TV Read More
Cardiff City fans still rightfully angered by the whimsical rebranding of the club by meddling billionaire owner Vincent Tan have planned a ‘Blue March’ to take place before the …
Keep Cardiff Blue: Cardiff City FC fans march for their heritage and tradition, March 22nd 2014 Read More
As readers of this blog may know, I reluctantly abandoned my lifelong support for Cardiff City a while ago. I posted up the reasons for my decision in a post …
What’s wrong with Cardiff City FC – a rival fan’s perspective Read More
Long term readers of this blog will know that I’ve been a hardcore Cardiff City fan all my life. I’ve been going to games since I was 6 years old, …
Goodbye Cardiff City FC: a life long fan finds salvation in the lower leagues Read More
After my once-beloved Cardiff City FC turned into a farcical travesty of itself courtesy of a Malaysian ego-maniac, I feared that I had lost one of the great passions in …
Sharing the Dulwich Hamlet FC love in Brooklyn, New York Read More
Containing numerous football, rugby and baseball pitches, Enfield’s King George’s Field can be found a short walk from Enfield railway station.
A Saturday afternoon on Enfield Playing Fields, north London, November 2013 Read More
As you may know, I’ve been a lifelong Cardiff City fan but that alliance has been torn asunder by the dire rebranding antics of the club’s billionaire owner, Vincent “I’ll …
Cardiff City Bluebirds Unite march Read More
After suffering the humiliation of having their meddling billionaire owner Vincent Tan trash a century of the club’s heritage with his crass rebranding exercise, Cardiff City fans have had to …
The embarrassment continues for Cardiff City fans as truly hideous strip is unveiled Read More
During my recent visit to Liverpool, I saw this moving tribute at the Museum of Liverpool to the 96 who lost their lives in the Hillsborough Disaster of 1989. The …
Spray for Justice, Liverpool, a graffiti artist’s moving memorial to football fans who died at Hillsborough Read More
There were jubilant scenes of celebration at Champion Hill yesterday after Dulwich Hamlet clinched automatic promotion with a 1-1 draw against an in-form Burgess Hill FC.
Dulwich Hamlet clinch promotion after nail-biting draw with Burgess Hill – and Champion Hill goes wild! Read More
With just two games left in the season and promotion rivals Maidstone three points behind, this was a must-win game for Dulwich Hamlet. And win they did!
Promotion is a heartbeat away as Dulwich Hamlet beat Crawley Down Gatwick 3-1 Read More
This is a game that should never have had to have been played in the first place. In January this year, the original fixture saw Dulwich Hamlet go 2-0 up …
Dulwich Hamlet lose to Leatherhead in rancour-filled dodgy replay Read More
There was a veritable goal fest at Champion Hill on Saturday as Dulwich Hamlet thumped basement strugglers Walton Casuals 5-0 to go top of the table.
Dulwich Hamlet thump Walton Casuals 5-0 to go top of the league Read More
The last cup final I attended was at Wembley last year watching Cardiff lose to Liverpool in the Carling cup, so as big matches go, last night’s Isthmian League Cup Final at Maidstone’s Gallagher Stadium was a …
Isthmian League Cup Final – Dulwich Hamlet 2 Concord Rangers 3 – photo report Read More
Commiserations to the mighty Dulwich Hamlet who lost 2-3 after extra time in the Isthmian Cup Final against the Premier Division Concord Rangers. I travelled down to Maidstone for the game and the Hamlet crowd were …
Hard luck Hamlet! Dulwich Hamlet lose to Concord Rangers in Isthmian League Cup Final Read More
It has to be said that this wasn’t a classic game, with Hamlet fortunate to take three points from a Chipstead team who at times dominated the game. After the thrills of …
Dulwich Hamlet hammer out a win against a stubborn Chipstead in wind-blasted game Read More
A very lively away crowd saw Dulwich Hamlet comfortably see off local rivals Tooting & Mitcham in the NK Stadium in deepest Morden yesterday. The game had it all: passion, goals, smoke …
Dulwich Hamlet sweep past Tooting & Mitcham in lively derby match Read More