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In photos – Football: Designing the Beautiful Game at the Design Museum, London

Wed 8th June, 2022Tue 7th June, 2022 - by editor - Leave a Comment

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. …

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Wales and the Euro 2016 Championships: the beautiful journey
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Wales and the Euro 2016 Championships: the beautiful journey

Mon 11th July, 2016Tue 12th July, 2016 - by editor - Leave a Comment

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 …

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Football comic art launch at Cardiff's Andrew Buchan bar - exhibition runs till Feb 2016
cardiff / Clubs & Nightlife / football / photos / Places / wales / Wales

Football comic art launch at Cardiff’s Andrew Buchan bar – exhibition runs till Feb 2016

Mon 19th October, 2015Mon 19th October, 2015 - by editor - Leave a Comment

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.

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Bluebird Jones football comic exhibition opens in Cardiff, 17th Oct - 1st Feb 2016
cardiff / football / news / Places / wales / Wales

Bluebird Jones football comic exhibition opens in Cardiff, 17th Oct – 1st Feb 2016

Wed 14th October, 2015Mon 19th October, 2015 - by editor - 1 Comment

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 …

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Scarves, flags, graffiti and stickers - Cardiff street photos
cardiff / football / photos / Places / wales / Wales

Scarves, flags, graffiti and stickers – Cardiff street photos

Thu 10th September, 2015Thu 10th September, 2015 - by editor - Leave a Comment

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 …

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Fair Play for Palestie - activists protest ahead of Wales vs Israel UEFA Championship match, 6th Sept, 2015
cardiff / football / Places / Wales / wales

Fair Play for Palestine – activists protest ahead of Wales vs Israel UEFA Championship match, 6th Sept, 2015

Sun 6th September, 2015Sun 6th September, 2015 - by editor - Leave a Comment

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 …

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Clapton FC and their passionate Ultras feature in Away Days video
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Clapton FC and their passionate Ultras feature in Away Days video

Mon 11th May, 2015 - by editor - Leave a Comment

The good folks at Football Beyond Borders have released a short film featuring non-league Clapton FC and their unique supporters, the Clapton Ultras.

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Cardiff City FC crest rebrand now features a weird red ferret
cardiff / football / photos / Places

The latest Cardiff City FC crest rebrand now features a weird red ferret/dragon thing

Mon 9th March, 2015Mon 9th March, 2015 - by editor - Leave a Comment

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 …

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Spytty the Dog, Newport County's strange emo paedobear/Deputy Dawg club mascot
football / photos / Places / Wales

Spytty the Dog, Newport County’s strange emo paedobear club mascot

Mon 5th January, 2015Mon 5th January, 2015 - by editor - 1 Comment

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 …

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Newport County sweep aside Plymouth Argyle on a dark and miserable Boxing Day afternoon
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Newport County sweep aside Plymouth Argyle on a dark and miserable Boxing Day afternoon

Mon 29th December, 2014Mon 29th December, 2014 - by editor - 2 Comments.

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 …

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The hand-painted and hand made signs of Harrow Borough FC, north London
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The hand-painted and hand made signs of Harrow Borough FC, north London

Mon 24th November, 2014 - by editor - Leave a Comment

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 …

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Ghostly football - players hunt the ball in the swirling mists of Surrey
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Ghostly football – players hunt the ball in the swirling mists of Surrey

Sun 16th November, 2014Mon 17th November, 2014 - by editor - 1 Comment

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 …

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Football fans to march to Premier League and Football League HQs to demand Affordable Football for All 14th Aug
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Football fans to march to Premier League and Football League HQs to demand Affordable Football for All 14th Aug

Fri 18th July, 2014Thu 17th July, 2014 - by editor - Leave a Comment

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.’

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FIFA and the World Cup is torn to shreds by John Oliver on American TB
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FIFA and the World Cup is brilliantly torn to shreds by John Oliver on American TV

Tue 10th June, 2014Tue 10th June, 2014 - by editor - 1 Comment

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 …

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Keep Cardiff Blue: Cardiff City FC fans march for their heritage and tradition, March 22nd 2014
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Keep Cardiff Blue: Cardiff City FC fans march for their heritage and tradition, March 22nd 2014

Tue 18th March, 2014Tue 18th March, 2014 - by editor - Leave a Comment

  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 …

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What's wrong with Cardiff City FC - a rival fan's perspective
cardiff / football / Places / Wales / wales

What’s wrong with Cardiff City FC – a rival fan’s perspective

Mon 17th March, 2014Mon 17th March, 2014 - by editor - Leave a Comment

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 …

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Goodbye Cardiff City FC: a long life fan finds salvation in the lower leagues
cardiff / football / Places / Wales / wales

Goodbye Cardiff City FC: a life long fan finds salvation in the lower leagues

Fri 14th February, 2014Sat 15th February, 2014 - by editor - 39 Comments.

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, …

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football / New York / photos / Places

Sharing the Dulwich Hamlet FC love in Brooklyn, New York

Fri 13th December, 2013Thu 12th December, 2013 - by editor - Leave a Comment

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 …

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A Saturday afternoon on Enfield Playing Fields, November 2013
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A Saturday afternoon on Enfield Playing Fields, north London, November 2013

Wed 27th November, 2013Wed 27th November, 2013 - by editor - 2 Comments.

Containing numerous football, rugby and baseball pitches, Enfield’s King George’s Field can be found a short walk from Enfield railway station.

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Say no to Cardiff City FC corporate rebranding and sign the petition
cardiff / football / Wales

Cardiff City Bluebirds Unite march

Mon 26th August, 2013Thu 5th September, 2013 - by editor - 5 Comments.

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 …

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The embarrassment continues for Cardiff City as truly hideous strip is unveiled
cardiff / football / Wales

The embarrassment continues for Cardiff City fans as truly hideous strip is unveiled

Wed 29th May, 2013Mon 19th October, 2015 - by editor - 3 Comments.

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 …

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Spray for Justice, Liverpool - graffiti artist's memorial to football fans who died at Hillsborough
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Spray for Justice, Liverpool, a graffiti artist’s moving memorial to football fans who died at Hillsborough

Fri 3rd May, 2013Fri 3rd May, 2013 - by editor - Leave a Comment

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 …

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Dulwich Hamlet clinch promotion after nail-biting draw with Burgess Hill - and Champion Hill goes wild!
Brixton / football / London / Places

Dulwich Hamlet clinch promotion after nail-biting draw with Burgess Hill – and Champion Hill goes wild!

Mon 29th April, 2013Tue 21st May, 2013 - by editor - 3 Comments.

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.

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Promotion is a heartbeat away as Dulwich Hamlet beat Crawley Down Gatwick 3-1
football / London

Promotion is a heartbeat away as Dulwich Hamlet beat Crawley Down Gatwick 3-1

Wed 24th April, 2013Wed 24th April, 2013 - by editor - 3 Comments.

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!

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Dulwich Hamlet lose to Leatherhead in rancour-filled dodgy replay
Brixton / football / London / Places

Dulwich Hamlet lose to Leatherhead in rancour-filled dodgy replay

Wed 17th April, 2013Wed 24th April, 2013 - by editor - Leave a Comment

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 …

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Dulwich Hamlet thump Walton Casuals 5-0 to go top of the league
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Dulwich Hamlet thump Walton Casuals 5-0 to go top of the league

Mon 15th April, 2013 - by editor - Leave a Comment

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.

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Isthmian League Cup Final – Dulwich Hamlet 2 Concord Rangers 3 – photo report

Wed 10th April, 2013Wed 10th April, 2013 - by editor - Leave a Comment

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 …

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Hard luck Hamlet! Dulwich Hamlet lose to Concord Rangers in Isthmian League Cup Fnal
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Hard luck Hamlet! Dulwich Hamlet lose to Concord Rangers in Isthmian League Cup Final

Wed 10th April, 2013Wed 10th April, 2013 - by editor - Leave a Comment

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 …

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Dulwich Hamlet hammer out a win against a stubborn Chipstead in wind-blasted game
Brixton / football / London / photos / Places

Dulwich Hamlet hammer out a win against a stubborn Chipstead in wind-blasted game

Tue 2nd April, 2013Tue 2nd April, 2013 - by editor - 2 Comments.

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 …

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Dulwich Hamlet sweep past Tooting & Hamlet in lively derby match
Brixton / football / London / Places

Dulwich Hamlet sweep past Tooting & Mitcham in lively derby match

Sun 31st March, 2013Mon 1st April, 2013 - by editor - 1 Comment

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 …

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