Author Archives: footballtouristlondoner

I have been working on new posts ever since my most recent one was published, over a month ago, but there have been many issues getting in the way of completing and publishing any new material. My work shifts have been falling far more on game days and it has become far more difficult toContinue reading “Issues”

When their beloved Magpies qualified for this season’s Champions League even the most ambitious of the Toon Army could scarcely have envisioned that their return to the top table would see them dropped into the group of death. Sure they avoided either of the Spanish juggernauts or the rulers of Germany, but even without tripsContinue reading “Toon Army Marches Into The Lion’s Den”

Tuesday 15th August 2023: League One: The Valley: Charlton Athletic vs Bristol Rovers Between watching this incredible spectacle yesterday and writing about it today my phone has gone haywire and is currently utterly unusable. Due to these untimely technical difficulties I had a look at the official statistics from the game to help refresh myContinue reading “A Travesty Occurs”

Sunday 13th August 2023: Gtech Community Stadium: Premier League: Brentford vs Tottenham Hotspur My 2023/24 football season began where everything good always does, back home. Returning to church for the third season, after taking an extended summer break away from all things football (Women’s World Cup excepted), felt unsettling though as so much has changedContinue reading “Adapting to New Realities”

So the Women’s World Cup Group Stage and a few things happened in it that I fancied writing about. The sheer humiliation of the double-defending champions, The United States, limping into the knockouts and the brilliance of England finally kicking their campaign into top gear with a 6-1 drubbing of China to fire themselves throughContinue reading “Into The Knockouts”

Saturday 25th February 2023: EFL League One: Montgomery Waters Meadow: Shrewsbury Town vs Wycombe Wanderers In the wilds of Shropshire sits the quaint town of Shrewsbury. It was here that I was to witness a heavyweight bout, with the winners claiming the prize of a position on the edge of the playoff places at theContinue reading “Double Salop Please”

Last Thursday morning at 09:00 hours, the Premier League fixtures for the 2023/24 season were released. As I checked them in a service station on the A3 the first thing I realised was that my boss is giving me the first week of the season off. He is not getting any say in the matterContinue reading “New Arrivals for 23/24”

Even the torrential rain couldn’t dampen the spirits of the thousands of Manchester City fans lining the parade route to welcome their Treble winning heroes home. It was whilst I was witnessing this outpouring of joy, from the shelter underneath the Arndale centre on Market Street, that it dawned on me that 2 of theContinue reading “Europe Is English!!”