As a result of indulging one of my other great sporting loves and going to Manchester to watch St Helens win the Rugby League Grand Final a couple of weeks back, as well as the way the O’s fixtures fell in October, myself and Mrs. Football Nerd hadn’t been to Brisbane Road for a whole […]
In an unusual move for us, Mrs Football Nerd and I found ourselves looking into the potential for an autumnal sunshine Euro-break without basing it completely around relevant football tourism opportunities. We even found ourselves looking at some venues that… (don’t tell anyone will you?)… didn’t even have football teams! For all our yours truly’s […]
After the apparent indignity of being made to play and captain a team made up of youngsters looking to stake their claim for a first team spot, squad players and some returning from long-term injury against Nottingham Forest in the League Cup a couple of weeks ago, Mesut Özil seems to have gone missing again. […]
As excellent as Manchester City and Liverpool continue to be, looking very much all set to continue their duopolistic dominance of the Premier League title race for at least this season and in all likelihood beyond, for the rest of us things aren’t quite so enrapturing. The build-up to Monday evening’s clash between erstwhile title […]
On Saturday afternoon just before 5pm, I had that increasingly familiar sinking feeling deep down in the pit of my stomach, as Jake Taylor’s curled effort beat the outstretched arm of Brillo and nestled in the top corner it felt like a crushing blow and the end of Orient’s ‘valiant’ (pardon the pun!) effort against […]
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