On Wednesday morning I will board a flight for a mammoth odyssey that will see me cover in excess of 5,000 miles in 24 hours for a European Final in a country that is three time zones away, to which the majority of the season ticket holders at the participating clubs can’t actually get to, […]
In the end it wasn’t quite meant to be for Orient, whilst they will escape non-League as Champions they couldn’t make it a double by securing the FA Trophy in what will hopefully be their final appearance in the competition. The National League campaign is long, wearing and a severe test of a squad’s fortitude […]
So have we all recovered yet? Champions, promoted back to the Football League, bumper crowds all the way through the season and with a cup final still to come. For Orient fans used to facing life with a large self-protective dose of pessimism, does it get any better than this? When we look back in […]
Just for a brief moment on Sunday it looked like the footballing gods may have had another trick up their sleeve for us. When Sadio Mané opened the scoring against Wolves at Anfield after 17 minutes, quickly followed by the news that Brighton had scored against Manchester City, a ripple of cheers spread through the […]
Hands up if you knew all along that Liverpool were undoubtedly going to come back from a 3-0 deficit and eliminate Barcelona on Tuesday night? Having written on these very pages before it happened: “While history tells us Anfield is more than capable of producing special European nights, Liverpool are going to have to get […]
After discussing the potential for both European Finals being all-Premier League affairs a few weeks backs: (https://football-nerd.org/2019/04/26/football-nerd-weekly-ramblings-will-we-see-a-decisive-step-towards-the-title-this-weekend-whats-in-store-in-europe-this-week/), the semi-final first legs proved something of a mixed bag for the English clubs. First up Tottenham were beaten for the second time in a week at their new home, this time by the exciting young Ajax side […]
Almost two years ago to the day, Mrs Football Nerd and I embarked on an emotional and wondrous journey. We didn’t realise at the time, but a straightforward choice to go and watch Leyton Orient simply because the missus used to live nearby and we had followed their near promotion to the Championship just three […]
After two stunning come-from-behind wins in succession and the jubilant scenes that followed the wins at home to Eastleigh and the absolute pandemonium of the win at Sutton, it always felt that the Easter, weekend with two pivotal games in four days, would be absolutely crucial to Orient’s hopes of a return to the promised […]
Just like the reported 800 to 1000 British football fans who travel to Dortmund every home game, I couldn’t tell you why or even what I expected, but ever since I witnessed in person the magical allure of the very special fans of “one of Europe’s last great romantic football clubs”, I was already hooked. […]
With FA Cup semi-final commitments for four clubs reducing the Premier League schedule to just six games, the significant result of the weekend happened on Friday evening when Liverpool came back from an early Shane Long goal to put Southampton away 3-1 and regain top spot. Jürgen Klopp’s men have now won seven out of […]
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