Written by Football NerdJuly 19, 2018

Four go on a Russian World Cup Adventure – Part 3: St Petersburg – Wednesday 20th June to Friday 22nd June 2018.

In case you missed: Part 1: https://football-nerd.org/2018/07/17/four-go-on-a-russian-world-cup-adventure-part-1-moscow-saturday-16th-of-june-to-monday-18th-of-june-2018/) Part 2: https://football-nerd.org/2018/07/18/four-go-on-a-russian-world-cup-adventure-part-2-still-moscow-tuesday-19th-of-june-wednesday-20th-june-2018/ Wednesday 20th June (continued) The hotel was only about a twenty minute walk from the station and after we had checked in, (stone cold sober we hasten to add!), we headed down to the bar to watch Portugal beat Morocco and sample […]

Written by Football NerdJuly 18, 2018

Four go on a Russian World Cup Adventure – Part 2 (still) Moscow- Tuesday 19th of June & Wednesday 20th June 2018.

(In case you missed Part 1: https://football-nerd.org/2018/07/17/four-go-on-a-russian-world-cup-adventure-part-1-moscow-saturday-16th-of-june-to-monday-18th-of-june-2018/) Tuesday 19th of June – Poland 1 Senegal 2 – Spartak Stadium After another crazy and somewhat hazy night sharing our collection of Space Food with the bar staff, random guests and anyone else we could find; it is fair to say that we were all a […]

Written by Football NerdJuly 17, 2018

Four go on a Russian World Cup Adventure – Part 1 Moscow- Saturday 16th of June to Monday 18th of June 2018.

Part of being an utterly hopeless football obsessive means that the World Cup is absolute heaven; ever since immersing myself in Espana 82 while on holiday on the Costa del Sol, I absolutely relish every tournament when it comes round. In many ways I still retain the character traits of that nine-year old boy who […]

Written by Football NerdJuly 12, 2018

Football Nerd – World Cup Russia 2018 – Oh so typically England! While Les Bleus march on!

Haven’t we been here before? Just when we had started to believe that maybe, just maybe, football might be coming home, England were found wanting when it really mattered. Moscow 2018 will now be filed along with Turin 1990, Wembley 1996 and England’s other glorious failures. Once again, when football immortality beckoned, England couldn’t grasp […]

Written by Football NerdJuly 9, 2018July 9, 2018

Football Nerd – World Cup Russia 2018 … and then there were four.

almost unbelievably, one of them is England. It is probably fair to say that Gareth Southgate and his team have far exceeded the expectations of a nation that had developed apathy towards the national football team after recent dismal tournament showings. If it was possible to question England’s credentials after the penalty shootout win over […]

Written by Football NerdJuly 5, 2018

Football Nerd – World Cup Russia 2018 – Reflections on the Round of 16- England make us believe and a look ahead to the Quarter Finals.

Well wasn’t that absolutely typical? Didn’t you just know that if England were to reach the Quarter Finals they would do it the hard way and in dramatic fashion? Just when those of us struggling to keep the faith after recent tournament failings had started to believe again, England did what they always do, except […]

Written by Football NerdJune 29, 2018

Football Nerd – World Cup Russia 2018 – Reflections on the Group Stage

So there we have it and facing the first day without football to watch for two weeks, it seems like a good time to reflect on the World Cup Group Stages which concluded last night with Belgium’s reserves proving marginally better than England’s second string. There were some unexpected and surprising performances and results but […]

Written by Football NerdJune 28, 2018

Football Nerd at the World Cup Russia 2018- Some thoughts from Our Kid on Brazil v Costa Rica – St Petersburg

Finally, after being back in the country for four days the Football Nerd gang are beginning to shake off the hangovers and clear our heads after the fun, games and merriment we had enjoying the opening week of the World Cup over in Russia. We will be chronicling our adventures in full in due course, […]

Written by Football NerdJune 14, 2018June 14, 2018

Football Nerd – World Cup Russia 2018 Preview – The Knockout Rounds – Who is going to win the World Cup?

After an extensive and complex analytical process conducted by the most scientific minds that we could find at Football Nerd; yes that’s right we simply got hold of one of those predictor spreadsheets that do the rounds before major tournaments and set about guessing predicting the results of each match, we can now reveal how […]

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