Written by Football NerdJune 12, 2023

A World Cup Adventure in the Middle East: Five Football Obsessives, Five Games in Five Days. Part 1: Hopeless World Cup obsession, the preparation, and our arrival in Qatar,

By now we all know how Qatar “won” the rights to host the 2022 World Cup. How FIFA’s ongoing corruption allowed them to essentially buy it; and why their appalling treatment of migrant workers, attitudes to women and the LGBTQ+ community, the astronomical cost of building the stadiums and infrastructure, the necessity to move the […]

Written by Football NerdJanuary 26, 2023January 26, 2023

Orient Nerd Weekly Ramblings: A bad day at the office or signs of a deeper malaise for the Orient?

We probably all knew that going to Stevenage and getting a result against a team very much in form and closing the gap behind us was going to be a big ask. However, the meek manner in which we slipped to a 3-0 loss, which could and possibly should have been even more comprehensive, wasn’t […]

Written by Football NerdApril 8, 2022

Orient Nerd Weekly Ramblings- The rejuvenation of our skipper

Well, that was a bit more like it! After the capitulation of the much-altered team at Boundary Park last week, the O’s got themselves very much back on track last weekend by securing a win at Walsall with 2 goals in the opening 15 minutes. In the process leapfrogging the Saddlers, as well as Harrogate […]

Written by Football NerdFebruary 26, 2020February 26, 2020

A month in the life of two Orient Obsessives – Part 5: Never let Orient near your dog as they can’t hold onto a lead!

So another game where the O’s take the lead and another game where they get pegged back. Perhaps the most galling thing about last Saturday’s 2-2 draw with Oldham was that we appeared to be in control of the game and took the lead after just eleven minutes through either Ouss Cissé or an own […]

Written by Football NerdSeptember 29, 2017September 29, 2017

Football in a Soccer World – reflections on a weekend in New York City- Part 2: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos.

After all the fun of our breakfast time Arsenal watching (https://football-nerd.org/2017/09/22/football-in-a-soccer-world-reflections-on-a-weekend-in-new-york-city-part-1/), Mrs Football Nerd and I spent the afternoon wandering through Manhattan’s Sunday street markets and watching the dance skaters in Central Park, before undertaking the long subway ride from Manhattan down to Coney Island. However It wasn’t the funfair or Nathan’s Famous Hotdogs that […]

Written by Football NerdJuly 14, 2017

Beers, Carrots, Fjords and two matches in a weekend- A Weekend in Stavanger

This adventure actually started back in March 2015 in Valencia when Mrs Football Nerd and I first encountered three kindred Norwegian football obsessives in an Irish Bar (where else?) watching the North London Derby. Bonded by the common language, humour and nostalgia brought out by our passion for the game; Hans, Nils and Evan became […]

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