Anyone who has read these pages in previous seasons won’t have found it a particularly tough stretch to draw the conclusion that I am far from being a fan of the seemingly too frequent and often pointless International breaks during the domestic season. As much as I love the major International tournaments in the summer […]
Mention the words “Tartan Army” to pretty much any football supporter, not just from the British Isles but anywhere in the world, over the age of 30 and it will instantaneously conjure up certain memories and images. Of the “well-refreshed (or “blootered” to use the appropriate colloquialism!) hordes”, that used to descend on Wembley on […]
So it is finally out of the way! The final whistle on Tuesday evening signalled the end of the third(!) international break this season and the majority of us will be relieved that we can now return to the usual order of business and a period in which the season intensifies. Presumably as the result […]
So here we are smack bang in the middle of another international break, but despite my complaints last time https://football-nerd.org/2016/10/06/football-nerd-weekly-ramblings-not-another-insufferable-international-break/, this time it seems a bit more tolerable. This evening will see England face Scotland at Wembley for the first time in a competitive match for 17 years. While it is undeniable that the oldest […]
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