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On the fifth day of TBIR Christmas – The worst new ground visited
Our raison-d'etre is to seek out new grounds, whether they be league or non-league, in England, Scotland, Ireland or Azerbaijan. The thrill of seeing the floodlights for the first time, entering...
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On the seventh day of TBIR Christmas – The best atmosphere
In the past twelve months we have wandered far and wide across the world, sampling some of the best and most hostile atmospheres. Whilst there are plenty more examples of red hot atmospheres, these are...
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On the eleventh day of TBIR Christmas – The Best football Weekend away
Now this may shock you, but we are quite partial to a weekend away once in a while, taking in some local culture, fine foods and wine and even, dare I say it, a football match or two. No really, we...
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On the twelfth day of TBIR Christmas – The Best game
Seeing over 100 games in 2012 means we have seen a few corkers. And what better way to finish our 12 Days of Christmas than with our best three 90 minutes. Well, in fact two of the three were only 45...
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Derby Day in Barcelona
During the week, the Catalan nation team played Nigeria in a friendly game at Cornella El-Prat stadium, the recently built stadium of RCD Espanyol. With a team containing the likes of Puyol, Valdes,...
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The beautiful game in the Faroe Islands
Last year we carried out a study into the most passionate fans in Europe. The results were pretty darn amazing, with the Faroe Islands coming out top of our list. Our results, which can be found here,...
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Long live the European Football Weekend
We have been lucky with our European trips, in that tickets haven’t been too difficult to come by, and at no point have we been turned away. Last year, when we attended Venlo, Dan schmoozed his way...
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Herman the German Munster
It was gloves all around, apart from Big Deaksy who was keep to whip his top off in support of the away fans such is his tough guy approach as the game kicked off and our beers were a little too...
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DangeReus
Dortmund lost Julian Schieber on the half hour mark thanks to two harsh yellow cards in just four minutes but even then Frankfurt didn't step up a gear. Perhaps they had read the Pleat philosophy about...
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Kampf der Titanen
Real Madrid v Barcelona? Old skool. PSG v OM? Past its best even with the added “pzzazz of Monsieur Beckham. Celtic v Rangers? Had its day. Lewes v Eastbourne Borough? Getting closer. But none of these...
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Write Barca off at your peril
Having to recover a two goal deficit was always going to be tough, and likely to give Milan some chances, but in the main, the ball just seemed to be always in the possession of a red and blue shirt,...
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On the verge of greatness
So what has happened since my visit. San Marino have now played 109 games and have just one win (against Liechtenstein) have three draws and have lost 105 times. They have scored 17 times and have...
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Ninety minutes from glory
After the crushing disappoint of losing out to domestic honours to Borussia Dortmund last season and then losing the Champions League final in their own front garden in Bavaria to Chelsea, this season...
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Chelsea leave it late to give Rafa a going away present
Their good humour lasts about eight minutes; Azpilicueta is deemed to have handled the ball, and after a few seconds of confusion, a penalty is awarded. The Benfica section away to our right celebrates...
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Something rotten in the state of Denmark
The 2004/05 season will go down as the best in the history of Brøndby IF. Despite a poor start with a home defeat to Odense, the Blues soon moved towards the top of the table. They threw down their...
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Die Klassiche comes to Wembley
If you are in any doubt about the anticipation for the Champions League final at Wembley then go an ask your average season ticket holder at the Allianz Arena or the Signal Iduna Park where they will...
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Closing time
Of course, Swedish football is the best in the world. Why? Because when all other options are exhausted at the end of the season, the Swedes are just getting going in their season. DIF's campaign so...
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The Civil Service and Real Madrid: A mismatch made in Heaven
Outside of the FA Cup the team played a number of friendlies against local sides in London. In what was seen as a brave move they also accepted invitations to play "exhibition" games overseas. The team...
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Ocho Santos…
The only thing that made me a bit nervous about booking this one would be what kind of team Barcelona would be fielding. With those that appeared for the Spanish national team in the recent...
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You can’t say Faroes than that
Half time also presented an unfamiliar sight, as whilst the substitutes went through their warm-up procedures, anybody else in the crowd was allowed onto the pitch too, resulting in numerous children...
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