With the 2016-17 English football season now in the books, who got relegated, and who got promoted? The season formally ended on Monday May 29 — Memorial Day in the States — with the “richest game in world football” at Wembley Stadium. It was a complete dud, 120 minutes of 0-0 non-action, and then Huddersfield Town took […]
Yankee Groundhopper #8:
The Final Weekend, Wembley, Stevenage FC
Issue #8 of my Yankee Groundhopper English soccer newsletter is out. In this issue: The big last weekend, with three straight championship games An introduction to Wembley Stadium, England’s National Stadium and the host for this weekend Getting to know Stevenage FC, a friendly little club on the outskirts of London A video of Watford fans taunting Bournemouth fans […]
Touring Wembley Stadium
I highly recommend taking a tour of Wembley Stadium. It’s the national stadium of Great Britain, home of championship games ranging from amateur to the FA Cup Final, as well as many other games like the Champions League Final. It also hosts concerts, boxing matches, NFL games, all sorts of stuff. How to Tour Wembley […]
Yankee Groundhooper #7:
The Home Stretch + Burton Albion FC
Issue #7 of my Yankee Groundhopper English soccer newsletter is out. In this issue: The madness of the season’s last day — in all the leagues Yes, England does have playoffs Getting to know Burton Albion, the best story in football no one is talking about A video of a Spanish hero blowing kisses to his “mental” Welsh admirers […]
Meet an English Football Club: Burton Albion
Every couple of weeks I introduce you to an English football club which I assume you (my non-English readers) don’t know much about. In other words, you won’t be reading about Man U or Chelsea in this space. This week we meet a plucky little club from near Birmingham who did something amazing in the last year; they got to, and […]
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