Why Does Top Four in the Premier League Matter?
If you are fairly new to watching English soccer, you could certainly be forgiven for wondering why on Earth people would care about finishing in the top four in the Premier…
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Paul Gerald
What Does it Mean to “Go to Wembley”?
If you are getting into watching English soccer for the first time, you have probably noticed there are a lot of words and phrases you don’t know; it’s like a…
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Get to Know an English Football Club: Huddersfield Town
Occasionally 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…
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Attending a Game at Arsenal
(Editor’s Note: This post was written in 2014, but it still gives a good sense of attending a game at Arsenal. I’ve updated a few things in April, 2019.) For…
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Seeing a Game at Swansea City
Seeing a game at Swansea City would seem, without context, to be a pretty standard English football experience. Not that it lacks interest or passion or drama — certainly it…
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English Soccer Travels:
Hanging Out in Swansea
As was working on my book about English soccer, I figured I needed to see everybody who is going to be in the Premier League. And for this reason, I…
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Groundhopper 44: Yorkshire Cometh!
Issue #44 of my Groundhopper English soccer newsletter is out. In this issue: A large Yorkshire club is probably headed for next year;s Premier League How and why to watch the…
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Next Year’s Premier League: Yorkshire Cometh!
As the 2018-19 English football season enters its home stretch, many eyes will turn to the promotion and relegation battles throughout the pyramid of leagues. One thing is already pretty…
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What is the Taylor Report?
If you’re sort of new to English football, part of the learning process involves what people are talking about. So one question you might come up with is, What is…
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FA Cup Semifinals: How (And Why) to Watch
April 6 and 7 see the semifinals of the FA Cup play out at Wembley Stadium in London; here is how to watch on TV, and why I think you…
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