Seeing a Game at Reading FC
Update, 2019: This post was written in May, 2014, and is largely unchanged. Leicester City are still in the Premier League, and Reading are still in the Championship after losing…
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Paul’s Soccer Stories
Author Paul Gerald shares his adventures from the world of English soccer.
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: Seeing a Game at Stevenage FC
(Originally written in March 2017) Years ago, I heard a story that made me start falling (more) in love with English soccer. It was the story of the time Newcastle United…
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East Anglian Derby: Norwich City vs Ipswich Town
I love a derby day. It’s the peak experience of watching English soccer. If you don’t know, a derby means a rivalry game, that game, once or twice a year…
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My English Soccer Tour:
Seeing a Game at Burton Albion FC
Seems to me the soul of English soccer is on the terraces. And it was in Burton-Upon-Trent that I was reminded not only of that fact, but where the game…
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Seeing a Game at Barnsley FC
(Note: This post was written in March 2017, when Barnsley and Huddersfield Town were both in the Championship. As of February 2019, Huddersfield are in the Premier League — but…
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My Non-Game at Barnet FC
(Originally posted in November 2016) Whenever I plan a trip to England to watch soccer, I try to pick a time when there will be plenty of games. I look…
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England v Scotland, World Cup Qualifier 2016
In this throwback from 2016, I attended an international match at Wembley, which frankly turned out to be the least interesting aspect of the whole evening. I’ve got this theory that…
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In the FA Cup at Boreham Wood FC
You know you have arrived in the lower reaches of English soccer when you’re on the train and realize you’re following a player to the game. Such was the case…
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English Soccer Tour, From Portland to Bristol
It’s pretty remarkable, and gratitude-inducing, to note that what was once extraordinary in my life has settled into something of a routine. This occurred to me as I approached UK…
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