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Tokyo Verdy 0 Vissal Kobe 1

Saturday 12th April 2025 – J-League – Ajinomoto Stadium, Tokyo

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FC Tokyo 1 Kashiwa Reysol 1

Friday 11th April 2025 – J-League – Tokyo National Stadium

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Seattle Sounders 5 Los Angeles FC 2

Saturday 9th March 2025 – MLS – Lumen Field, Seattle

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Athletic Bilbao 0 Osasuna 0

Sunday 30th March 2025 – La Liga – San Mames, Bilbao

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Sydney 3 Western Sydney Wanderers 3

Saturday 8th February 2025 – The A-League – Allianz Stadium, Sydney, Australia A

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Real Sociedad 2 Real Valladolid 1

Saturday 29th March 2025 – Reale Arena, San Sebastian, La Liga

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Cambridge United 0 Bristol Rovers 1

Saturday 4th January 2025 12.30pm – The Abbey Stadium – EFL League One With the EFL deciding to move a number of games each Saturday to 12.30pm kick-offs, I started a journey to revisit some of the grounds I haven’t been to for many years. Some held strong memories from previous visits, or had been significantly modernised as football moved into a new commercial stratosphere. Eventually, I will…

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Birmingham City 2 Lincoln City 1

Saturday 11th January 2025 – St Andrews – The FA Cup

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Accrington Stanley 1 Barrow AFC 0

Saturday 20th October 2024 – The WHAM Community Stadium – EFL League Two

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Football in the Faroe Islands

13th to 15th September 2024 We all have bucket list trips. Those football adventures to places often far, sometimes near, which we long to go to. For me, a trip to the Faroe Islands has been number one on my list for well over a decade. The most common question I had to answer before the trip, and since I returned when asked, was “where exactly are the Faroes?”. A fair question as the country…

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Bromley 2 AFC Wimbledon 0

Saturday 17th August 2024 – EFL League Two – Hayes Lane, Bromley Fifteen years ago this month I visited Hayes Lane for the first time. Despite living almost on the doorstep for over a decade I’d never had a compelling reason to visit. Back then, Non-League football was something people went to watch not through choice but desperation. I thought I was a happy Premier League fan, but deep down I…

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Coleraine 0 Linfield 3

Saturday 28th September 2024 – Sports Direct Premiership – Coleraine, Northern Ireland After parking my car on one of the side streets off Ballycastle Road, I got into step with a family heading to the game against league leaders Linfield. They were raving about the work Coleraine Football Club had delivered to improve their position in the local community, and as we reached the entrance to the…

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Egypt 2 Spain 1

Tuesday 30th July 2024 – Olympic Football Tournament – Stade Atlantique, Bordeaux

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AC Milan 5 Cagliari 1

11th May 2024 – Serie A – The San Siro, Milan, Italy

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England 0 Slovenia 0

25th June 2024 – The European Championships – RheinEnergie Stadion, Koln, Germany

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Institute 2 Dundela 4

17th February 2024 – Northern Ireland Championship – The Ryan Bandywell Stadium, Derry Londonderry, Northern Ireland

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The Fenix Trophy - Finals Weekend

9-12th May 2024 – Desenzano del Garda, Italy – Lewes, Enfield Town, FC United of Manchester, Prague Raptors