My first women’s game in the UK is a top match. Manchester City against Reading. If Manchester City win their game in hand, they are top of the league – and they have already qualified for the Champions League semi-final.…
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A women’s top game – but why not in a proper stadium?
Tagged with: Academy Stadium, Etihad, FA Women's Super League, Manchester City, Manchester City Women's Team, Nadia Nadim, Reading Women's team, Women's football
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Posted in Football grounds
Men of Steel at Stadium of Light
It is Sunday morning, 7.40. I enter Huddersfield station an hour and a half before my 9.18 train is due to leave for Newcastle. I hope to find some breakfast and a quiet place to write on my blogpost about…
Tagged with: Archibald Leitch, Bob Stokoe, Elizabeth's, Manchester City, Newcastle, Roker Park, Stadium of Light, Sunderland AFC, Wearmouth Bridge, Wearmouth Collery
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Etihad stadium, Manchester
I am glad that United had secured the title before I went to the Etihad. I mean, it would have been a bit awkward to sit among City season-ticket holders and desperately want them to loose. As it was, the…
Tagged with: Etihad, Howard Webb, Manchester City, West Ham F.C.
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Posted in Football grounds, Uncategorized
Old Trafford, Manchester
I knew that it would go wrong, when I at 2.40 left Old Trafford for the metro, passing the shops on Chester Road. I have always had my pre-match meal at Lou Macari’s fish ‘n chips there; but yesterday I…
Tagged with: Clayton Blackmore, Fish 'n Chips, Lou Macari, Manchester central, Manchester City, Manchester United FC, Old Trafford, Prematch meal, Red Legends, Rooney, van Persie
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Posted in Football grounds, Uncategorized
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