Category: Football

Visiting The Ulster Cricket Ground, Belfast, Northern Ireland: Home Of The World's First Competitive International Football Match

Visiting Ulidia Playing Fields, Belfast, Northern Ireland💚🔴🤚☘️⚽️: Home Of The World’s First Ever Competitive International Football Match ⚽🏆🥅

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“This Is Where It All Begins” – The Back Four. “Can’t stop this thing we started” – Bryan Adams. Football Question: Where was the world’s FIRST EVER competitive international football match played? The correct answer is of course: BELFAST, Northern Ireland(then known as Ireland, but still the Irish Football Association/IFA). What’s the craic with it being Read more about Visiting Ulidia Playing Fields, Belfast, Northern Ireland💚🔴🤚☘️⚽️: Home Of The World’s First Ever Competitive International Football Match ⚽🏆🥅[…]

My Visit To The Home Of Football: Sheffield FC, England (Formed 1857)

My Visit To The Home🏠Of Football⚽: Sheffield FC🔴⚫, England (Formed 1857)

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“It’s coming home. It’s coming. Football’s coming home” – The Lightning Seeds. Sheffield FC are widely regarded as the oldest club in world football that have been continuously playing. They were formed in 1857 and as much as I hate FIFA, they are the governing body of world football and they recognise Sheffield FC as the world’s Read more about My Visit To The Home🏠Of Football⚽: Sheffield FC🔴⚫, England (Formed 1857)[…]

The Day I Scored A Goal At The Home Of The World's Worst International Football Team

The Day I Scored A Goal At The Home Of The World’s Worst International Football Team⚽

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“From feudal serf to spender, this wonderful world of purchase power” – Manic Street Preachers. Sark – Europe’s Last Feudal State Sark is one of the coolest and most mindblowing places I have ever backpacked to. This is a mini country with its own island(s), borders, laws, prison, pub and even an international football team. Read more about The Day I Scored A Goal At The Home Of The World’s Worst International Football Team⚽[…]

Backpacking In Scotland: Visiting Side By Side Football Stadiums in Dundee

Backpacking In Scotland🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿: Visiting Side By Side Football⚽Stadiums🏟️in Dundee

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For years I have known that the two closest top division football stadiums in the UK are those of Dundee FC and Dundee United FC, both on the same street in the city of Dundee, Scotland. However, until 2022 I had never even been to Dundee. So if I finally made it to Dundee, my Read more about Backpacking In Scotland🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿: Visiting Side By Side Football⚽Stadiums🏟️in Dundee[…]

Backpacking In Northern Ireland: Visiting The UK's Two Closest Separate Football Clubs - Bangor FC and Bangor Amateurs FC

Backpacking In Northern Ireland🟥🤚☘️: Visiting The UK’s Two Closest Separate Football⚽Stadiums🏟️

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“The day we went to Bangor” – Fiddler’s Dram. Some people might glorify the fact that Notts County FC and Nottingham Forest FC in England are separated by a river – the Trent. Other people might glorify the fact that Dundee FC and Dundee United FC are separated by a road – Tannadice Street. And Read more about Backpacking In Northern Ireland🟥🤚☘️: Visiting The UK’s Two Closest Separate Football⚽Stadiums🏟️[…]

Backpacking In England: Playing Footgolf⚽️⛳ In Whitley Bay

Backpacking In England: Playing Footgolf⚽️⛳ In Whitley Bay

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Backpacking In England: Playing Footgolf⚽️⛳ In Whitley Bay Have you ever heard of Footgolf? Now you have. It’s a mixture of football and golf. 😂⚽️⛳And I played it in Whitley Bay with famous Rafał Kowalczyk aka Big Bird. We were backpacking and overlanding here and we came across this by accident! On the same trip, Read more about Backpacking In England: Playing Footgolf⚽️⛳ In Whitley Bay[…]

My New Football Book: ChampIAN STEWARTnova - Following the Northern Ireland Football Team 1980 - 2009

My book ChampIAN STEWARTnova Was Stolen

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November 2022 was the scheduled release of a 42 year in making book, my epic ChampIAN STEWARTnova. Following the Northern Ireland football team 1980-2009. In true irony, the only parts of that book that remain in full are the only TWO parts NOT done by me. 1.The cover art and design. I have them on Read more about My book ChampIAN STEWARTnova Was Stolen[…]

My New Football Book: ChampIAN STEWARTnova – Following the Northern Ireland Football Team 1980 – 2009

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My New Football Book: ChampIAN STEWARTnova – Following the Northern Ireland Football Team 1980 – 2009 is currently in its final edits. This took a lot longer than I anticipated – the writing was basically completed by October 2010, but one thing after another led to delays. Many chapters had to be skipped, cut, replaced, Read more about My New Football Book: ChampIAN STEWARTnova – Following the Northern Ireland Football Team 1980 – 2009[…]