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Montevideo, a football city

Click to view slideshow. The capital of Uruguay is without doubt a hotbed of football. Indeed, given it hosted the first ever World Cup in 1930 single handed, its passion for the beautiful game has never diminished! The iconic Centenario Stadium, built for that tournament is coined as “the home of football” has FIFA heritage status, coupled with a fantastic museum within its walls, taking you back in time. Despite a population of only just over 3 million people, by South American standards

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March 14, 20197 yr

North by North East

Click to view slideshow. Every time I see the words “The North”, it brings back memories of a great Argentine friend of mine who had flown into Britain for the first time, lured here by Monty Python’s re-union at the 02 in London! Post the “bleedin’ demise” of that entertaining gig, the next day we set off on the drive to Scotland and as we hit the M1 just outside the capital, one the first signs he clapped his eyes on said “The North”, and every time subsequently he saw these words, he’d r

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March 13, 20197 yr

The AZ of Alkmaar v Almaty

Click to view slideshow. Readers of a certain vintage will perhaps recall the UEFA Cup Final of 1981, when Bobby Robson’s Ipswich Town defeated AZ’67 their Dutch opponents, 5-4 on aggregate, complete with Dutchmen Arnold Muhren and Frans Thijssen in the Portman Road side. By modern day standards it was perhaps an unusual double act for a European final, but in the days before excessively seeded draws, coefficients and big money made the route for the lesser clubs to a final more protracted,

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March 13, 20197 yr

Vicenza, Citta Palladio

Click to view slideshow. Veneto is one of the most visited regions of Italy with the lure of Venetian canal splendours and Veronese balconies being the main draw. The more adventurous travellers will doubtlessly have a look at Padova too given its proximity to Venezia with it’s beautiful piazza’s and slightly less manic tourism, but equidistant between Verona and Padova on the main Milan to Trieste railway line is Vicenza, which is a real gem of a city. Here is the home of Andrea Palla

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March 12, 20197 yr

Lanerossi Vicenza Virtus

Click to view slideshow. The heading to this article will see smoke billowing out of any ardent Vicenza fans ears! But if they were honest, they have to be thankful for the owner of the team from Bassano del Grappa for keeping the “il biancorossi” in the third tier this term. This modern story is yet another classic Oliver Hardy tie fumbling moment of “another fine mess”, and it’s such a real shame to have fallen upon the oldest club in Veneto. Last season Vicenza were really strugglin

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March 11, 20197 yr

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Across The Pond - Toronto Stadium

Scotty · December 1, 2025Dec 1

On 11/29/2025 at 10:19 AM, Council Juice said:
Having attending the 4-1 loss to NYRB there a couple of years back at the start of that season, one area they need to improve is the South stand supporters section and that big open window facing the ungodly cold wind from the lake. Sitting in the East stand and just dying. 😄 Put up a wind breaker for goodness sakes! 😭🥶
Otherwise BMO is a proper no frills football stadium. Hopefully the Whitecaps can move to something similar in the near future.
My seasons are in "U-Sector" section 113 of that very same south stand. Its a toss-up to where I have been colder. BMO Field on the two MLS Cup Finals held there - in November (2016 and 2017) at around -15 or at the Caledonian Stadium in the deepest midwinter with the wind coming in off the Firth.
Its a different kind of cold in each stadium, but when its cold, both can be bloody cold. In Canada it's a dry "holy s***" kind of cold because the negative number can be double digits whereas, as we all know, the Scottish cold might only be -1 or -2 but its that damp, get in your bones kind of cold.
I'll cover the renovations in the one of the next entries in the blog since you are interested, as well as future posts about my volunteer interview, the ridiculous MLS fixture list for next year due to the world cup, and the proposals for league adjustments in 2027. Lots to come :)
Across The Pond - Toronto Stadium

Council Juice · November 29, 2025Nov 29

Having attending the 4-1 loss to NYRB there a couple of years back at the start of that season, one area they need to improve is the South stand supporters section and that big open window facing the ungodly cold wind from the lake. Sitting in the East stand and just dying. 😄
Put up a wind breaker for goodness sakes! 😭🥶
Otherwise BMO is a proper no frills football stadium. Hopefully the Whitecaps can move to something similar in the near future.
Across The Pond: Perseverance

Scotty · November 16, 2025Nov 16

When things are running smoothly it works quite well, you just load up an audiobook or a couple of episodes of the Wyness Shuffle and off you go. Its when things go pear-shaped with Toronto traffic that it gets annoying and that unfortunately is not increasingly rare.
I prefer to drive to be honest, especially if I have the (not so) little one and dont fancy spending $20 for a beer you can buy for $3 in the shop. I have a sweet spot that doesn't get too busy and its about a 15 minute walk to the stadium. FIFA however will likely be monetising all the parking areas within 5km of the stadium so thats not an option for the world cup.
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Across The Pond: Perseverance

Gringo · November 15, 2025Nov 15

8 hours ago, Robert said:
Wow, makes my trip to the Sarens PSG Stadium a real dawdle!
And mine (when I go, which is rare these days....and set to get increasingly rare sadly)
Across The Pond: Perseverance

Robert · November 14, 2025Nov 14

Wow, makes my trip to the Sarens PSG Stadium a real dawdle!

Football adventures with James Rendall

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Montevideo, a football city

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The AZ of Alkmaar v Almaty

Vicenza, Citta Palladio

Lanerossi Vicenza Virtus

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Across The Pond - Toronto Stadium

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