UEFA Champions League

My Mat Mess and Why I Finally Needed A Cheat Sheet You know how it goes. You set aside 30 minutes for a workout, but you spend the first ten just scrolling through routines or flipping through that messy notebook...

The Absolute Mess of Comparing Greece and Croatia’s Ancient Stuff Man, when people ask me, “Which is better, Greece or Croatia, for history?” I just sigh. Because everyone has an opinion, but almost no one has actually put in the...

Man, let me tell you something. When I first started volunteering to keep score for my kid’s youth league—just trying to help out, you know?—I thought it was just counting to two and three. How hard could it be? You...

Man, trying to score tickets for a Man United or Spurs match without selling a kidney is a nightmare. For years, I just swallowed the terrible truth: if you didn’t have a gold-plated membership and weren’t willing to sit up...

The Idea Started with a Stupid Argument You know how it is. You’re sitting there, chatting with some lads online about the glory days, and suddenly everyone is yelling about the biggest moment in the Feyenoord vs Sparta Praha rivalry....

Man, let me tell you, I never thought I’d be digging this deep into the stats for some niche European football match like Bodø/Glimt versus FK Crvena Zvezda, but life throws you curveballs. This whole thing started because of my...

Getting Slammed and Starting the Research Man, last spring was brutal. I was hitting the rivers I’ve fished for twenty years, spots where I used to haul in three or four nice browns before breakfast, and I was getting absolutely...

So, why did I spend three days staring at ticket resale platforms instead of enjoying my weekend? Simple. My nephew, young lad, just got into this football thing, and he’s decided he has to see Portugal play Scotland, which they...

Man, sometimes you just get dragged into these stupid arguments, you know? Last Friday, I was just trying to relax, watching some random highlight reel of the old Euro tournaments when my neighbor, Steve, came over. He sees the clip...

Man, let me tell you about the absolute headache I put myself through analyzing the Maccabi Tel Aviv vs. Real Sociedad match. This wasn’t just about glancing at the last five games; this was a deep, dark dive into the...