Global Football Hub

Man, trying to watch niche international football tournaments can be a real headache. You’d think in this day and age, with all these streaming services charging an arm and a leg, getting access to something like the FIFA Women U17...

Man, those derby days. They just hit different. You can feel the tension building up from Tuesday, but nothing matters until those official team sheets drop. I wasn’t waiting around for the broadcast coverage to tell me who was on...

Man, let me tell you, getting this new Derby City Classic trophy off the ground was a bigger headache than trying to find parking downtown on game day. I didn’t just read about this thing; I was stuck in the...

The Reason I Sat Down and Dug All This Up I swear, sometimes you just get dragged into these stupid arguments, right? Last week, I was just trying to watch the highlights from the last time Ipswich played, when this...

Man, let me tell you straight up, if you’re still just looking at who won the last five games or checking the table before throwing money down, you are just donating cash to the bookies. I learned that the hard...

Man, trying to get Newcastle tickets is a journey into madness. Seriously, it felt like trying to win the lottery while blindfolded and juggling flaming chainsaws. Everyone—and I mean everyone—tells you the first thing you gotta do is hit up...

The Scramble for Lisbon: My €400 November Challenge Listen, everyone says travel is expensive, right? Especially if you want to go somewhere decent, not just camping in your own backyard. Well, I wanted to hit Lisbon. I’d seen the pictures,...

Man, I needed an escape. Seriously. You wouldn’t believe the corporate dumpster fire I’ve been wading through this last quarter. My real job? It involves trying to make sense of two ridiculously bloated departments that decided to merge—HR and Engineering....

The Madness That Started It All You wouldn’t believe why I even had to waste time digging up the full timeline for Coventry City versus Burnley last season. It wasn’t for a blog post, initially. It was because of Gary,...

Hunting for Philly FIFA Tickets: The Start of a Headache Look, the minute they announced the Club World Cup was hitting Philly, I knew I had to go. I’ve been kicking around this city for years, and watching those big...