About The Game

17/11/2025

Perfect qualifying campaign, USA here we come

18/04/2025

Saw “Dear England” at the National Theatre last night - been updated since the first one and it was once again absolutely brilliant. If in doubt give it a go and you won’t regret it. (We woke up this morning still buzzing anf have just booked to go again).

I was at about 90% of the games it revolves around (including Gareth’s penalty moment) and it brought back all the emotion.

Here’s my front row shot from last night taken during the standing ovation.

17/04/2025

So the England fans email update on the tickets for the Andorra away game is that . . . . there is no update.

Thanks for the update, I’m feeling relieved that I’m now fully updated on the lack of anything to update.

Happy Easter everyond.

01/07/2024

Was on radio phone in this morningabout the England v Slovakia game at the Euros.
First bit is fan reaction, next bit is my croaky voice - hope it’s more entertaining than the first 90+4 minutes of the match last night

The book got a little plug too at the end which I wasn’t expecting.

30/06/2024

25/06/2024

England v Slovenia

If this is how our team play having had a chat and decided to sort things out then I wish they hadn’t. Time to wake up guys.

This is pants.

Our best player has been the third ball boy on the left.

Jeppers I could do more runs into the box that our world beating front line.

Just checked the match stats and I’ve touched the ball more that Bellingham and won more tackles that Rice. And can someone please please please tell Saka we are attacking the goal that Pickford isn’t stood in.

17/06/2024

Got called by radio Sussex to chat a bit on last night’s 1-0 win against the Serbs (can have a listen below if you fancy). Voice is somewhat croaky this morning after a fair bit of singing and shouting at last nights game in Gelsenkirchen.

The ground was great but the travel to get away from the game was terrible - German efficiency has it seems gone out of the window to be replaced by an inability to co-ordinate in any way.

15/06/2024

Visiting the location of the first dam 617 squadron also visited under Guy Gibson’s leadership in May 1943.

Stunning scenery and location for one of the most amazing stories ever of ingenuity and courage.

21/05/2024

With the Euros now rapidly approaching, am off up to the BBC in old London town today for a little chat. More to follow soon (it had confidential on the paperwork so can’t say any more at the present).

16/05/2024

A month to go until England’s first game at Euro 24.

Want to know what it’s like to be an England fan at a tournament in Germany?
Have a read of “About The Game: The LOT”.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/108149848X

A true life adventure that journeys from Cologne to Nurnberg, Colditz and Dacau to Berlin. A sausage a day, the English Attache, pole dancing, Ray Winston, Beckham’s free kick and flying the flag for England.

There’s 200 pages on following England at the 2006 World Cup in Germany (plus loads more on 4 other tournaments).

Fun and laughter, tears and near disaster.
It’s all in here and a whole LOT more!

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A real life football adventure where England fans are the stars.About The Game - The LOT takes you away on a series of true adventures as a few lads journey the world of international football and follow their Eng-Ger-Land.Passion, fun and fear crop up alongside tears and laughter as the boys stu...

25/04/2024

4 weeks today off for a bit of a long weekend music interlude . . . . . . ahead of a month (hopefully) of footie at the Euros.