There’s a subtle but important change here at Soccer HQ: My website is exactly the same, but it can now be found at groundhopperguides.com instead of the original englishsoccerguide.com. The…
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I recently stumbled into this delightful little show called “Rovers,” from 2016, and it’s one of my favorite football distractions I’ve found during Covid Time. I grow weary of the…
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One of the things I do at Groundhopper Guides is introduce non-English, mostly American people to the world of English football. As such, I need to tell you about Sir…
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Issue #65 of my Groundhopper English soccer newsletter is out. In this issue: EnglishSoccerGuide.com is now GroundhopperGuides.com Part 1 of “English Soccer Songs” trivia. The misery of watching “Sunderland til I…
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Here’s another shot at testing your knowledge of English soccer culture: more club songs! It’s simple: I play a video with fans singing, I try to obscure the name of…
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(Updated May 29) The question of how the coronavirus is going to affect the English football leagues is obviously on many people’s minds. I have some basic Q&A below, and I’m…
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It’s time for another round of English soccer trivia: this time the subject is pregame songs. I’ll play a video of fans singing their pregame anthem — with some rather…
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I get a fair number of emails and comments asking if I’ve watched “Sunderland Til I Die,” so I thought I should respond — even though the whole subject depresses…
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Let’s see how you do in my latest English soccer trivia video. This one is all about club nicknames. It’s pretty simple: I give you a nickname, like Red Devils,…
Continue →I had a few days recently where I wasn’t getting emails. Then, when it was fixed, the old emails didn’t all come through. If you haven’t heard from me lately,…
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The whole system of tickets and hospitality packages for English soccer games is pretty confusing, so I have put together a video explaining it all. The other big question I…
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