The 2020-21 Edition of My Book is Now on Presale
Having sold the last copy of this season’s guidebook, I am now ready to launch the presale of the 2020-21 edition of The Groundhopper Guide to Soccer in England. Of…
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Promotions, Relegations, Playoffs and European Places in English Soccer, 2019-20 Season
Here I will track the playoffs, promotions, relegations, and European places during the 2019-20 season in English soccer. Updated July 13, 2020 For obvious reasons, this is not a normal…
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When Will the 2020-21 English Soccer Season Start?
The starting date for the 2020-21 Premier League and the rest of English soccer is still not set, but it’s looking like mid-September. Among a billion other things, that is…
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“Among the Thugs” and Inside the Heart of Violence
As long as I have been into soccer, I have heard about Bill Buford’s book, Among the Thugs. But I never read it because I just wasn’t interested in tales…
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Groundhopper #68: Join Us For Some Virtual Groundhopping
Issue #68 of my Groundhopper English soccer newsletter is out. In this issue: We’ve launched a Facebook group for folks to share their groundhopping adventures. “Beyond the Big Six” video goes…
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Classic Football Film: When Saturday Comes
I’ve just finished watching the 1996 film When Saturday Comes, and I can’t decide if it’s an epic collection of cliches or one of the more down-to-Earth football films I’ve…
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Video: Going “Beyond the Big Six” in the North of England
In my third and final “Beyond the Big Six” video, I take a look at about a dozen clubs in the north of England that I think are fun to…
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Fun Soccer Film: “Mike Bassett, England Manager”
What can be more fun than taking a bunch of well-known cultural figures, packing them into a parody of a well-known actual event, and then making them all look silly?…
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Video: “Beyond the Big Six” and Just a Little Beyond London
Here is the second of my three-part video series called “Beyond the Big Six,” in which I recommend English soccer clubs that get a lot less attention but which I…
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Netflix Series “Maradona in Mexico” Shows the Man, Myth and Legend
I know this is an English soccer blog, but really it’s a soccer supporter culture blog, focused on England. Still, I sometimes take excursions elsewhere, like in this case to…
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Groundhopper #67: Next Season’s Book, New Video Series, and “Losers”
Issue #67 of my Groundhopper English soccer newsletter is out. In this issue: The 2020-21 Groundhopper Guide to England is now on pre-sale. My new video series goes “Beyond the Big Six.”…
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