Travel Tips & Resources
This Shop in Manchester is Football Shirt Heaven
If old football shirts happen to be your thing, then no place can compare with the Classic Football Shirts Manchester shop. There are many ways to be into football. You can play it, watch it on TV, support your club in person, write about it, read about it, obsess over transfer rumors, learn songs, or…
English Soccer Trip Advice:
Newcastle Travel Guide
I divided my English soccer guidebook into regions and suggested a base city for each region. For the North and Northeast, that base will be Newcastle. (This post is now several years old, so be sure to check on prices, etc.) Travel Guide: Newcastle Why You Should Stay There: It’s a great hub for accessing six clubs,…
Can You Take Bags Into English Soccer Games?
One question we get often is whether bags are allowed into English soccer games. And the answer is basically: Yes, but sometimes not big ones. Paul has been to more than 100 games at 69 different stadiums around the UK, and has probably taken a bag into 95 percent of them. Here's his advice: I…
Planning a Trip to Watch English Soccer? Consider Staying in Nottingham
If you are headed over to England to see some soccer games, consider staying in the city of Nottingham. Here is a photo tour of the place, which makes a great hub for groundhopping explorations. At least, this is what I managed to see of it in a couple of walks. I spent basically one…
How to Tell When a Town is Going to be Boring
In the process of visiting more than 100 English soccer clubs, Paul has seen some towns which, aside from this groundhopping business, he never would have gone to. Here's his list of how to tell when a town is going to be boring. As I approach a new destination, I do a little research on…
