My Five Favorite English Soccer Websites

Paul Gerald · Profile
My Five Favorite English Soccer Websites

What are some of the best websites for learning about English soccer?

London Stadium, home of West Ham United.

Well, for me, it’s not about players and current tactics and (God forbid) transfer rumors. I want to know the history, the culture and the clubs. For that, here are five websites that I keep at hand when planning trips or just studying up on the game.

Footballhistory.org is a great all-around resource for the history of the game and some of the clubs. Right now, for example, they have articles on the history of formations, shoes, and the English national team. There are also links to many of the top clubs.

The London Football Guide is just an extraordinary site, one man’s passion to track all the games going on in London. And if you think that means four or five Premier League games, you’d be wildly mistaken. He goes down into lower-league London-area clubs and even into the non-league world. In fact, it was he who created Non-League Day.

Craven Cottage, home of Fulham FC in London.

Yanks Abroad isn’t so much about studying the game as it is keeping up with Americans playing overseas. There are articles and links, but the best for me is the list by player, showing which club they are with. I use it to search for Americans in any game I’m watching or considering.

Football Ground Guide is the best of many such sites I’ve seen; it’s an “away day guide” to all the grounds in the league, and then some. I use it for the basic purposes: figuring out how to get to a ground, where some of the local pubs can be found, and where the away fans will be — essential for me in deciding where to sit.

Copa 90 Stories is not a website as such, rather a YouTube channel. But it’s a great one, focused on the culture of football worldwide. I like their stories about clubs and supporters all over the world, in particular their Derby Days series and their Matchday Menus features, which obviously focus on food.

Here is the full list of my suggested English soccer links.

Written By Paul Gerald
Paul Gerald, Owner and Founder of Groundhopper Soccer Guides · Profile
Paul is a traveler, writer, publisher and soccer freak. He started Groundhopper Soccer Guides as EnglishSoccerGuide.com in 2014. When he's not kicking around England working on this site and his book, you can find him at Providence Park in Portland, cheering on the Portland Timbers.

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