Tag Archives: Burton Albion
Seeing a Game at Burton Albion FC
July 26, 2021
It seems to me the soul of English soccer is on the terraces. And it was in Burton-Upon-Trent that I was reminded not only of that fact, but also where the game has gone astray somehow. (Originally written February 2017 but updated for the 2021-22 season.) Stumbling around Birmingham New Street in the morning, waiting…
English Soccer Travels:
What to See and Do in Burton-Upon-Trent
February 21, 2019
I have designated a new rule for my English soccer travels: that if all you know about a place is what Wikipedia or TripAdvisor tell you, then you don’t know anything about it, and you need to go there. I will call it the Huddersfield Rule, after having a defining such experience there on a…