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Football Away Days: Portsmouth FC and Fratton Park

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Pompey football away day

Well, it's been a long 2 years, but we finally did it, we got back out on the road to experience a new football match day at long last! This trip was originally booked for February 2020 (vs Rochdale), but had to be rearranged due to the fixture date being changed at late notice. As a result, we were due to see Portsmouth vs Blackpool in April 2020, but we all know what happened next as the world experienced a pause button moment, and so it came to pass that Portsmouth vs Bolton, at the end of October 2021, became our actual 'football away day'...

Football Britalia!

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UK & Italy flags (via gov.uk)

In the latest round of internationals, we found two former Chelsea men- Fikayo Tomori, now of AC Milan, & Tammy Abraham, who's joined former Blues manager José Mourinho & former Manchester United man Chris Smalling at Roma, named in the England squad. In light of this, it’s time to evoke the spirit of the late great Football Italia in celebration of those who've made similar moves to the aptly boot-shaped country from our shores!

'O Canada' Football

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Canada Football Badge (via Wikipedia)

With so much football to keep us occupied, the average fan doesn't tend to look too far ahead, and so it may have escaped your attention that Canada will be joint hosts of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, alongside their North American Football Union (NAFU) neighbours Mexico and the United States. Les Rouges are not historically renowned for their footballing prowess, having only previously qualified for a solitary World Cup, in 1986, but, this may be about to change thanks to the influence of a man from County Durham.

Attack wins you football games, defence wins you titles!

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Viking Shield (via Erik Mclean at Pexels)

In the last year, we have seen Atlético Madrid, Inter Milan and Lille win their respective league titles. A constant between all three was the way in which they won their titles. All three sides played with a defensive first approach leading to consistent and controlled victories throughout the season.

Modern Football: Poachers, Ballplayers, Pressing, Set pieces and Data

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Football Evolution (via Poster Lounge)

 

Filippo Inzaghi, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Miroslav Klose and Ian Wright were all exceptional goal scorers during their careers. All of them for the most part ‘lived’ inside the box and kept defenders on their toes. Over recent years these types of players have been dying out at the elite level.

Why you might ask? Well, there are a plethora of reasons as to why this could be.

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