Heading to #Belfast to present two papers at the @footballcollective.bsky.social conference: A #groundhopping paper with @sashaclicks.bsky.social and psychological predictors of #nonleague #playoff success with @jamwheaton.bsky.social Looking forward to a jam-packed couple of days

Uh oh, I FINALLY found the book that is a record of (almost) every @dcfc.co.uk game i went to between 1986 and 2008 (ish) My @futbologyapp.bsky.social stats are in for a battering this afternoon 😂😂 #COYR #Rams #dcfc

Derby County 2 Watford 3 Today I got to experience first hand, the astonishing levels of incompetence of #EFL referees today. Jaw-dropping, at times. Take nothing away from Watford though, stunning comeback from 2 down

🏟️ 🛫 Groundhopping from Udine to Milan 📖 An epic from @liberoacademica.bsky.social, four games across the north of Italy READ NOW: tirofootball.com/posts/2025-11-18-groundhopping-from-udine-to-milan

Love it when a plan comes together. Finished lecturing at 6pm. Train ➡️ Train ➡️ Train to Shenfield by 7pm. Collect car drive to Brentwood by 7.30pm. Even time for a cheeseburger before @brentwoodtownfc.bsky.social vs @maldontiptreefc.bsky.social in Essex Senior Cup 💪 #groundhopping

We want to hear from you - tell us about your experience of this historic @nsl.ca inaugural season! Survey takes roughly 10 minutes and is anonymous. We thank you in advance! qualtrics.kcl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_... @liberoacademica.bsky.social

Herne Bay 4 Hastings Utd 0 Highly entertaining game. An electric winger on either flank for the home side. The Last Post on the bugle. Decent ground. Halftime cuppa. Two hours geek chat with my Dad and Brother. Lovely stuff. #groundhoppers #groundhopping #matchhopping #photography ##nonleague

The people's game. Fuck Infantino, and fuck FIFA.

Was actually looking for something else, but stumbled on this whilst crate digging. The first version of this was the first EVER album I owned, on cassette. I didn't even know there was a second version! Had to snap it up. Some bangers on here, some I dont know, and some... others 😂 #vinyl

Manchester City play a game of football today. Most of us will be watching. Which makes sense. What doesn’t make sense is why so few care about City’s owner playing an active role in a genocide so gruesome it can be seen from space. By @barneyronay.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Crazy game at Maldon - Waltham Abbey received THREE first half red-cards, leaving the door open for a second half rout. Maldon & Tiptree 6 Waltham Abbey 0 @isthmianleague.bsky.social #groundhopping #matchhopping #photography

Where am I?? #groundhopping #groundhopper #groundspotting #stadiums #photography

Cracking day at Vale Park yesterday - proper old football stadium. Immensely proud of the Maldon & Tiptree boys. #Upthejammers #matchhopping #groundhopping #photography #FACUP

This, from the very first page of Galeano's 'Football in the Sun and Shadow' perfectly captures why i watch so much football as a neutral. I don't often care who wins, I just want to see something beautiful.

New piece for @hoppersguide.com: an #FACUP clash between Bishop's Stortford, and @realbedfordfc.bsky.social #groundhopping #groundhoppers #matchday #matchhopping #allezlesblues #pirates hoppersguide.com/groundhoppin...

Waaaaaaaaaait.. there was not one but two games that finished 7-6 (or 6-7) last night?!

I AM MORE THAN MY FUTBOLOGY STATS!!!! Obvs I've been to many many more games than this in my life, this is simply since I started using the app and year or two ago. Plus a few important historic ones. Either way, its a cute little milestone 😂😃

Maldon blow Brantham away in blustery conditions to reclaim top spot #groundhopping #matchhopping #groundhoppers #photography #monochrome #blackandwhite @isthmianleague.bsky.social

I understand progress is progress, but this is still a cathedral. Bit of a weird atmosphere though as Curva Nord-less Inter laboured to a 2-1 win over Sassuolo #SerieA #groundhopping #matchhopping

We're hiring!!! www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...

What do you do when faced with a NINE hour delay at the airport? Why, you meet a bonafide #SerieA legend, thats what! (As you can Pippo was delighted to be accosted by two middle-aged serie a fanboys lol) #palermo #inzhagi #Italy #legend #offside

And when they came, they came on two wheels... #cremonese #serieA #photography #bicycle #vespa #Italy

How many people does it take to make an army? Just one, according to this 💛🖤 legend #committed #nonleaguefootball #groundhopping

The aftermath. Heybridge right back shown a straight red following an awful challenge. A challenge that led to his exasperated teammate describing him somewhat poetically and not altogether inaccurately as a 'stupid angry c*nt' Heybridge Swifts 0 @gorlestonfc.bsky.social 2

So I'm in #Newcastle the night they play Bilbao in the Champions League. What chance I can get a ticket?! Looks like I have to be a 'mags member' and go in to a ballot? #nufc #magpies #championsleague

GREEN MONSTERS | Ferencváros TC is Hungary’s most celebrated football club, yet its terraces have long mirrored the country’s political climate. Guirec Munier’s images confront us with the uneasy blend of passion, pride, and extremism. lowerblock.com/articles/fro...

Super performance between the sticks from Bishop's Stortford stopper Adam Hayton helps the Blues to a narrow 1-0 #FACup win over @realbedfordfc.bsky.social #nonleaguefootball #groundhopping #matchhopping #photography #goalkeepers #keepersunion #allezlesblues Bishop's Stortford 1 Real Bedford 0

Some belters in here...

Down by the Docks. For @terraceedition.bsky.social Towards the end of last season I went Tilbury FC, to sample their legendary cheeseburgers (and watch some football). www.terraceedition.com/home-haute/t... #nonleague #matchhopping #groundhopping #photography @isthmianleague.bsky.social

If @maldontiptreefc.bsky.social, top of @isthmianleague.bsky.social North with 6 wins in 6 in all comps, beat Canvey Island - bottom of the division above, nothing but defeats all season- is it even an upset? They did, and it wasnt. Maldon 2 Canvey Island 0 #FACup #groundhopping #photography

Haha @jamwheaton.bsky.social

Summer reading sorted: - Emancipation for Goalposts, @chrisetchingham.bsky.social - Casuals, Phil Thornton - Football in the sun and shadow, Eduardo Galeano #footballbooks #yugoslavia #Casuals @stanchion.bsky.social

I love looking around the clubhouses of non-league clubs. There is almost always a 'history wall' with team photos going back decades. Some great shots at Hatfield Peverel. Via a quick scan, the oldest one I noticed was from the 1957/58 season #Footballhistory @footballheritage.bsky.social

Took my girls to football. They had a lovely time, although I think the 10-goal thriller going on in the background didn't really have much to do with that 😂 Hatfield Peverel 5 Earls Colne 5 #groundhopping #matchhopping #photography #artists

A moment for ditching my relative political neutrality on my Substack. Some words on Farage's hypocritical attempts to place Reform and the hard-right as the natural political affiliation of the football fan. Read here: joshbland.substack.com/p/reform-fc?...

The pain of losing to a team from a step lower Hackney Wick 3 Bognor Regis Town 1 #FACup #groundhopping #matchhopping #photography #ESL #NonLeague

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Pretty skies, terrible pitch. Benfleet 0 Leighton Town 1 FA Cup Extra Prelim Round replay. Low on quality but ultimately, the visitors held their battling hosts at arms length to emerge unscathed and progress to next round #groundhopping #matchhopping #FACup #nonleaguefootball #ESL #photography

Did a #halfmarathon yesterday. The gimmick that lured me in was 'Original 12'. Look at this belter of a medal! #ukrunning #original12 #dcfc #COYR #OG ⚽️⚽️🐏🐏🐏

Saturday afternoon is for beer and football. Maldon & Tiptree 5 Buckhurst Hill 0 #FACup #groundhopping #matchhopping #roadtowembley @maldontiptreefc.bsky.social

Last night had a catastrophic goalie error, a superb Mark Hughes-esque volleyed goal, and a mediocre cheeseburger. Also a pretty #sunset and one for the #floodlightfriday crew. White Ensign 3 Barking 1 #nonleaguefootball #photography #groundhopping @essexsenior.bsky.social

Three goals, two red cards, great saves, and a hatful of missed chances. Great entertainment. Competitive non-league football, oh how I've missed you. Harwich and Parkeston 2 Halstead Town 1 #ESL #groundhopping #matchhopping #groundhoppers #photography #nonleaguefootball

Trying to decide where to go tonight! #groundhopping #nonleaguefootball ##nonleague #groundhopper Shortlist:

Breaking up the monotony of work by simultaneously listening to and cataloguing my #Blues collection, starting with this beaut #vinyl #vinylcollector

High: Off to watch my first competitive game of the season tonight. Most excited. Low: Granit Xhaka and his ridiculously punchable face are back in the #EPL Ah well. Can't win 'em all.

Fixtures- released! Our 2025-26 Pitching In Isthmian League fixtures are finally here #IsthmianLeague #PitchingIn

Ooooooh imma be busy this season, I hope!!

My *office* is in the corner of my kids' playroom. This morning, I switched the 'fun things to do in the UK' map for my 'location of football teams in italy' map. I'm wondering how long it will take anyone in my house to notice...

First game of the season for me last night. There was five goals, lots of rain, and a cybertruck. Ah, #nonleaguefootball, it's good to be back. Maldon 1 Chelmsford 4.

This is kinda cool. Bendy football pitch in #Nantes, #France #urbangoals (No, I'm not counting it as a ground 😂)