🔊🔝 Sound on for this one! We’d not even entered Estadio Ciudad de Lanús and we could already hear the party inside. Some incredible pre-match energy.

🪢📸 With Kappa's recent rerun of the Kombat line, it's been great to see lower profile clubs receive this series. Seems like every team has been contractually obliged to showcase how stretchy the material is in every photoshoot, but still a lovely retro remake!

😍 Looking back through old programs around Blackburn and found this from another side we’ve talked about, Ipswich Town. The Green King sponsorship. Littlewoods Pools. The designs are such of the time. Love this. This game would end 0-0 with Ipswich winning the replay at Ewood Park 1-0.

🔵🟡 Back beside La Bombonera today with Boca Juniors Femenino.

🏆🟤🦑 We visited Club Atlético Platense last night, the Argentinian Apertura champions, as they played out the last match of dismal Clausura campaign. Bottom of the league, thumped 3-0 but they didn’t care.. still sang their hearts out about being Campeón!

Caught a pretty incredible sunset at Platense last night. 🦑😍

🇸🇪 We made it to La Bombonera again! Watched Boca Juniors beat Tigre 2-0. Absolute dream stuff.

💙💛 ‘Boca mi corazón!’ Another truly incredible night under the lights at La Bombonera. Nonstop noise, nonstop passion, nonstop energy.

🇱🇻 #floodlightfriday @ Estadio Ciudad de Lanús.

Lovely little craft beer spot in Buenos Aires called ‘Cerveza Berlina’. With a name like that we had to stop by. Beautiful stout on tap! 🍺

✊ Everyone who go make it please go to Leipzig on Sunday. We need to stand in solidarity against these stupid measures they want to place onto fans across Germany.

💥🧨 An explosive welcome for the players at Argentinos Juniors on Monday night. Beautiful, loud and crazy. It was a fun night at Estadio Diego Armando Maradona.

Boca win Superclásico at La Bombonera. Absolutely insane. Don’t think twice. Book the trip. Pay the ticket. Have some beers. Make sure to stretch. Then enjoy. Mindblowing. 🔥

🔵🟡 Just incredible… 4 hours until Superclasico kicks off!

On a morning run. Passing this huge mural of Maradona. It’s great here. 🇦🇷

🟠⚫️🟢 Venezia have began work on their new stadium. With a capacity of 18,500 it looks impressive but we are sad to see the end of a beautiful stadium in view. Expected to be finished late 2027, get that trip to Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo booked now! We’ll be going next March.

🏳️ Wonderful to be part of a brilliant display last weekend. Ostkurve showing up as always! #HaHoHe

🇦🇷 Postcards from early days in Buenos Aires.

🌹✅ Three wins on the spin. 1st home win of the season. 3 goals for summer signing Andri Gudjohnsen, son of Chelsea, Barcelona & Bolton striker Eidur Gudjohnsen. It's been a better couple of weeks for the Rovers fans.

👋 Ciao ciao Dynamo. #HaHoHe

🎂 Diego Maradona would’ve turned 65 today. One of the best to do it. We adored talking about him in our Newell’s Old Boy’s episode. A legacy that will never die.

🩵 Racing Club look to turn around a 1-0 defeat in Brazil against Flamengo to make into the Copa Libertadores final. Little throwback to our visit in April. We hope to revisit this stadium in November.

😍 Love finding vintage programs when researching clubs. Blackburn would go on to beat Crystal Palace 2-1 with goals from Jeff Kenna & Kevin Gallacher. This result put them just three games away from their historic Premier League title.

🐉 FC Porto bounced back from their Europa League defeat with last gasp 88th minute winner against Moreirense last night. Deniz Gul with a header at the back post dramatically gets Porto back to winning ways.

🏟️ Saturday night under the lights didn’t disappoint as Hertha snatched all three points with a extra time winner. Rode out our luck at times but my word what a let off when the goal went in. #HaHoHe

What a 1st half in Greifswald. #RLNO

🌋 One huge what if for Blackburn Rovers is the failed transfer for a young Robert Lewandowski. He was on his way to the UK when Volcano Eyjafjallajökull erupted, grounding all flights in Europe. The deal went up in smoke and we never got to see Lewandowski in the Premier League.

📆 About to kick off a very busy week. Olympiastadion triple header incoming. #HaHoHe

📸 #floodlightfriday @ VfL Bochum’s Vonovia Ruhrstadion. Last weekends away day.

🐉✈️ FC Porto head to Nottingham tonight to take on Forest in the Europa League. The Dragons look to keep their 100% record intact at a historic ground. Little throwback to us visiting The City Ground in 2024.

🔜🇦🇷 In just a few weeks, we’re back in Buenos Aires. So much groundhopping to look forward too. Hope to return back to San Lorenzo. ❤️💙

Also, have you ever a yak and a chicken at the same time? 🐂🐓

🐔⚪🔵 With ever more creative forms of fan protest, we shout out one of the most unique. In 2012, Blackburn fans disrupted their crucial game v Wigan by releasing a chicken with a Rovers flag onto the pitch to protest the club owners, poultry company Venkys. Equally creative & mad.

Dived back into the archives. Hamburg away, 24/25 season. #HaHoHe

🌹 New episode of @thejourneymen.bsky.social is up. Running through Blackburn’s Premier League success with Kenny Dalglish & their subsequent decline under the Venky’s ownership. Plenty of mad stories along the way. Super happy with this one! Listen here 🔗 open.spotify.com/episode/1jX6...

Plus the matchday programs were designed to match 1996. ❤️

😍 Completely missed Sunderland's wonderful throwback graphics over the weekend. That sticker book team sheet is stunning, plus getting the shiny badge detailing right. Superb stuff!

🇧🇷📞 "Ronnie lad, Steve Kean is on the blower..." One of our best stories from Blackburn Rovers PT2 is their ambitious attempt to lure Ronaldinho to Ewood Park. Steve Kean stated 'It was on yesterday' then the aging superstar moved back to Brazil. What could've been for Rovers!

🚨📣 OUT NOW! We return to Blackburn Rovers to look through a true rollercoaster of modern football history, including: 💸 A local business takeover 🔥 Smashing transfer records 🏆 A Premier League title 🐓 Questionable ownership… Listen here 🔗 tinyurl.com/BlackburnPT2 #blackburnrovers

🌹 Our 2nd part on Blackburn Rovers drops tomorrow. We return back to Ewood Park to jump through their recent history. From the highs of becoming Premier League champions to fan protests involving throwing chickens onto the pitch. A rollercoaster of stories!

🏆🍺 Look at Kenny Dalglish here. Picking up Manager of the Month while being rewarded with a case of Carling. Don’t get that anymore, imagine Arteta taking home a crate of Madri. Dyche would crack one open right there and then.

🏟️ Little Regionalliga Nordost throwback for #floodlightfriday. Chemnitzer FC hosting Chemie Leipzig with a stunning sunset for a backdrop. Lovely stuff.

🌹 Little moodboard about our upcoming new episode. Chris Sutton leaving Steve Bruce on the floor. Shearer, Sherwood, Dalglish. Just beautiful.

🇵🇰 Be honest did you know former Newcastle & Aston Villa midfielder Nolberto Solano is currently manager for Pakistan's national team? No? We didn't either. He's had stints in the dugout with Universitario, Blyth Sparthans & Peru national side. Talk about beautiful variety of teams.

🧡🇳🇱 Some ambience from the stunning Johan Cruyff Arena. Beautiful place.

🆕🌹 Part two on Blackburn drops this week. Join us for record signings, a Premier League title and a tale of two very contrasting ownerships!

The Dutch were on fire tonight, hitting Finland for four as we visited the Johan Cruyff Arena. 🔥🧡

That's one way to announce your return to Aberdeen. On a boat from Sweden with a European trophy. Alex Ferguson & Mark McGhee hoist the European Cup Winners Cup following their 2-1 victory over Real Madrid in Gothenburg, May 1983.

🔴⚫️ Popped down to some local football with Amsterdamsche FC. Stunning background to a lovely ground.

📸😍 Some more pictures from discovering this gem in Amsterdam yesterday, Kick Off Vintage. Absolutely stunning selection of shirts, you’ll find your holy grail shirt here 100%. Wonderful store.