: About Me

I'm a forty-six year old man living in Salisbury, England, with my wife and three sons.

I am a full time freelance writer specialising in Soccer (Football). I write news, views and observations about the beautiful game.

Please visit my site at http.viewsofafan.blogspot.com to see if you agree with my opinions.

Thank you for taking the time to read this.

My passion is ...

Football (Soccer)

I know too much about ...

Football!

My parents always told me ...

You were an awful baby!

My childhood ambition ...

To play football for England.

My favorite memory ...

Marriage, children.

Why I write ...

I love it!

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Sporting autobiographies.

My first job ...

Bank clerk.

My best moment ...

Finishing the ten mile Great South Run in October.

My inspiration ...

My wife and children.

Politics, News & Issues > Football News & Opinion People love to watch football because...?

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I'm English so football means something quite different to me. Of course what I think of as football is actually soccer. However, having read many of the articles in this section, and watched a fair few games of American Football on television, I get the feeling that the experience for a Brit of going to soccer matches is very much the same as for an American going to football matches. I'll explain the similarities between the two: Being part of a family If you support a team, you feel like part of one big family. In this increasingly insular world, it is one of the few places you can be t...

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