“I’m going to really get under the skin of leafy, suburban London on my gap year,” said no-one, ever. But here I was, cast on my arm, dosed up on painkillers wondering when I could get out of the country again. I’ll admit there were a few moments where my frustration ran high, but the […]

23 photos to show why you should never visit Ghana

23 photos to show why you should never, ever, visit Ghana. 1. The sunsets aren’t worth watching 2. The beaches are awful 3. The tourist attractions will make you yawn 4. The wildlife is the same as everywhere else 5. Live sport isn’t entertaining at all 6. The waterfalls are tiny 7. Everyone is always […]

Football’s greatest misses

In a tribute to Deli Alli’s fantastic miss against Stoke on Sunday here are my top six football misses. 1. The man himself. A chance to put the game to bed with the goal gaping. Fingers crossed he still gets a Premier League winner’s medal in May. 2. In the 2008-09 season Chris Iwelumo was flying […]

A Ghanaian Summer – 2015

Despite it being almost two years it barely felt like I’d been away when I went through customs at Kotoka Airport in Accra. The same humidity, big queues for immigration and Dan being late to meet me. As always though my experiences in Ghana were huge fun and a lot of work was completed. I’ve […]

Copa90’s Global Talent Search

This post first appeared on the KickStart Ghana blog. Are you passionate about football? Think you have what it takes to represent Africa in telling football stories to the world? Then this competition is for you. Copa90 are looking for six football fanatics, one from each continent, to tell football stories from around the globe. […]

The best of Harry Redknapp

I love ‘arry. Without doubt one of the best managers I’ve had the pleasure of watching at Tottenham. He created a brilliant, attacking team that scared some of the best defences in Europe when they reached the quarter-final of the Champions League in 2010/11. Whether he was hanging out of his landrover, swearing at journalists […]

Does football really care about stamping out racism?

This week saw the football world unite in condemning the actions of a Villarreal ‘fan’, who tossed a banana at Dani Alves, and throwing their support behind the Barcelona player who picked up the banana and proceeded to eat it. #SayNoToRacism was quickly seen trending on Twitter with many of the world’s most famous footballers […]

My Ghanaian summer

A few photos to show what I got up to during the summer of 2013. Best enjoyed listening to the song below:

Ghana V Zambia

“I recommend that you get inside before it gets too busy,” said Mourinho (not the Mourinho, but Dan’s friend) to us as we stood outside the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi, each of us grasping a ticket to Ghana’s final group stage match of the 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign. With over four hours to kick-off Chris, […]

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When football finally came home

Memories of an AFCON

On to Madrid

Gap yearing in Berrylands