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European Football Weekends February 6, 2012 @ 7:16 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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The Last Post
This will be the last post on European Football Weekends. But hey, don't be shedding any tears - it's been a thunderously good ride. At the start of 2012 I decided to take a little break from EFW, and see how things panned out. I've enjoyed that freedom so much that it now feels right to hang up the old keyboard.

Merry Christmas from EFW

European Football Weekends December 23, 2011 @ 9:31 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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And a cracking 2012 full of European Football Weekends, peace and happiness to you all. Thanks a million to all of you who have logged on to read these pages during 2011 and huge props to all of you who have contributed articles, photos, useful information and the like either on here or over on the EFW Facebook page or forum.

FC Groningen v FC Utrecht

European Football Weekends December 20, 2011 @ 8:28 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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The Pride of the North
FC Groningen 1-0 FC Utrecht (17:12:11)
West Brom fan Thomas Archer sidesteps the usual Dutch red tape for a rare chance to see FC Groningen...
As anyone who has travelled to watch football in the Lowlands, and The Netherlands in particular, you will be aware that it is easier to get a visa to enter North Korea than to enter most football grounds to watch some Eredivisie action.

Legia Warsaw v Cracovia

European Football Weekends December 12, 2011 @ 6:46 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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Louder Than Bombs
Legia Warsaw 0-0 Cracovia (10:12:11)
During June of next year the streets of the Polish capital will be pounding with football fans ready to embrace Euro 2012. The Polish FA will ensure that there are ladies dressed in traditional Polish folk costumes stood on every corner, and Uefa will insist that those fans drink only Coca-Cola, Castrol or Carlsberg and that no food should exist in Warsaw outside of McDonalds.

Crvena Zvezda v Partizan Belgrade

European Football Weekends December 8, 2011 @ 5:34 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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The Belgrade Derby: A World Phenomenon
Crvena Zvezda 0-2 Partizan Belgrade (26:11:11)
The taxi ground to a halt with the floodlights of the Marakana rising in the distance, writes Andy Hudson. A single policeman tried to control the traffic from six different directions; the angles of his hands lost amidst the steam billowing from his mouth.

Crvena Zvezda v Partizan Belgrade

European Football Weekends December 8, 2011 @ 5:34 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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The Belgrade Derby: A World Phenomenon
Crvena Zvezda 0-2 Partizan Belgrade (26:11:11)
The taxi ground to a halt with the floodlights of the Marakana rising in the distance, writes Andy Hudson. A single policeman tried to control the traffic from six different directions; the angles of his hands lost amidst the steam billowing from his mouth.

BSK Borča v Vojvodina

European Football Weekends December 7, 2011 @ 7:22 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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The Calm Before The Storm
BSK Borča 0-4 Vojvodina (26:11:11)
It's the morning of The Eternal Derby in Belgrade. Before living and breathing that dream fixture, Ken Morton and friends took in a match in relatively serene surroundings...
The Luton Ibis is far from glamorous but the prospect of a big European derby made it slightly easier to rise from my slumber.

Gamba Osaka v Vegalta Sendai

European Football Weekends December 6, 2011 @ 5:22 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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The Japanese Newcastle
Gamba Osaka 1-0 Vegalta Sendai (26:11:11)
Newcastle United fan Michael Hudson travels to Osaka to see the Japanese version of... Newcastle United...
There are two ways of getting from Nagoya to Osaka by train. The Shinkansen takes just under an hour and will set you back the best part of sixty quid each way; a combination of local and rapid trains is more than twice as long, half the price and perfectly timed to allow you to read at least halfway through the Blizzard while sitting next to a bloke in a gauze face mask whose head keeps falling against your right shoulder.

Barney Ronay interview

European Football Weekends December 3, 2011 @ 4:02 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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Barney's Version
Armed with some rubbish questions from EFW and some gems of her own, Lizzy Ammon clicked the heels of her favourite pair of red shoes together three times before marching off to meet Guardian sports journalist Barney Ronay...
Thanks for taking time away from Guardian Towers to talk to us.

Napoli v Manchester City

European Football Weekends November 29, 2011 @ 4:36 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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This Is How It Feels
Napoli 2-1 Manchester City (22:11:11)
What's it like, as an away fan, to visit one of the most famous grounds in world football. One that houses fans so passionate and vociferous that the noise from a goal causes a seismic shift in the city? Lifelong Manchester City fan, David Mayor, reveals all.

Borussia Dortmund v Schalke 04 - photo special

European Football Weekends November 26, 2011 @ 6:07 PM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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Derbysieger
Borussia Dormund 2-0 Schalke 04 (26:11:11)
Yesterday, Nick Coppack went to see surprise package, Borussia Mönchengladbach beat their near neighbours FC Köln to storm to the top of the Bundesliga (click HERE for those photos). What could possibly beat that? How about being in a crowd of over 80,000, a day later, at one of the biggest matches in world football, BVB v Schalke 04.

FC Köln v Borussia Mönchengladbach - photo special

European Football Weekends November 26, 2011 @ 5:16 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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Supercalifragilistic, Borussia Mönchengladbach
FC Köln 0-3 Borussia Mönchengladbach (25:11:11)
Life couldn't get much better for fans of Borussia Mönchengladbach. Nick Coppack was in the away end as Die Fohlen (the Foals) stormed to the top of the Bundesliga courtesy of a three-nil away win at their rivals, FC Köln.

FC Köln v Borussia Mönchengladbach - photo special

European Football Weekends November 26, 2011 @ 5:16 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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Supercalifragilistic, Borussia Mönchengladbach
FC Köln 0-3 Borussia Mönchengladbach (25:11:11)
Life couldn't get much better for fans of Borussia Mönchengladbach. Nick Coppack was in the away end as Die Fohlen (the Foals) stormed to the top of the Bundesliga courtesy of a three-nil away win at their rivals, FC Köln.

Bayern Munich v Hertha Berlin

European Football Weekends November 25, 2011 @ 4:29 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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A hard days night to FC Bayern
Bayern Munich 4-0 Hertha Berlin (15:10:11)
Last month Mr and Mrs Orton took a romantic sleeper train to Germany to see FC Bayern Munich play at the futuristic Allianz Arena. This was their day (and night)...
A couple of weeks ago Mrs O (Debra, as in the Mrs) and I found ourselves with the opportunity to see Bayern Munich play Hertha Berlin at the super sexy Allianz Arena.

Aris v PAOK

European Football Weekends November 15, 2011 @ 4:21 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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Pint Pots as Gas Masks for the Gods of War
Aris 1-1 PAOK (23:10:11)
A ring of fire, flares, fireworks, tear-gas, an ambush.... welcome to one of the maddest places in the world to watch football, Thessaloniki. Fasten your seat belts as Graham Kenworthy takes us on an exhilarating ride.