A life time in the making! Notes on the absurd things a football supporter does to collapse the distance between himself and the club that he follows 3,900 miles away.

“Without the benefit of attending matches routinely across my life, I have had to fill that void with other ways of generating a feeling of belonging. I’m certainly not alone. There are a lot of us out there, strung across the globe. Many attend live matches only a few times a year or never actually visit the home ground of the club they support.”