Europe's 55 football nations in one season
55 Football Nations has been taking some short video diaries on the European football road. He hasn’t done much with them. Until now. This entertaining montage from the first six months of my travels was compiled in December. I say … Continued
55 Football Nations is one big board game. It’s a logistical challenge to experience top division football across Europe in one season. It’s a balance of organisation and spontaneity. It’s about finding stories for the planned book. And having fun. … Continued
Who is Matt Walker? 55 Football Nations explained his project to Canal+ Sport, the Polish television channel, in a Kazimierz tapas restaurant before the Kraków derby. The short documentary includes the famous 55FN map, a kick about with a small child and … Continued
55 Football Nations doubled up in Denmark with matches at Helsingør and Brøndby. Only one match in Poland as eternal rivals Cracovia and Wisla played out a fiery derby. Travel photos include three UNESCO World Heritage sites – Kronborg castle, the historic … Continued
55 Football Nations watched the eternal derby, Macedonian style, between Vardar of Skopje and Pelister of Bitola. And some elemental weather in Greece as Kerkyra succumbed 3-1 to Greek champions Olympiakos. Travel photos include some beautiful Balkan scenery and a man carefully … Continued
What is the attraction of watching a random game? Not your own team nor at a stadium you are ever likely to return to. 55 Football Nations is all about such randomness within the tight structure of my mission. I … Continued
55 Football Nations visited the unheralded Kosovan town of Gjilan to watch a thrilling 4-3 between Drita and Liria. The weather was sunnier, but the crowd thinner, as Flamurtari Vlorë played out a dire nil nil with Teuta Durrës behind closed doors … Continued