One of the recent trio of summer signings for The New Saints FC, we caught up with Ryan Harrington for … More
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The FC Copenhagen Fans Were In Good Voice At The UEFA Champions League Game Against The New Saints FC. Video Footage From The Parken Stadium In Denmark.
As a football fan I always like to see passionate fans who support their team and make lots of noise. … More
Great To See Blaine Hudson back From Injury And Coming On As A Substitute In The UEFA Champions League. He Was The Player Interview Post-Match In Denmark. What Made Him Laugh? All Is Revealed In The Video.
It’s always hard for players when they’re not in the team, especially so when it’s the Champions League. Therefore, I … More
Apart From The Result, A Very Enjoyable Experience At The Parken Stadium In The UEFA Champions League. FC Copenhagen 1 The New Saints FC 0.
The heading tells you all that you need to know. Football is like though, don’t allow something that you have … More
At The Telia Parken Stadium For The UEFA Delegate’s Meeting. FC Copenhagen Hosts The New Saints FC In The UEFA Champions League.
On the morning of a UEFA game there is a meeting hosted by the delegate, that goes through the schedule … More
Interviewing The New Saints FC’s Manager, Scott Ruscoe, At The Parken Stadium, Ahead Of The FC Copenhagen Game In The UEFA Champions League.
I’ve interviewed Scott Ruscoe in a number of different places, but alongside the pitch in Copenhagen for the club’s pre-match … More
Interviewing And Filming, As The New Saints FC Train At The Parken Stadium In Copenhagen, Ahead Of The UEFA Champions League Game.
The day before a UEFA Champions League game, the teams train on the pitch. With The New Saints FC having … More
Working In Football Media? Good Relationships With The Players Produces Good Content. A Couple Of Video Examples From The UEFA Champions League.
The videos below were filmed prior to The New Saints FC’s UEFA Champions League game at home to FC Copenhagen. … More
Video Footage Of The FC Copenhagen Fans At The New Saints FC, Prior To Kick-Off In The UEFA Champions League.
In my final direct blog entry following the visit of the champions of Denmark to Park Hall, here’s a video … More
Two Interviews In As Many Days With Ståle Solbakken, The FC Copenghagen Manager, Following The UEFA Champions League Victory At The New Saints FC.
Following the game at Park Hall, which the champions of Denmark won 2-0, I joined with the FC Copenhagen journalist … More
Third UEFA Champions League Game Of The Season. Behind The Scenes At The New Saints FC 0 FC Copenhagen 2, With The Delegate’s Meeting, Welcoming BT Sport And beIN Sports, Through To The Match Itself.
Although the result didn’t go our way, nevertheless I still enjoyed the big picture. From the UEFA Delegate’s meeting to … More
FC Copenhagen Players Train Ahead Of Their UEFA Champions League Game.
One of the good things about working in football is that you get to see more than the average fan. … More
Some Words Of Wisdom On Work In General. Back To Champions League Duty, Interviewing The New Saints FC’s Manager, Scott Ruscoe, Ahead Of The FC Copenhagen Visit To Park Hall.
Not that I’m complaining, of course, but it is a very busy time at the moment work-wise. Doing my time … More
A Great Way To Celebrate Your Birthday By Scoring The Winning Goal In A UEFA Champions League Game. Dean Ebbe, A Real Inspiration.
I was really pleased for Dean Ebbe as he hasn’t been in the side much in recent months, mostly limited … More
Following The UEFA Champions League Victory In Pristina, An Interview With The New Saints FC’s Manager, Scott Ruscoe, At The National Stadium.
Against the odds, a 1-0 victory for The New Saints FC against FK Feronikeli in the UEFA Champions League Qualifying … More
Rev’s Ramblings Comes From Kosovo This Week, As The TNS FC Players Train Ahead Of The UEFA Champions League Game, With Guest Appearances From Kane Lewis And Wayne Peter.
While I was at the Fadil Vokrri Stadium and the players trained ahead of the upcoming game, I filmed my … More
At The Fadil Vokrri Stadium In Pristina, As The New Saints FC Players Train Ahead Of The UEFA Champions League Game With FK Feronikeli.
The day before a game, the teams will train on the pitch ahead of the match itself. Sometimes we have … More
First UEFA Champions League Game Of The Season, As We Welcomed FK Feronikeli To Park Hall. Post-Match Interview With The New Saints FC’s Manager, Scott Ruscoe.
After six friendlies for The New Saints FC, the rubber hit the road as the champions of Kosovo played their … More
Press Conference. New Signing Interview And Photo Shoot. TNS FC Squad Photo Shoot. Welcoming The UEFA Officials. All In A Pre-Champions League Day’s Work.
What a busy day that was, the day before The New Saints FC welcomed KF Feronikeli, the champions of Kosovo, … More
Following The Game At Shrewsbury Town, An Interview With The New Saints FC’s Manager, Scott Ruscoe. We Discussed The Match, As Well As The Upcoming UEFA Champions League Fixture.
I enjoy doing interviews, and following the behind-closed-doors friendly with Shrewsbury Town, took advantage of their media room to chat … More
And We’re Off To Andorra /Gibraltar / Kosovo / San Marino In The UEFA Champions League. Draw Reaction From TNS FC’s Manager, Scott Ruscoe, As We Stopped Off At A Hotel In Cardiff.
The draw for the UEFA Champions League first qualifying round was made while The New Saints FC travelled to south … More
Champions League Football Within Touching Distance As The New Saints FC Beat Newtown AFC 6-0. Behind The Scenes Footage And Post-Match Interviews With Scott Ruscoe And Greg Draper. (1182)
For the second Saturday on the bounce I was at Latham Park, the home of Newtown AFC. This time round … More
Back On Air With TNS Radio As The Champions League Preparations Continue (850)
Although The New Saints has featured in a couple of games so far this season, this was the first one … More
Welcome To Portugal, On The Road To The Champions League (841)
As part of the preparations for the upcoming UEFA Champions League campaign, The New Saints FC headed for Portugal. Up … More
Micro-Jigging For Perch, Champions League Football, Ground-Hopping – Blog Entry 732
In this week’s blog entry: Micro-Jigging For Perch The highs and lows of the Champions League Ground-Hopping: Manchester City, Rangers, … More
Fishing In Croatia, Champions League Football, Ground-Hopping – Blog Entry 731
In this week’s blog entry: Mediterranean Damselfish In The Adriatic My First Visit To Croatia Welcome To My Humble Abode … More
Micro-Jigging For Perch, Spawning Roach, Champions League In Portugal – Blog Entry 730
In this week’s blog entry: Micro-jigging for perch Roach spawning Another short – but blessed – angling session In Portugal … More
Tench Fishing In Shropshire, Micro-Jigging For Perch, Champions League… And More – Blog Entry 729
In this week’s blog entry: Tench Fishing In Shropshire Blog Popularity And Back To Where It All Began Micro-Jigging For … More
I STAYED IN THE HILTON, CHAMPIONS LEAGUE IN CYPRUS, CARP FISHING IN SHROPSHIRE (Blog entry 680)
This week’s blog entry kicks off with The New Saints FC and Champions League football. Following the home tie against … More
CARP FISHING, CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, MOTHER OF ALL DIETS (Blog entry 679)
When you head for a familiar venue, invariably you have a spot in mind that you intend to set up … More
SAN MARINO, CANAL PERCH, CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TROPHY PHOTO OPPORTUNITY (Blog entry 678)
This week’s blog entry kicks off with a Champions League excursion into Europe. I know for most football fans it’s … More
ON THE BUSES, WRASSE FISHING ON ANGLESEY, CHAMPIONS LEAGUE (Blog entry 677)
After an extremely successful season at Park Hall, with both TNS and TNS Ladies completing trebles, an open-top bus tour … More
JD Welsh Premier League MD32 Round-Up From Park Hall, With The Champions Of Wales Training In The Background (1208)
It’s all over for 2018/2019 in the JD Welsh Premier League. Well, certainly as far as the regular games are … More
JD Welsh Premier League MD31 Round-Up From Park Hall, With The Champions Of Wales Training In The Background (1197)
In the penultimate round of games in the league, the final European play-off place is decided, and it’s Cardiff Metropolitan … More
CARP FISHING IN SHROPSHIRE, WELSH PREMIER LEAGUE CHAMPIONS, SELFIES (Blog entry 713)
I haven’t done a lot of carp fishing this winter, but with time running out on the traditional angling season, … More
Airbus UK Broughton 0 The New Saints FC 12. Behind The Scenes With The Champions Of Wales.
I’ve been to the Hollingsworth Group Stadium on a number of occasions, since I started working in football, but … More
It’s Aberystwyth Town Up Next For The Champions Of Wales. The Pre-Match Press Conference With Manager, Scott Ruscoe.
Click images above to enlarge It’s another home game next for the current JD Cymru Premier champions. This will be … More
Points Shared At The Deeside Stadium In The JD Cymru Premier MD13. Inside The Champions Of Wales’ Dressing Room.
Kicking off the month of November, it was a tough one for The New Saints FC, with a visit to … More
It’s A Case Of Hwyl Fawr JD Cymru Premier And Hello English Championship As Joe Newton Joins Brentford FC. Thoughts On Future Personal Direction.
The game at Carmarthen Town was the last one for The New Saints FC’s video analyst, Joe Newton, as he … More
The Champions Of Wales, The New Saints FC, Training At Wrexham AFC’s Racecourse Ground.
With TNS FC playing the UEFA Europa League qualifying round three game at nearby Wrexham’s Racecourse Ground, it was different … More
A Walk Around Razgrad, In Bulgaria, With The Champions Of Wales.
In Bulgaria for a UEFA Europa League game with The New Saints FC, following breakfast we went for a walk … More
Video Footage As The Champions Of Denmark, FC Copenhagen, Arrive At Park Hall, The Home Of The Champions Of Wales.
As FC Copehnagen arrived for their training session, prior to the UEFA Champions League game against The New Saints FC, … More
New Microphones, TNS Radio And A Chat With The New Saints FC’s Chairman, Mike Harris. Another Rev’s Ramblings On The Champions Of Wales’ Website.
With two new microphones purchased for TNS Radio, ahead of the FC Copenhagen game in the UEFA Champions League, and … More
Anything But Unlucky, As My Thirteenth Game Of The Season Ends With A Win For The Champions Of Wales In Kosovo.
Although the champions of Kosovo, KF Feronikeli, were the bookies’ favourites, a second half goal from Dean Ebbe ensured that … More
The Champions Of Kosovo, KF Feronikeli, Arrive At Park Hall, The Home Of The New Saints FC. Followed By Training On The Pitch.
The day before a UEFA Champions League game, the visitors train on the pitch, and in the video below you … More
From Ten Years At Tranmere Rovers To The Champions Of Wales. The Journey Of Adam Hughes, As We Welcome Him To Park Hall.
Like the proverbial bus where you wait ages for one and then two turn up together, following the first TNS … More
Video Footage Starting With Kurtis Byrne And Ending With Simon Spender – Fourth Game Of The Season So Far And Another Win For The Champions Of Wales.
The New Saints FC’s pre-season campaign continues to march on, this time a 3-1 victory against Cardiff Metropolitan University FC … More
A Great Evening At Jenner Park As The New Saints FC Seal Another JD Welsh Premier League Title Plus Manager And Captain Interviews (1188)
The 4-0 victory for The New Saints FC against Barry Town United ensures that the JD Welsh Premier League trophy … More
JD Welsh Premier League MD25 Round-Up, With Result Of The Week To Barry Town United And A Special Mention To Connah’s Quay Nomads (1125)
As reigning champions and looking to make it eight successive titles, if The New Saints get a mention in result … More
Behind The Scenes In The JD Welsh Premier League With The New Saints FC Versus Barry Town United (1124)
With The New Saints 2-0 up and looking more than comfortable, the eventual 2-2 draw wasn’t the result that everyone … More
JD Welsh Premier League Round-Up MD24 (1121)
The league continues to throw up some interesting results and one thing for sure, lots of goals. The vlog is … More
JD Welsh Premier League Round-Up MD23 (1111)
As the teams split into the Championship Conference and the Play-Off Conference, the result of the week as far as … More
JD Welsh Premier League Result Of The Week MD19 (1070)
As well as working in the JD Welsh Premier League with the champions, The New Saints FC, I’m also a … More
JD Welsh Premier League Result Of The Week MD13 (1023)
With their first home win against their opponents in 11 years, it was Aberystwyth Town’s 1-0 victory at Park Avenue … More
JD Welsh Premier League Result Of The Week MD12 (1014)
With four out of the six games in matchday 12 ending in draws, it’s one of the two away victories … More
Back On Top For The Champions – The New Saints FC 3 Connah’s Quay Nomads 0 (1001)
My 53rd game of the season was a 2nd v 1st clash in the JD Welsh Premier League (JD WPL), … More
Six Of The Best For The Champions Of Wales, Getting On Well With The Players And Post-Match Interviews (996)
For the third time this season, The New Saints FC scored six goals at home in the JD Welsh Premier … More
JD Welsh Premier League Result Of The Week MD8 (977)
Some weeks it’s hard to pick a game that stands out. This time though, as we hit the one-quarter stage … More
Six Of The Best For The Welsh Champions (954)
Following the disappointment of Saturday’s Irn-Bru Cup defeat it was back to business for The New Saints. A convincing 6-0 … More
JD Welsh Premier League Result Of The Week MD1 (919)
A couple of wins caught my eye, both expected victories, but nevertheless definite contenders for result of the week. The … More
Europa League Action At Cardiff City Stadium (905)
The last time I went to Cardiff City Stadium was to watch the Wales team in action. I remember looking … More
From Liverpool To Luton With The Champions Of Wales (867)
Another visit – the second in three days – to Liverpool Airport was followed by a trip to Luton. Not … More
Beginning My Fifth Season With The Champions Of Wales (834)
It’s not a bad way to start the working week, on the pitch with professional footballers, and that’s exactly what … More
PERCH, RUFFE, LEICESTER CITY, WELSH PREMIER LEAGUE (Blog entry 683)
Last Sunday I took the morning service in my home fellowship, Tipton Family Church, then on the evening I was … More
Interviewing FC Oswestry Town’s Captain, CJ Craven, Following The Defeat Against Stockport Town. We Talk About Sharing The Same Pitch With Robbie Savage.
I’ve interviewed CJ a number of times, from his TNS FC debut at Bangor City through to UEFA Champions League … More
Watching England Beat Kosovo On Television Brings Back Great Memories. General Thoughts On Memories.
I was looking forward very much indeed to the game on television between Kosovo and England, especially so as the … More
Football Shirts
The shirts are all part of my personal collection and every one carries a story, that you can read below. … More
It’s Game On As Greg Draper Closes In On Mike Wilde’s TNS FC Goals Scored Record. Plus A Chance To Show My Signed Shirts From Both Players.
It’s always nice to be a part of history in the making and that’s exactly what’s happening at the moment … More
As A Keen Birder, I’ve Seen A Few Interesting Birds While At A Football Match. The Eagle At The Ludogorets Arena Will Take Some Beating Though.
I saw a red kite fly across the pitch at Aberystwyth Town a few seasons back, I’ve seen meadow pipits … More
Back From Denmark And On The Staffs/Worcs Canal After Perch. New Style Video, Hope You Like It.
I enjoyed UEFA Champions League duty, but that was then, and this is now. It’s still a very busy period … More
Thoughts On Not Allowing That Which You Have No Control Over To Rob You Of Your Peace. Some Great Additions To My Personal Memorabilia Collection From The FC Copenhagen Games, Including A Signed Mohamed Daramy Shirt.
As well as a look at the football memorabilia items I collected from the two UEFA Champions League games against … More
Mohamed Daramy’s Shirt And A Nice Email From An FC Copenhagen Supporter. Thoughts On The World Of Social Media And Keeping Away From Conflict.
In a recent blog entry video (featured below) that was filmed at Park Hall, as The New Saints FC hosted … More
My Journey In Welsh Football Started Some Years Ago With Sgorio. Therefore, It’s Always An Honour To Work With The People Involved. This Time Round It’s Interviews With Scott Ruscoe And Aeron Edwards.
I enjoy working with external media and in one day, with UEFA Champions League fever hitting Park Hall, I dealt … More
Another BBC Cymru Visit To Park Hall. Working In Football Media And The Importance Of Good Relationships Between Club And External Journalists.
It’s not just the world of football, of course, but any field of employment. Good relationships with those that you … More
Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder. Great To Be Back On The Bank After A Few Days In Kosovo. Lure Fishing For Perch.
Arriving home late in the evening after a good time in Kosovo, it was twenty four hours later before I … More
Meet Welsh Football Fan, Tim Johnson, Who Has Now Watched Football In Each Of UEFA’s 55 Nations. What An Incredible Achievement.
I’ve known Tim Johnson since I began working in Welsh football. The dedicated Barry Town United supporter is also an … More
Interviewing Paul Whitfield, The New Saints FC’s Goalkeeping Coach. Many Years Ago, He Travelled To Europe As An On-Loan Keeper From Wrexham. Now He Works For The Club. You Never Know Where Life Takes You.
While in Kosovo with The New Saints FC on UEFA Champions League duty, it was the perfect opportunity to capture … More
Making The Most Of Time With A Short Canal Bream Session Before Beginning The Journey To Kosovo. Life Is Not A Dress Rehearsal. This Is The Real Thing.
It’s very important, I believe, to make the most of the time that we have. That means pushing ourselves and … More
Working In Football Media – Three Important Principles. Videos With Tom Holland And Billy Whitehouse.
Right from the very beginning of my time with The New Saints FC, the champions of Wales, I’ve followed three … More
With European Football, Work Is Intense At The Moment. Making The Most Of Every Opportunity Though With A Lure Rod And A Nice Perch On The Bank.
This is by far the busiest time of the year for me from a work perspective. Not only is The … More
At The Rangers Training Ground With The New Saints FC. Video Footage Of The Game And A Photograph Of Steven Gerrard And Scott Ruscoe.
For the third season on the bounce, The New Saints FC was invited north of the English border to play … More
From Swansea City To The New Saints FC. Welcoming, Writing About, Photographing And Interviewing Keston Davies.
It’s always great to welcome new signings to Park Hall and my role involves setting up a photo-shoot, interviewing them … More
First Game Of The 2019/2020 Season Another Welsh One, As The New Saints FC Beat Ynys Môn 4-1
As was the case in the two previous seasons, my first game of the new campaign featured a Welsh team. … More
GroundHopping 2019/2020
The New Saints FC. Park Hall, Oswestry. First Game Of The 2019/2020 Season Another Welsh One, As The … More
Hosting The New Saints FC’s Annual Celebration Evening, Welcoming Our Special Guest, Gary Newbon (1205)
With the JD Welsh Premier League season finishing with a 1-0 win at home against Connah’s Quay Nomads, a day … More
Down But Certainly Not Out, As The New Saints Hit Back To Take The Points (1164)
My 90th game of the season was a working one in the JD Welsh Premier League, as Bala Town visited … More
Three Games In Three Days And All New GroundHopping Ticks As Well, As Dudley Rangers United Beat AFC Springfield 4-2 (1044)
Following on from a Welsh League Cup semi-final in south Wales and a trip to Macclesfield Town in the English … More
Not Far To Go On This GroundHopping Journey – AFC Sporting Gornal v Norton Canes (945)
With the Beacon Football League new season now underway, the Sunday afternoon games present an opportunity to add lots of … More
Welcome To Manchester (892)
Back on my football travels again, this time Gibraltar beckons in the UEFA Champions League. Following training this afternoon, we … More
St. Martins Village FC 5 Llangollen Town Reserves 1 (879)
On arrival at Park Hall, the first thing I noticed was that the Macedonia flag had been replaced by that … More
Oh, What A Night – Almost In The History Books (878)
Having broken a Guinness World Record a few seasons back, courtesy of a record-breaking 27 consecutive wins, it was almost … More
A Very Pleasant Surprise On The Canal (877)
Like I’ve done so many times over the last few years, on my way to work I stopped off on … More
Fish, Football, Fish (876)
The day before a UEFA Champions League game is always busy but I was determined to get some fishing in, … More
Not The Result We Wanted But I loved The Experience (870)
Ultimately it wasn’t the result that we wanted in the game, with the final score of 5-0 to the Macedonians … More
Welcome To Macedonia (868)
Football takes me to some interesting places and today I’ve added the nation of Macedonia to the list. In a … More
Welcoming Falkirk To Park Hall (859)
As The New Saints’ UEFA Champions League preparations continue, we welcomed Scottish Championship side Falkirk to Park Hall. We won … More
On My Way To Macedonia (849)
It’s quite a journey for me to Park Hall the home of The New Saints FC, in fact a three-hour … More
Azure-Winged Magpie, Hoopoe, Sardinian Warbler, Spotless Starling (845)
Birding is very much about location and the species listed in the title were all seen while in Portugal. The … More
A Night Under The Portuguese Stars (844)
For the final night of the trip to Portugal for TNS’ UEFA Champions League training camp, I decided to spend … More
A New Ground But Not A New Country (843)
It’s day three of our Champions League camp in Portugal and with the players involved in an in-house friendly, I … More
