Luis Suarez netted a hat-trick at the Nou Camp this weekend when Barcelona hosted Celta Vigo for a league game. However, it would be Lionel Messi who stole all the headlines. Not because of his precisely taken free-kick to open his side’s scoring, but for the way in which he took his 81st minute penalty […]
Author: Sam Lomas
After being awarded the Ballon d’Or title, this weekend was all about Lionel Messi at the Camp Nou stadium. The 28 year old argentine striker presented his fifth ballon d’Or trophy to the on looking fans, players and coaching staff. At the award ceremony it was to be Messi’s night with him gaining 41.33% of […]
While the chaos of a hectic Christmas fixture list has dominated the news over the past couple of weeks, there was one piece of breaking news that unfortunately showed a side to life that even football can’t solve. A week ago, Martin Ling, now ex manager of Swindon Town FC, resigned from his position at […]
Last week, news broke about one fan in particular who had travelled quite a bit further than your usual away day supporter. Unfortunately for Andrew Urry from Brisbane, Australia, he was unable to watch his team Southend United take on Bradford City away at Valley Parade due to the match being postponed as a result […]
‘The Soul of Football’ is a new book from Mark Chester of Who Let the Dads Out. One man’s story of football, family and faith by Mark Chester Cloning Jamie Carragher Lionel Messi’s mistakes It’s all Wayne Rooney’s fault… … are just three of the issues BRF’s Who Let The Dads Out? founder Mark Chester reflects […]
Arsenal vs Aston Villa, 1st of February 2015. 5 minutes gone – 1:0 to the Arsenal. 90+2 minutes gone – 5:0 to the Arsenal. 612 minutes gone – Since Aston Villa last scored a goal. Being a villa fan during the 2014/15 season has not been easy. We waited over 600 minutes for one goal […]
CVM intern, Sam Lomas writes about his short term mission trip to Swaziland with Samaritans Purse You’ll never fully understand overseas mission until you’ve been and done it for yourself. Nandos. Not the first thing that comes to mind when traveling to a tiny country in Southern Africa. But there I was, sat in Nandos […]
