It’s the 2025/26 Awards!

At the end of another jam-packed season, it’s time to look back at the best, the worst, the weirdest and the everything in-between of my 2025/26 campaign.

Recent posts

Rating the World Cup TV Intros
It’s the biggest clash of the summer! I rate the intros from the BBC and ITV coverage of every World Cup since 1990!
Jun 9 • Andrew Gillan

Don’t Forget Where You’ve Come From…
After eight years in the wilderness, Deportivo La Coruña are back in the promised land of La Liga - the long way round.
May 25 • Andrew Gillan

Dépor and Galician Identity
Today is Día das Letras Galegas, a public holiday in the region I first called home in Spain and a day for celebrating the Galician language and…
May 17 • Andrew Gillan

The Relegation Game
Welcome to final day of the season in Group 7 of Spain’s Tercera where the danger of relegation is all around.
May 11 • Andrew Gillan

Seventh Heaven
Coleraine survived more than a few scares to lift the Irish Cup for a seventh time and cap off a memorable season.
May 5 • Andrew Gillan

April Overview
A selection of highlights from April before a busy start to May.
May 1 • Andrew Gillan

The Price of Fandom
A significant purchase causes me to reflect on the increasing financial demands placed on football fans in the modern age.
Apr 14 • Andrew Gillan

The Segunda Conundrum
Deportivo La Coruña toiled away for four seasons trying to get back to la Segunda. Now they’re hoping to escape it. But nothing is ever simple in one of…
Mar 28 • Andrew Gillan

Visiting the Dépor Museum
I take a look at the recently-opened museum at the Estadio Riazor, a celebration of the club’s history and looking ahead to a hopefully bright future.
Mar 23 • Andrew Gillan

From Ballycastle Road to the Bernabéu
The world of football through the eyes of a Northern Irish writer/teacher living in Madrid