KICKING OFF WITH KAT

How hearing the game has changed the way we view it.

Football teams to play without the 12th player: the fans. How football behind closed doors changes the experience for players and fans.

Three Aussies take Camp Nou for the first time. This is our experience. In my recent travels I discovered the Portuguese have a word called saudade. Saudade is a longing to return to some place or some person to have the same feeling you once had. There’s no direct translation in English – hence why you need a whole scenario to explain it. But this word has to be one of my favourites. The truth is, we all experience saudade for something. Whether you’re thinking back to an ex

The Catalan identity, the fight for independence and Spanish football are completely intertwined. Catalans wear their FC Barcelona shirts as a sign of their desired independence and live by the Barca slogan ‘mes que un club’ (Catalan for ‘more than a club’­). Let’s see what makes FC Barcelona more than a football club to Catalunya. Yesterday, 11th September, was the National Day of Catalunya, Diada, in Barcelona. Walking around El Born, I witnessed the peaceful yet passionate

My experience seeing Liverpool FC play for the first time at Anfield Stadium. A dream I've had since I was 8 years old...

In an effort to live out dreams I've had since I was a child, I risk feeling displaced, uncomfortable and at times, lonely. On the other hand, I wake up every day feeling proud that I am living. This blog is my stream of consciousness as I explore this new life for myself here in Barcelona, pursuing my passion of working in European football, creating content about the sport that makes me as excited as it did when I was a child, and pinching myself with disbelief as I experie