EURO 2016 – Croatia v Spain

I’ve been in France for the best part of a fortnight now, but I’ve yet to see any decent weather…you know, proper summer weather. The south of France in June, I imagined I’d be sick of the sight of blue skies come the end of the group stages. That’s not been the case though, as…

EURO 2016 – Russia v Wales

My penultimate group game of the tournament was Wales’ showdown with Russia in Toulouse. The weather was beginning to improve as I pulled up at the stadium in the middle of the afternoon, so with plenty of time to spare, I decided to head into the center of town. I went armed with a pair…

The Oirish!

Sunshine burst through the curtains for the first time in what felt like forever the next morning. Today’s match in Bordeaux saw the Republic of Ireland take on Belgium. The decision had been made prior to the tournament for me to photograph the Irish fans today, rather the match itself – that responsibility lay with…

EURO 2016 – England v Wales

The 08:00 alarm on my phone was the only thing that prevented me from sleeping through to lunchtime. It worked…within 20 minutes I was downstairs, tucking into a croissant whilst discussing the finer qualities of yesterday’s cycle through the region with some fellow guests of the chateau. As we sat either side of the large…

EURO 2016 – Week 1

My first game of EURO 2016 came in the form of Match 3 – Wales vs. Slovakia – in the Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux. I arrived at the stadium far too early, once again surprised at how easy it was to access the car park, get through security and find my way to the Media…

EURO 2016 – Le Grand Depart

Thursday 9th June – the alarm on my phone was set to rouse me from my slumber at 6am, but alas, I woke 30 minutes earlier, thanks to our 1 year-old son screaming his head off as first light crept through the gap at the foot of the blackout blind behind his nursery curtains. Megan…

UEFA Champions League Final 2016

This year, the UEFA Champions League Final was played out under the searing heat of the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, or ‘San Siro’, in the Italian city of Milan. The only previous experience I have of this stadium, a concrete brutalist behemoth located on the outskirts of the city, had been as a supporter, when I visited it back in…

A Fantastic Finale!

After disposing of Everton in their final home game of the season, Leicester City’s manager Claudio Ranieri and his captain, Wes Morgan, stepped up onto the podium in the middle of the pitch at the King Power Stadium and thrust the tall, crown-topped trophy high into the sky, bringing the curtain down on the most extraordinary Barclays Premier…