This piece walks through the practical steps of planning a first away trip, from ticket allocation to finding the right end. It covers travel timing, pub etiquette and the small habits that stop a first-timer standing out for the wrong reasons.
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The Offside Rule Explained Properly
Plain-English explainers on tactics and rules for fans who want to see more than just the score.
Guides to the gear, collectibles and paper ephemera that come with following a club.
Match reports come from writers who paid for a ticket and stood in the rain, not a press box feed.
We write the headline after the piece is finished, so it actually says what happened.
If we get something wrong, we say so at the bottom of the piece, not quietly edit it away.
Our contributors live in the cities they cover, so the local context isn't guesswork.
The habits, songs and ground layouts that built British football's terrace culture.
Our writers are football people first, mostly based in the cities and towns they cover, from grassroots reporters to former local newspaper football correspondents. Every byline is a real person you can look up, not a house name.
We publish around the real fixture list rather than a fixed daily quota, so you'll see more from us on a heavy Saturday than during a quiet international break.
We run on reader support and a small amount of display advertising. No club, agent or broadcaster gets a say in what we publish, and any sponsored content is always clearly marked as such.
If a reader flags something wrong, we check it against the source and correct it within 30 days of being told, with a short note at the bottom of the piece explaining what changed.
We only run a piece once someone else on the desk has checked the facts and the tone against what actually happened on the pitch.
Daniel WhitcombeSenior Football Editor
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