Steve Sharman
@liberoacademica.bsky.social
Football Writer, Academic Psychologist, Cheeseburger Connoisseur. Maldon to Milan, and everything in between. Groundhopper. #DCFC
Words in Glory, Hopper's Guide, Terrace Edition, Outside Write, & others.
https://www.clippings.me/liberoacademical
Words in Glory, Hopper's Guide, Terrace Edition, Outside Write, & others.
https://www.clippings.me/liberoacademical
Heybridge Swifts 1 Walthamstow 3
Is the sun setting on Swifts' stay in @isthmianleague.bsky.social North? The home side turned in a desperately poor performance today, losing at home to basement rival @walthamstowfc.bsky.social despite taking the lead. Worrying times.
#groundhopping
#photography
Is the sun setting on Swifts' stay in @isthmianleague.bsky.social North? The home side turned in a desperately poor performance today, losing at home to basement rival @walthamstowfc.bsky.social despite taking the lead. Worrying times.
#groundhopping
#photography
December 6, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Heybridge Swifts 1 Walthamstow 3
Is the sun setting on Swifts' stay in @isthmianleague.bsky.social North? The home side turned in a desperately poor performance today, losing at home to basement rival @walthamstowfc.bsky.social despite taking the lead. Worrying times.
#groundhopping
#photography
Is the sun setting on Swifts' stay in @isthmianleague.bsky.social North? The home side turned in a desperately poor performance today, losing at home to basement rival @walthamstowfc.bsky.social despite taking the lead. Worrying times.
#groundhopping
#photography
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Any Pavement nerds out there? Back in the 90's the critically acclaimed Indie band did a photo session at GGL & a doodle of the Players Bar there made it into the artwork of their 'Shady Lane' single. Trying to find out what mag the shoot was for & if there was an associated feature with it. Cheers!
December 6, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Any Pavement nerds out there? Back in the 90's the critically acclaimed Indie band did a photo session at GGL & a doodle of the Players Bar there made it into the artwork of their 'Shady Lane' single. Trying to find out what mag the shoot was for & if there was an associated feature with it. Cheers!
Reposted by Steve Sharman
NEW POST 📣
Croatian club Hajduk Split was a beacon of Croatian/Yugoslavian patriotic resistance during World War II.
In the post-war period, Hajduk fans introduced ‘ultrà’ culture into Europe.
Read all about it in my new post…
📸 @dwil94.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/outsidew...
Croatian club Hajduk Split was a beacon of Croatian/Yugoslavian patriotic resistance during World War II.
In the post-war period, Hajduk fans introduced ‘ultrà’ culture into Europe.
Read all about it in my new post…
📸 @dwil94.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/outsidew...
Hajduk Split: Football, Resistance, and the Birthplace of the European Ultrà Movement
The Croatian city of Split boasts plenty of Roman remains and an idyllic setting between the rugged Dalmatian mountains and the turquoise Adriatic. It can also be proud of its football influence.
open.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:14 AM
NEW POST 📣
Croatian club Hajduk Split was a beacon of Croatian/Yugoslavian patriotic resistance during World War II.
In the post-war period, Hajduk fans introduced ‘ultrà’ culture into Europe.
Read all about it in my new post…
📸 @dwil94.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/outsidew...
Croatian club Hajduk Split was a beacon of Croatian/Yugoslavian patriotic resistance during World War II.
In the post-war period, Hajduk fans introduced ‘ultrà’ culture into Europe.
Read all about it in my new post…
📸 @dwil94.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/outsidew...
Reposted by Steve Sharman
Outrageous - football journalist Christophe Gleizes sentenced to 7 years in prison by Algerian authorities, following his appeal case today.
Algérie: le journaliste français Christophe Gleizes condamné à sept ans de prison en appel
Algérie: le journaliste français Christophe Gleizes condamné à sept ans de prison en appel
Le journaliste français Christophe Gleizes a été condamné à sept ans de prison mercredi 3 décembre par la Cour d’appel de Tizi-Ouzou, en Algérie. Celle-ci confirme ainsi la condamnation en première instance du journaliste sportif indépendant. Ce collaborateur régulier du groupe de magazines So Press avait été arrêté en mai 2024 dans cette région du pays, puis condamné en première instance, fin juin 2025, pour « apologie du terrorisme » et « possession de publications dans un but de propagande nuisant à l'intérêt national ».
rfi.my
December 3, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Outrageous - football journalist Christophe Gleizes sentenced to 7 years in prison by Algerian authorities, following his appeal case today.
Witham Town 4 Newmarket Town 2
Six goals, a penalty, a red card, and a half time tunnel scrap with an alleged manager headbutt. All under pissing rain. 0-2 down, 4-2 up...
Gotta love #nonleaguefootball
#groundhopping #matchhopping @isthmianleague.bsky.social
Six goals, a penalty, a red card, and a half time tunnel scrap with an alleged manager headbutt. All under pissing rain. 0-2 down, 4-2 up...
Gotta love #nonleaguefootball
#groundhopping #matchhopping @isthmianleague.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Witham Town 4 Newmarket Town 2
Six goals, a penalty, a red card, and a half time tunnel scrap with an alleged manager headbutt. All under pissing rain. 0-2 down, 4-2 up...
Gotta love #nonleaguefootball
#groundhopping #matchhopping @isthmianleague.bsky.social
Six goals, a penalty, a red card, and a half time tunnel scrap with an alleged manager headbutt. All under pissing rain. 0-2 down, 4-2 up...
Gotta love #nonleaguefootball
#groundhopping #matchhopping @isthmianleague.bsky.social
Striking similarities in kit colour and badge between Bangor FC from Northern Ireland, and Canvey Island from Essex!
Any other random pairings??
#nifl #isthmianleague #nonleague #Essex #football #EFL #ESL #footballshirts #getthebadgein #shitathashtags
Any other random pairings??
#nifl #isthmianleague #nonleague #Essex #football #EFL #ESL #footballshirts #getthebadgein #shitathashtags
December 1, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Striking similarities in kit colour and badge between Bangor FC from Northern Ireland, and Canvey Island from Essex!
Any other random pairings??
#nifl #isthmianleague #nonleague #Essex #football #EFL #ESL #footballshirts #getthebadgein #shitathashtags
Any other random pairings??
#nifl #isthmianleague #nonleague #Essex #football #EFL #ESL #footballshirts #getthebadgein #shitathashtags
Crusaders 0 Coleraine 2
Beautiful skies over north #Belfast as late strikes sees visitors leave with all 3 points
#nifl #groundhopper #groundhopping #photography #blueskyartshow #sunset
Beautiful skies over north #Belfast as late strikes sees visitors leave with all 3 points
#nifl #groundhopper #groundhopping #photography #blueskyartshow #sunset
November 30, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Crusaders 0 Coleraine 2
Beautiful skies over north #Belfast as late strikes sees visitors leave with all 3 points
#nifl #groundhopper #groundhopping #photography #blueskyartshow #sunset
Beautiful skies over north #Belfast as late strikes sees visitors leave with all 3 points
#nifl #groundhopper #groundhopping #photography #blueskyartshow #sunset
Heading to #Belfast to present two papers at the @footballcollective.bsky.social conference:
A #groundhopping paper with @sashaclicks.bsky.social and psychological predictors of #nonleague #playoff success with @jamwheaton.bsky.social
Looking forward to a jam-packed couple of days
A #groundhopping paper with @sashaclicks.bsky.social and psychological predictors of #nonleague #playoff success with @jamwheaton.bsky.social
Looking forward to a jam-packed couple of days
November 27, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Heading to #Belfast to present two papers at the @footballcollective.bsky.social conference:
A #groundhopping paper with @sashaclicks.bsky.social and psychological predictors of #nonleague #playoff success with @jamwheaton.bsky.social
Looking forward to a jam-packed couple of days
A #groundhopping paper with @sashaclicks.bsky.social and psychological predictors of #nonleague #playoff success with @jamwheaton.bsky.social
Looking forward to a jam-packed couple of days
Uh oh, I FINALLY found the book that is a record of (almost) every @dcfc.co.uk game i went to between 1986 and 2008 (ish)
My @futbologyapp.bsky.social stats are in for a battering this afternoon 😂😂
#COYR #Rams #dcfc
My @futbologyapp.bsky.social stats are in for a battering this afternoon 😂😂
#COYR #Rams #dcfc
November 23, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Uh oh, I FINALLY found the book that is a record of (almost) every @dcfc.co.uk game i went to between 1986 and 2008 (ish)
My @futbologyapp.bsky.social stats are in for a battering this afternoon 😂😂
#COYR #Rams #dcfc
My @futbologyapp.bsky.social stats are in for a battering this afternoon 😂😂
#COYR #Rams #dcfc
Derby County 2 Watford 3
Today I got to experience first hand, the astonishing levels of incompetence of #EFL referees today. Jaw-dropping, at times.
Take nothing away from Watford though, stunning comeback from 2 down
Today I got to experience first hand, the astonishing levels of incompetence of #EFL referees today. Jaw-dropping, at times.
Take nothing away from Watford though, stunning comeback from 2 down
November 22, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Derby County 2 Watford 3
Today I got to experience first hand, the astonishing levels of incompetence of #EFL referees today. Jaw-dropping, at times.
Take nothing away from Watford though, stunning comeback from 2 down
Today I got to experience first hand, the astonishing levels of incompetence of #EFL referees today. Jaw-dropping, at times.
Take nothing away from Watford though, stunning comeback from 2 down
Reposted by Steve Sharman
🏟️ 🛫 Groundhopping from Udine to Milan
📖 An epic from @liberoacademica.bsky.social, four games across the north of Italy
READ NOW: tirofootball.com/posts/2025-11-18-groundhopping-from-udine-to-milan
📖 An epic from @liberoacademica.bsky.social, four games across the north of Italy
READ NOW: tirofootball.com/posts/2025-11-18-groundhopping-from-udine-to-milan
Groundhopping from Udine to Milan | TIRO - A place for calcio lovers
An epic account of traversing northern Italy in search of football (and Pippo Inzaghi in an airport)
tirofootball.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM
🏟️ 🛫 Groundhopping from Udine to Milan
📖 An epic from @liberoacademica.bsky.social, four games across the north of Italy
READ NOW: tirofootball.com/posts/2025-11-18-groundhopping-from-udine-to-milan
📖 An epic from @liberoacademica.bsky.social, four games across the north of Italy
READ NOW: tirofootball.com/posts/2025-11-18-groundhopping-from-udine-to-milan
Love it when a plan comes together.
Finished lecturing at 6pm.
Train ➡️ Train ➡️ Train to Shenfield by 7pm.
Collect car drive to Brentwood by 7.30pm.
Even time for a cheeseburger before @brentwoodtownfc.bsky.social vs @maldontiptreefc.bsky.social in Essex Senior Cup 💪
#groundhopping
Finished lecturing at 6pm.
Train ➡️ Train ➡️ Train to Shenfield by 7pm.
Collect car drive to Brentwood by 7.30pm.
Even time for a cheeseburger before @brentwoodtownfc.bsky.social vs @maldontiptreefc.bsky.social in Essex Senior Cup 💪
#groundhopping
November 18, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Love it when a plan comes together.
Finished lecturing at 6pm.
Train ➡️ Train ➡️ Train to Shenfield by 7pm.
Collect car drive to Brentwood by 7.30pm.
Even time for a cheeseburger before @brentwoodtownfc.bsky.social vs @maldontiptreefc.bsky.social in Essex Senior Cup 💪
#groundhopping
Finished lecturing at 6pm.
Train ➡️ Train ➡️ Train to Shenfield by 7pm.
Collect car drive to Brentwood by 7.30pm.
Even time for a cheeseburger before @brentwoodtownfc.bsky.social vs @maldontiptreefc.bsky.social in Essex Senior Cup 💪
#groundhopping
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We want to hear from you - tell us about your experience of this historic @nsl.ca inaugural season!
Survey takes roughly 10 minutes and is anonymous.
We thank you in advance!
qualtrics.kcl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...
@liberoacademica.bsky.social
Survey takes roughly 10 minutes and is anonymous.
We thank you in advance!
qualtrics.kcl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...
@liberoacademica.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 1:25 PM
We want to hear from you - tell us about your experience of this historic @nsl.ca inaugural season!
Survey takes roughly 10 minutes and is anonymous.
We thank you in advance!
qualtrics.kcl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...
@liberoacademica.bsky.social
Survey takes roughly 10 minutes and is anonymous.
We thank you in advance!
qualtrics.kcl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...
@liberoacademica.bsky.social
Herne Bay 4 Hastings Utd 0
Highly entertaining game. An electric winger on either flank for the home side. The Last Post on the bugle. Decent ground. Halftime cuppa. Two hours geek chat with my Dad and Brother.
Lovely stuff.
#groundhoppers #groundhopping #matchhopping #photography ##nonleague
Highly entertaining game. An electric winger on either flank for the home side. The Last Post on the bugle. Decent ground. Halftime cuppa. Two hours geek chat with my Dad and Brother.
Lovely stuff.
#groundhoppers #groundhopping #matchhopping #photography ##nonleague
November 16, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Herne Bay 4 Hastings Utd 0
Highly entertaining game. An electric winger on either flank for the home side. The Last Post on the bugle. Decent ground. Halftime cuppa. Two hours geek chat with my Dad and Brother.
Lovely stuff.
#groundhoppers #groundhopping #matchhopping #photography ##nonleague
Highly entertaining game. An electric winger on either flank for the home side. The Last Post on the bugle. Decent ground. Halftime cuppa. Two hours geek chat with my Dad and Brother.
Lovely stuff.
#groundhoppers #groundhopping #matchhopping #photography ##nonleague
The people's game.
Fuck Infantino, and fuck FIFA.
Fuck Infantino, and fuck FIFA.
Another price increase for the 2026 World Cup…
Sensing strong demand, FIFA raised the cost of many tickets to record-setting heights — the first large-scale implementation of its “variable pricing” strategy.
Details from @henrybushnell.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/athletic/679...
Sensing strong demand, FIFA raised the cost of many tickets to record-setting heights — the first large-scale implementation of its “variable pricing” strategy.
Details from @henrybushnell.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/athletic/679...
November 13, 2025 at 7:46 AM
The people's game.
Fuck Infantino, and fuck FIFA.
Fuck Infantino, and fuck FIFA.
Was actually looking for something else, but stumbled on this whilst crate digging.
The first version of this was the first EVER album I owned, on cassette. I didn't even know there was a second version!
Had to snap it up. Some bangers on here, some I dont know, and some... others 😂
#vinyl
The first version of this was the first EVER album I owned, on cassette. I didn't even know there was a second version!
Had to snap it up. Some bangers on here, some I dont know, and some... others 😂
#vinyl
November 9, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Was actually looking for something else, but stumbled on this whilst crate digging.
The first version of this was the first EVER album I owned, on cassette. I didn't even know there was a second version!
Had to snap it up. Some bangers on here, some I dont know, and some... others 😂
#vinyl
The first version of this was the first EVER album I owned, on cassette. I didn't even know there was a second version!
Had to snap it up. Some bangers on here, some I dont know, and some... others 😂
#vinyl
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Manchester City play a game of football today. Most of us will be watching. Which makes sense. What doesn’t make sense is why so few care about City’s owner playing an active role in a genocide so gruesome it can be seen from space. By @barneyronay.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Silence over Sudan: why do Manchester City’s owners get away with so much?
Two midweek matches in England had a backdrop of war and geopolitics, but only one drew large protests
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Manchester City play a game of football today. Most of us will be watching. Which makes sense. What doesn’t make sense is why so few care about City’s owner playing an active role in a genocide so gruesome it can be seen from space. By @barneyronay.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Crazy game at Maldon - Waltham Abbey received THREE first half red-cards, leaving the door open for a second half rout.
Maldon & Tiptree 6 Waltham Abbey 0
@isthmianleague.bsky.social #groundhopping #matchhopping #photography
Maldon & Tiptree 6 Waltham Abbey 0
@isthmianleague.bsky.social #groundhopping #matchhopping #photography
November 8, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Crazy game at Maldon - Waltham Abbey received THREE first half red-cards, leaving the door open for a second half rout.
Maldon & Tiptree 6 Waltham Abbey 0
@isthmianleague.bsky.social #groundhopping #matchhopping #photography
Maldon & Tiptree 6 Waltham Abbey 0
@isthmianleague.bsky.social #groundhopping #matchhopping #photography
November 6, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Cracking day at Vale Park yesterday - proper old football stadium.
Immensely proud of the Maldon & Tiptree boys.
#Upthejammers #matchhopping
#groundhopping #photography #FACUP
Immensely proud of the Maldon & Tiptree boys.
#Upthejammers #matchhopping
#groundhopping #photography #FACUP
November 3, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Cracking day at Vale Park yesterday - proper old football stadium.
Immensely proud of the Maldon & Tiptree boys.
#Upthejammers #matchhopping
#groundhopping #photography #FACUP
Immensely proud of the Maldon & Tiptree boys.
#Upthejammers #matchhopping
#groundhopping #photography #FACUP
This, from the very first page of Galeano's 'Football in the Sun and Shadow' perfectly captures why i watch so much football as a neutral.
I don't often care who wins, I just want to see something beautiful.
I don't often care who wins, I just want to see something beautiful.
October 29, 2025 at 12:52 PM
This, from the very first page of Galeano's 'Football in the Sun and Shadow' perfectly captures why i watch so much football as a neutral.
I don't often care who wins, I just want to see something beautiful.
I don't often care who wins, I just want to see something beautiful.
New piece for @hoppersguide.com: an #FACUP clash between Bishop's Stortford, and @realbedfordfc.bsky.social
#groundhopping #groundhoppers #matchday #matchhopping #allezlesblues #pirates
hoppersguide.com/groundhoppin...
#groundhopping #groundhoppers #matchday #matchhopping #allezlesblues #pirates
hoppersguide.com/groundhoppin...
October 17, 2025 at 1:50 PM
New piece for @hoppersguide.com: an #FACUP clash between Bishop's Stortford, and @realbedfordfc.bsky.social
#groundhopping #groundhoppers #matchday #matchhopping #allezlesblues #pirates
hoppersguide.com/groundhoppin...
#groundhopping #groundhoppers #matchday #matchhopping #allezlesblues #pirates
hoppersguide.com/groundhoppin...
Waaaaaaaaaait.. there was not one but two games that finished 7-6 (or 6-7) last night?!
October 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Waaaaaaaaaait.. there was not one but two games that finished 7-6 (or 6-7) last night?!
I AM MORE THAN MY FUTBOLOGY STATS!!!!
Obvs I've been to many many more games than this in my life, this is simply since I started using the app and year or two ago. Plus a few important historic ones. Either way, its a cute little milestone 😂😃
Obvs I've been to many many more games than this in my life, this is simply since I started using the app and year or two ago. Plus a few important historic ones. Either way, its a cute little milestone 😂😃
October 15, 2025 at 10:20 AM
I AM MORE THAN MY FUTBOLOGY STATS!!!!
Obvs I've been to many many more games than this in my life, this is simply since I started using the app and year or two ago. Plus a few important historic ones. Either way, its a cute little milestone 😂😃
Obvs I've been to many many more games than this in my life, this is simply since I started using the app and year or two ago. Plus a few important historic ones. Either way, its a cute little milestone 😂😃
Maldon blow Brantham away in blustery conditions to reclaim top spot
#groundhopping #matchhopping #groundhoppers #photography #monochrome #blackandwhite
@isthmianleague.bsky.social
#groundhopping #matchhopping #groundhoppers #photography #monochrome #blackandwhite
@isthmianleague.bsky.social
October 5, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Maldon blow Brantham away in blustery conditions to reclaim top spot
#groundhopping #matchhopping #groundhoppers #photography #monochrome #blackandwhite
@isthmianleague.bsky.social
#groundhopping #matchhopping #groundhoppers #photography #monochrome #blackandwhite
@isthmianleague.bsky.social