My piece for @revistapanenka.bsky.social in print on the annual Cotswolds “Football in the river” match. Why do they do it? Because you can and therefore probably should.
Tom Reed.
@tomreedwriting.bsky.social
Editor: Terrace Edition. Football writer and photographer specialising in terrace culture. 11 Freunde, Glory mag, Panenka. Martin Wills Writing Awards winner.
Words and Images: Melvin B. Napoli: Blue Sun Napoli, city, calcio, and clicking Maradona on film. 🎞️ www.terraceedition.com/home-haute/n...
Napoli: Blue sun — Terrace Edition
When I was about eight years-old, My dad bought me a DVD which recollected the life and career of Diego Maradona, highlighting his time at Napoli. My dad described him as one of the best, which sparke...
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For @terraceedition.bsky.social I went to Crewe Alexandra FC. The nickname is "The Railwaymen", in tribute to the town's position as a hub of the train network. It is a simple club with a complex past, known for its homegrown players and playing style. www.terraceedition.com/home-haute/a...
A-Crewe-Ing. All rails lead to Crewe Alexandra. — Terrace Edition
Crewe Alexandra FC's nickname is "The Railwaymen", in tribute to the town's position as a hub of the train network. It is a simple club with a complex past, known for its homegrown players and playing...
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Words & Images: Genarro Colella. Pozzuoli is a city located in the Phlegraean Fields, a volcanic area west of Naples. The fans of Puteolana 1902 watch football on a shifting landscape but their support is steadfast and true. www.terraceedition.com/home-haute/p...
Puteolana: Seismic soccer — Terrace Edition
Pozzuoli is a city located in the Phlegraean Fields, a volcanic area west of Naples. The residents live with regular tremors due to the seismic activity associated with “Bradyseism”; a slow uplift of ...
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New: Words & Images: @tomreedwriting.bsky.social Luton Town's Kenilworth Road. There's not another one like it. It hasn't got too long left. The devil's in the detail. When all is said and done, were you there? #ltfc #coyh 📸 www.terraceedition.com/home-haute/k...
Kenilworth Road: Details — Terrace Edition
Kenilworth Road is not long for this earth. The temple of tin. A skulking librarian hoarding first editions. A cut price Oz. Follow the guided busway not the yellow brick road. There's not anothe...
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New: Words & Images: @daveharry007.bsky.social For a brief shining period, Andy Carroll went to FC Girondins de Bordeaux as part of the re-awakening of the "sleeping beauty", who had been through a nightmare drop to the fourth tier. 📸 www.terraceedition.com/home-haute/l...
La Belle Endormie: FC Girondins de Bordeaux awaken from from a nightmare — Terrace Edition
A little over a decade ago, Les Girondins de Bordeaux had won the Coupe de France for a fourth time and regularly qualified for the Europa League. The story since, has been less of a fairytale for the...
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FC Girondins de Bordeaux. Stade Matmut Atlantique. 📸 @daveharry007.bsky.social for Terrace Edition. #AllezBordeaux
New: Words & Images: Football On Analog. It was time to say goodbye on this picture-perfect Saturday in Chorzów. A farewell to one of Poland’s most iconic football grounds, the beloved home of Ruch Chorzów. 📸 #MySomRuch www.terraceedition.com/home-haute/g...
Goodbye Cicha 6 — Terrace Edition
It was time to say goodbye on this picture-perfect Saturday in Chorzow. Nearly 90 years after opening its gates in 1935, Cicha 6 welcomed fans for the final time on the 28th of June, 2025 — a farewell...
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Time ticked down on the famous Omega clock at Cicha 6. Ruch Chorzów Ultras and everyday fans didn't want the day to end. Shot on film by Football On Analog for Terrace Edition.
New: Words & Images: Mariame Choucair. Australia's active scene continues to burn bright. The Cove of Sydney FC even turned out for an academy match against rivals Western Sydney Wanderers. It's a three stripe life down under /// www.terraceedition.com/home-haute/s...
Sydney Derby: Earn your stripes — Terrace Edition
The active scene in Australia continues to grow and none more so than in Sydney, where the derby between Sydney FC and Western Sydney Wanderers burns strong. Even a game between the two teams’ academy...
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The Cove /// Active supporters of Sydney FC. “The boys in blue from Moore Park Road.
New: Words & Images: Alexandra Evgienko. Going to Basel to see the German Women’s team face Denmark was a good decision from the moment the fans walked to the stadium. The competition evokes hope. #WEURO2025 📸 www.terraceedition.com/home-haute/w...
Women's Euro: Dreaming — Terrace Edition
Thousands of German fans somewhere on Swiss streets hadn’t seemed to be bothered by the rain and a surprisingly cold July weather. The decision to spend 24 hours in Basel to see the German women's na...
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German fan walk in Basel. Germany women vs Denmark women, 📸 Alexandra Evgienko for Terrace Edition. #WEURO2025
New for @terraceedition.bsky.social Fans of authentic English football should go to port club Harwich and Parkeston FC. You'll get the warmest of welcomes in the classic main stand at the Royal Oak with the border collie supporter who barks his approval. www.terraceedition.com/home-haute/h...
Harwich: Safe Haven — Terrace Edition
Time drifts quick at the international shipping port at Harwich in Essex. At Harwich and Parkeston FC many of the volunteers have served for several decades. The club is known for its friendly welcome...
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Planes, Trains and Pre-Season - a Glory article on global football culture. @tomreedwriting.bsky.social and I made some snaps. 📸
Planes, Trains and Pre-Season - a Glory article on global football culture.
Dutch Cup holders Go Ahead Eagles were all aboard for their annual pre-season friendlies by the railway at Sportcomplex Hanzepark.
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New: Words & Images: @crespacion.bsky.social Minutes count in football. Seconds feel like hours. Real Oviedo's journey from the Spanish top flight to the fourth tier and then back again lasted 8770 days. The return to La Liga was about the people. 📸 www.terraceedition.com/home-haute/r...
Oviedo: 8770 Days: The fall and rise of Real Oviedo — Terrace Edition
Minutes count in football. Seconds can feel like hours. Real Oviedo's journey from the Spanish first division to the fourth and then back again lasted 8770 days. Those 8770 days saw protests, a share ...
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Real Oviedo: The next generation. This is what it means to wear the badge. 📸 @crespacion.bsky.social #RealOviedo
Dundee, Romania, Peckham. In a sport increasingly focused on the minutiae of tactics, it’s important that photographers like Mike Bayly hang back and capturing the wide sweep of football landscapes. Here's his favourite shots of 2024/25. 📸 www.terraceedition.com/home-haute/m...
Bayly 24/25: Another season on the terraces — Terrace Edition
In a sport that is increasingly focused on the minutiae of tactics, it’s important that photographers like Mike Bayly are hanging back and capturing the wide sweep of football landscapes. From sausage...
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New: Words & Images: @hanbalk.bsky.social Tears were shed among the Go Ahead Eagles fans as they won the Dutch Cup at De Kuip. Han Balk's brilliant photos of 24/25 for the Deventer club go some way in explaining why. #Kowet www.terraceedition.com/home-haute/h...
Balk Go Ahead 24/25: A season soaring with the Eagles of Deventer — Terrace Edition
Han Balk started his 2024/25 season watching Go Ahead Eagles, much like any other. Little did he know, but the team from Deventer were about to embark on an epic cup run that would culminate in his be...
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New: Words & Images: Robert Borthwick. Armed with an old Zenit-EM film camera, Robert Borthwick has taken shots of Heart of Midlothian. He's not in it for the glory, more capturing the fleeting moments of joy at Tynecastle, where they bleed maroon. #hmfc www.terraceedition.com/home-haute/t...
The Heart of it: Heart of Midlothian on film — Terrace Edition
Armed with a A Zenit-EM old Russian film camera, Robert Borthwick has taken 35mm shots of his beloved Heart of Midlothian FC. He's not in it for the glory, more capturing the fleeting moments of joy a...
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New: Words & Images: @joeycorlett.bsky.social Sportplatz Auguststraße is one of the most photogenic pitches in all of Berlin. SV Blau Weiss Berolina Mitte hosted SSC Südwest 1947 and it showed the best of this true community hub. www.terraceedition.com/home-haute/b...
Berolina Mitte: Community football at Sportplatz Auguststraße — Terrace Edition
SV Blau Weiss Berolina Mitte hosted SSC Südwest 1947, with the visitors chasing promotion. There was something on the line for this fixture but that wasn’t the main attraction. Rather, it was to visit...
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#CravenCottage - the home of London's oldest professional football club in black and white Photo: @tomreedwriting.bsky.social for @terraceedition.bsky.social #ffc #coyw #bytheriver
New: Words & Images: @tmstanworth.bsky.social Tom Stanworth went from groundhopper to @crayvalleypm.bsky.social fan. He didn't know but his journey around English non-League football would form part of his recovery from M.E/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. www.terraceedition.com/home-haute/t...
Townhopping: Cray Valley, football travels and ME — Terrace Edition
After a chance attendance of a Cray Valley Paper Mills match, Tom Stanworth went from groundhopper to bona fide fan. Little did he know but his journeys around English non-League football would form p...
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Life, like football, has its ups and downs but, bit by bit, it can get better. 📸 @tmstanworth.bsky.social 24/25 in English Non-League for Terrace Edition.
Nottingham Forest FC on film. The City Ground on 35mm. Are there many greater locations in world football? For @terraceedition.bsky.social #nffc 🎞️ 🧵1/13.
New: Words & images: Federico Farcomeni. Forget the big teams of Serie A, fans of ASD Fanfulla call themselves "lost causes". The team's been relegated to the Italian 5th tier. But the people of Lodi are still there, which counts for something. 📸 www.terraceedition.com/home-haute/l...
Fanfulla: Lost Warriors — Terrace Edition
Forget the big teams of Serie A, football isn't all about glory. You could call the fans of ASD Fanfulla glory-phobes in fact. Their supporters call themselves "lost causes" and hang banners upside do...
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The team name comes from Giovanni Tito Alon aka Bartolomeo Fanfulla, a legendary warrior of the XVI century. It's a hard name to live up to but a strong fan culture endures at the Stadio Dossenina in Lodi.
