Last Saturday (10 May), my husband and I were invited by a couple of our friends to go out to Chesham for Alex Horne’s Comedy Football Trophy match. They told us they had been a couple of years ago and it was lots of fun. We had heard about it before and thankfully, we wereContinue reading “Alex Horne’s Comedy Football Trophy”
Category Archives: Sports
Euro 2020 Recap
Sleep didn’t come easy last night to those living in England, including me. After a heart-pounding, pressure-rising penalty shootout in the UEFA EURO 2020 final, England lost to Italy 3-2 on penalties. Seeing Italy’s Donnarumma save Saka’s shot broke my heart. Knowing it was all over hurt. My heart hurt more for the young EnglandContinue reading “Euro 2020 Recap”
In My Words: My Relationship with the Media
For my final MA project, I interviewed female sports fans and wrote about their relationship with the media. The women interviewed were aged 19 all the way up to their early 60’s. This lengthy project opened my eyes to how the media directly and indirectly portrays female fans and how they interact with them. TheContinue reading “In My Words: My Relationship with the Media”
Idealistic Iowan 