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Freelance football writer/photographer specialising in UK fan culture.
Martin Wills Horse Racing Writing Awards Winner.
Email tomreed(at)hotmail.com
On its day, The City Ground, home of Nottingham Forest Football Club, is the best ground in England and today is that day. You wonder how Nottingham Forest could have won a pair of European Cups but then you see the City Ground and you know. Our Glorious Banners x Terrace Edition.
Fulham FC's swimming pool stand, Michelin star restaurant plans and rising anger at ticket price increases are no surprise when you look at the FA's Blueprint For The Future Of Football from 1991. It noted the "message" for football to follow the affluent 'middle class' consumer .
London's best ground isn't an award given in a glitzy award ceremony, it's just a thing that is. The crown used to belong to Brentford FC's Griffin Park, with its pub on every corner, Ealing Road Terrace and double decker away stand.
Reading FC are at the end of their tether with club owners Dai Youngge. Their tennis ball protest not only stopped the game versus Burton Albion, drawing global coverage, but may also spell the end of problem owners in English football.
Non-League Hereford FC are much more than the club that Ronnie Radford scored for to put Newcastle United to the sword in the FA Cup in 1971.
"Traditionstag" at FC Kaiserslautern with the mighty HSV as visitors and a very naked celebration of the heritage of the two great sides. Not that the match needed much promotion as Kaiserslautern and HSV from Hamburg have history that's secured tight, like the sowing on a Kutte denim jacket.
Worried Southend United fans marched at the weekend for the removal of the club's chairman ahead of a March 1 date for the Shrimpers to clear a large tax debt. Tom Reed was at Roots Hall to capture an emotionally charged day
A contingent of fans from Athletic Club de Bilbao traveled to Dulwich Hamlet on Saturday for Non-League Day. The two played friendly matches in 1921, with a kinship enduring that goes beyond 90 minutes. Tom Reed wrote the words and Sam Wainwright took the photographs.
Finding a chorus of how football can be at Go Ahead Eagles in Holland.
In depth print article on the Hammers United fan protests against the West Ham board. Includes fan experiences of the move from Upton Park and the discussion of the reasons fans took to the streets in their thousands to "take back" their club.