Belfast The city of many lives. Where strangers are met with open arms and bared teeth, where aeroplanes leave scars on the asphalt through sea-level mist. The mouth of the Irish Sea yawns wide as the double-decker bus dawdles from the airport to the city. A sheep carcass, stripped clean of wool and flesh, leaves…
Category: Steve’s Sundries
‘It’s Football Jim, But Not as We Know it’ – Football from the Other Side
In a rare foray into the dizzy heights of the Premier League, Steve Sharman takes temporary leave from non-league groundhopping to join the prawn sandwich brigade and watch West Ham take on Liverpool from the posh seats at the London Stadium. All photographs in this article are the property and copyright of Steve Sharman. It’s…
Once, Twice, Three Times, a Swifty
Although the dust has barely settled on Euro ‘24, the new season of non-league football is already upon us. With clubs up and down the pyramid and across the length and breadth of the country seeking to hit the ground running, Steve Sharman spent some time at Isthmian League North side Heybridge Swifts to hear…
Watching Football in Italy – What Not to Do
With an illustrious history, iconic stadiums, and passionate fan culture, Italy is something of a mecca for football fans from across the globe. From the northern powerhouses of Milan and Turin to the eastern outpost of Udine; down through historic Rome and incendiary Naples, to the sweltering climes of Lecce in the heel of the…




