Author: Stephen

How to handle the long dark summer without football? A homemade scouting course

Posted on 21 May 202212 August 2022 by Stephen

So that’s that. As the season ends all we have to look forward to is the long dark summer ahead without football. Here’s how I’m handling the misery….

How to understand a team’s plan of attack using homemade shot maps

Posted on 8 January 202214 January 2022 by Stephen

I created shot maps of Folkestone Invicta, Carshalton Athletic, Cray Valley PM and BIllericay Town to see if you can use them to learn how a team attacks.

Off to Margate FC

Posted on 10 December 20219 May 2022 by Stephen

A quick update about changes in my footballing circumstances which may explain why I now refer to my club as “Margate FC” rather than “Whitstable Town”, as I used to.

How to use YouTube to dismantle, then destroy Cray Valley (PM)*

Posted on 30 September 202112 January 2022 by Stephen

This wouldn’t be much of a scouting blog if it didn’t talk about actual scouting. So, with that in mind, here’s how to use YouTube to dismantle, then demolish Cray Valley (PM)*.

Chichester City v Maidstone United

Posted on 20 September 20214 October 2021 by Stephen

I didn’t plan on going to Chichester. But luck would have it that a trip north to see family meant I could “swing round”, (as I described it to my wife back home) on the way back.