Category: Update

Real Football and Real Stories: Leland’s Non-League Project

Posted on 6 August 20259 August 2025 by Stephen

What happens when a 16-year-old gets priced out of pro-football, then discovers the world of non-league football right on his

Scouting prep: Getting ready for the new season

Posted on 28 June 20259 August 2025 by Stephen

What is the scouting equivalent of pre-season training?The new season is fast approaching. Next week pre-season fixtures begin. Pre-pre-season training

Now you can read on substack

Posted on 3 May 20253 May 2025 by Stephen

This blog has been going around four years now. I don’t post as often as I’d like, which is mostly

How to be a better scout next season

Posted on 26 April 20252 May 2025 by Stephen

It’s natural to think back on the season thinking of what went well and what I’d like to improve. I

The good and the bad of football scouting

Posted on 30 December 202430 December 2024 by Stephen

Spend twenty minutes on football tactics X/Twitter and you begin to doubt what a forward pass is. In many ways

How to reach the first round of the FA Cup

Posted on 13 October 202414 October 2024 by Stephen

It’s fair to say it’s been an unusual start to the season at Tonbridge Angels. First, we went unbeaten in