Nick Bird

Turkey 0-0 Wales: Stalemate Promotion Decider

A late penalty miss from Kerem Aktürkoğlu denies Turkey a confirmed group win despite a dominant performance. A third straight draw between these two nations. 23 shots to 4 tells the story in Kayseri as Wales hang on to a point to keep the group’s top 2 positions undecided going into the final game. WalesContinue reading “Turkey 0-0 Wales: Stalemate Promotion Decider”

My Covering90 Videos

I work as a Researcher and Script Writer for Covering90’s YouTube channel. The videos discuss a wide range of football topics.

My FromTheSpot Articles

I volunteer as a Sports Writer for FromTheSpot. Here are all the links to the articles I have written for their website.

My Podcast Episodes – Global Sports Podcast Network

I work freelance as a Podcaster on the Daily English Premier League Podcast which is part of the Global Sports Podcast Network. Here are the links to every episode I have been a part of. This includes hosting, producing and ideating for the podcast. The podcasts are also uploaded with videos on YouTube.

Leeds United: How Leeds’ Run In Compares To Its Rivals?

(This was an article written for a theoretical Yorkshire based news webpage during my time at University of Leeds) We’re 75% of the way through the season and the bottom 9 are separated by just 5 points. Leeds sit second bottom with a difficult run in ahead of them. Unfortunately for Leeds fans there’s reasonContinue reading “Leeds United: How Leeds’ Run In Compares To Its Rivals?”

Reading City U18s 2-0 Wealdstone U18s

It was a historic evening on Wednesday for Reading City as the U18s, in association with JMA, have reached the first round of the FA Youth Cup where they’ll play League One Oxford United’s U18s. It was a good win to get them there as well, a beautiful first goal and a simple but well-workedContinue reading “Reading City U18s 2-0 Wealdstone U18s”

Reading City U23s 1-1 Maidenhead Town

The U23s first game of 2020 was a tough game against Maidenhead Town. Reading City U23s had two new signings in the squad as they look to increase their chance conversion with the arrival of Shane Gibson from Mortimer and Ed Gadd from Woodcote. Reading City U23s started strong and had a huge opportunity toContinue reading “Reading City U23s 1-1 Maidenhead Town”

Reading City 0-1 Binfield

Reading City returned to action on boxing day against local rivals Binfield in a game which became quite feisty, especially late on. Reading City had the ball in the back of the net after just ten minutes. Steve Lee played a long ball for Josh Blackwood who ran with it down the right towards theContinue reading “Reading City 0-1 Binfield”

Reading City U23s 0-0 Harchester Hawks (3-4 After Penalties)

Reading City U23s had a break from the Thames Valley Premier League last Saturday and were instead playing in the Reading Invitation Challenge Cup against Harchester Hawks. Reading City dominated the first half, but they couldn’t put a shot on target despite the good passing play out of defence. Multiple shots from outside the boxContinue reading “Reading City U23s 0-0 Harchester Hawks (3-4 After Penalties)”

Woodley United Royals 0-3 Reading City U23s

Reading City U23s returned to action after an unbeaten November. It was sixth week lucky as City U23s finally got to return to action as they played away to Woodley United Royals and came back in style with a dominating performance. It was a quick start from Reading City despite not playing for five weeks.Continue reading “Woodley United Royals 0-3 Reading City U23s”