"Like all children, I wanted to be a soccer player. I played quite well, in fact I was terrific, but only at night when I was asleep. During the day I was the worst wooden leg ever to set foot on the little soccer field of my country. Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good soccer. I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: “A pretty move, for the love of God.” And when good soccer happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it." Taken from Eduardo Galeno's Soccer in Sun and Shadow

Just a peripatetic nomad wandering through the world of footy, from club to club, league to league, nation to nation.  Particularly interested in gear, memories and whatever game is on.  I am also interested in what fellow nomads have to say.

Definition of nomads from wikipedia:

Nomadic people (Greek: νομάδες, nomádes, “those who let pasture herds”), commonly known as itinerants in modern-day contexts, are communities of people who move from one place to another, rather than settling permanently in one location. There are an estimated 30-40 million nomads in the world.  Many cultures have traditionally been nomadic, but traditional nomadic behavior is increasingly rare in industrialized countries. Nomadic cultures are discussed in three categories according to economic specialization: hunter-gatherers, pastoral nomads, and “peripatetic nomads”.

Nomadic hunting and gathering, following seasonally available wild plants and game, is by far the oldest human subsistence method.

Pastoralists raise herds, driving them or moving with them, in patterns that normally avoid depleting pastures beyond their ability to recover.

Peripatetic nomads, who offer the skills of a craft or trade to those they travel among, are most common in industrialized nations.

All that being said, I’m not here to re-invent the soccer blog.  If you’re looking for breaking news, rumors and deep tactical analysis, you’re in the wrong place.  Click on any of the blogs in the blogroll for that sort of thing or tweet me and I’ll tell you any number of sites to visit.

What I plan to do here is share whatever thoughts cross my mind on the games I watch, with a particular focus on La Liga, and share memories of the game I have been playing and watching and following most of my life.  I want this to be a place you can share as well and am even open to fellow nomads joining me.