Away Fixture
Away Fixture
Every ground is an away ground.
A weekend in Bordeaux. On Italian train companions, the Way of Life, a laptop in a café, and a river that binds the beautiful to the unforgivable.
A pilgrimage to watch a fallen giant. On Roberto Baggio, video game allegiances, and a 42,000-seat stadium that sits mostly empty.
Copenhagen is too orderly. On Vikings as nation builders, Hans Christian Anderson’s ugly duckling, and why the Danes funnel their chaos into football.
“To hide from death is to hide from life, for the two are not separate.”
I'm Erik C. Taylor — Football Fan, Professional Nerd.
When I travel I like to explore the deep histories and motivating tensions of what I see. Sometimes I write out my thoughts on these experiences and what they show me about the world. Occasionally I put those writings here.
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