A very subjective look into AWFC

When I look back at this year I can’t help but feel the deepest and truest gratitude. It has been, by far, the most important year of my life as a football fan. Interestingly enough it has also been one of my toughest, if not, the toughest year professionally for me in recent memory. Although I will mention things that I have lived, it’s not my intention to make it about ME but as a way to register my gratitude.

This is from memory btw… chronology might be all messed up.

I was able to fly to St. Louis and watch Katie McCabe, Louise Quinn, Ruesha Littlejohn and company play the USWNT. There I got to spend a lot of time with my friend Pete aka LeGrove aka The Arsenal Opinion Podcast.

The World Cup was a total success and even though I wasn’t there, to follow a tournament and actually know A LOT of the players, coaches etc this time around was a very important thing for me because that was my plan after the 2019 WC… to be much more well versed and I think I was able to do that.

Podcasts/YouTube wise I had started and ended my channel because it was just way too much work and my expectations for it’s growth were just not realistic compared to the amount of effort it would take, and I have to admit I wasn’t interested in that much work. It was exhausting and maybe if I had a team or had the budget to employ a video editor, etc. Will I revisit this? I doubt it… not AWFC specific though I don’t think. But who knows?

I was lucky enough to be invited to speak on talkSPORT now a total of 3 times with Martin Kelner, a total legend. This was done thanks to my friend Sophie Nicolaou, who runs The Highbury Squad YouTube channel, where I have been privileged enough to appear a few times, including shows with Shebahn Aherne, Suzy Wrack and others.

Arsenal LA hosted an event here with Gooners vs Cancer and I spoke at a panel too, which was amazing and we were able to raise a lot of money. Oh, and Gooner Mike who runs that foundation, hosted a 27 hour podcast and Sophie and I appeared as well, and it was incredible to be a part of that.

Of course, the highlight was flying to London and seeing the girls beat Aston Villa at The Emirates. To live what I lived was truly surreal and whenever I can, I will share more, but for now what I can say is that my life changed, for sure. Massive thanks to Jamie, Adam and Leontine for being so incredible and literally walking me through the steps.

London was magnificent and so were the prices at The Armoury but I had to buy some goodies which were worth every penny. Went to talkSPORT, met some incredible people, walked a lot, ate a lot and also slept a lot.

Last but not least: THIS BLOG.

I can’t tell you how much it has meant to me. To have a consistent outlet which above anything else, helps me become accountable and consistent, has been one of the coolest things I’ve ever done and I’m very excited to continue writing.

As you know some blog posts are better than others, some make sense and some don’t. But what I do know is that I will continue to be a source of AWFC content for you, all coming from a different perspective than what you read out there.

Hope 2024 is your best year yet!

THANK YOU