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Tom Reed.
@tomreedwriting.bsky.social
Editor: Terrace Edition.

Football writer and photographer specialising in terrace culture. 11 Freunde, Glory mag.

Martin Wills Writing Awards winner. Fan-ownership advocate.
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Words: Myself. Images: Erik Wibaeus.

Night comes fast in November. So do football games.
Not every match is an occasion.

The supporters of Djurgårdens IF made the match vs The New Saints in Shrewsbury an occasion. #dif

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Luton Town's Kenilworth Road. There's not another one like it. It hasn't got too long left.

The devil's in the detail. When all is said and done, were you there? #ltfc #coyh 📸

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Kenilworth Road: Details — Terrace Edition
Kenilworth Road is not long for this earth. The temple of tin. A skulking librarian hoarding first editions. A cut price Oz. Follow the guided busway not the yellow brick road. There's not anothe...
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August 18, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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We’ve published the 2024/25 season of our annual Fan Engagement Index. Here’s a primer on how we create the index.

Full details of our scoring system can be found on our website fanengagement.net/fan-engageme...

#fanengagement
August 12, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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For a brief shining period, Andy Carroll went to FC Girondins de Bordeaux as part of the re-awakening of the "sleeping beauty", who had been through a nightmare drop to the fourth tier. 📸

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La Belle Endormie: FC Girondins de Bordeaux awaken from from a nightmare — Terrace Edition
A little over a decade ago, Les Girondins de Bordeaux had won the Coupe de France for a fourth time and regularly qualified for the Europa League. The story since, has been less of a fairytale for the...
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July 25, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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FC Girondins de Bordeaux.

Stade Matmut Atlantique.

📸 @daveharry007.bsky.social for Terrace Edition. #AllezBordeaux
July 25, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Macclesfield FC in black and white.

A short thread for @terraceedition.bsky.social

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July 23, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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New: Words & Images: Football On Analog.

It was time to say goodbye on this picture-perfect Saturday in Chorzów.

A farewell to one of Poland’s most iconic football grounds, the beloved home of Ruch Chorzów. 📸 #MySomRuch

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Goodbye Cicha 6 — Terrace Edition
It was time to say goodbye on this picture-perfect Saturday in Chorzow. Nearly 90 years after opening its gates in 1935, Cicha 6 welcomed fans for the final time on the 28th of June, 2025 — a farewell...
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July 23, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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Time ticked down on the famous Omega clock at Cicha 6.

Ruch Chorzów Ultras and everyday fans didn't want the day to end.

Shot on film by Football On Analog for Terrace Edition.
July 23, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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New: Words & Images: Mariame Choucair.

Australia's active scene continues to burn bright. The Cove of Sydney FC even turned out for an academy match against rivals Western Sydney Wanderers.

It's a three stripe life down under ///

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Sydney Derby: Earn your stripes — Terrace Edition
The active scene in Australia continues to grow and none more so than in Sydney, where the derby between Sydney FC and Western Sydney Wanderers burns strong. Even a game between the two teams’ academy...
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July 23, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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The Cove /// Active supporters of Sydney FC.

“The boys in blue from Moore Park Road.
July 23, 2025 at 7:07 AM
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New: Words & Images: Alexandra Evgienko.

Going to Basel to see the German Women’s team face Denmark was a good decision from the moment the fans walked to the stadium.

The competition evokes hope. #WEURO2025 📸

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Women's Euro: Dreaming — Terrace Edition
Thousands of German fans somewhere on Swiss streets hadn’t seemed to be bothered by the rain and a surprisingly cold July weather. The decision to spend 24 hours in Basel to see the German women's na...
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July 23, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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German fan walk in Basel.

Germany women vs Denmark women,

📸 Alexandra Evgienko for Terrace Edition. #WEURO2025
July 23, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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Fans of authentic English football should go to port club Harwich and Parkeston FC.

You'll get the warmest of welcomes in the classic main stand at the Royal Oak with the border collie supporter who barks his approval.

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Harwich: Safe Haven — Terrace Edition
Time drifts quick at the international shipping port at Harwich in Essex. At Harwich and Parkeston FC many of the volunteers have served for several decades. The club is known for its friendly welcome...
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July 16, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Planes, Trains and Pre-Season - a Glory article on global football culture.

@tomreedwriting.bsky.social ‬⁩ and I made some snaps. 📸
Planes, Trains and Pre-Season - a Glory article on global football culture.
Dutch Cup holders Go Ahead Eagles were all aboard for their annual pre-season friendlies by the railway at Sportcomplex Hanzepark.
glory.studio
July 14, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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Minutes count in football. Seconds feel like hours.

Real Oviedo's journey from the Spanish top flight to the fourth tier and then back again lasted 8770 days.

The return to La Liga was about the people. 📸

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Oviedo: 8770 Days: The fall and rise of Real Oviedo — Terrace Edition
Minutes count in football. Seconds can feel like hours. Real Oviedo's journey from the Spanish first division to the fourth and then back again lasted 8770 days. Those 8770 days saw protests, a share ...
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July 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Real Oviedo: The next generation.

This is what it means to wear the badge.

📸 @crespacion.bsky.social

#RealOviedo
July 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Dundee, Romania, Peckham.

In a sport increasingly focused on the minutiae of tactics, it’s important that photographers like Mike Bayly hang back and capturing the wide sweep of football landscapes.

Here's his favourite shots of 2024/25. 📸

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Bayly 24/25: Another season on the terraces — Terrace Edition
In a sport that is increasingly focused on the minutiae of tactics, it’s important that photographers like Mike Bayly are hanging back and capturing the wide sweep of football landscapes. From sausage...
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July 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Tears were shed among the Go Ahead Eagles fans as they won the Dutch Cup at De Kuip.

Han Balk's brilliant photos of 24/25 for the Deventer club go some way in explaining why. #Kowet

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Balk Go Ahead 24/25: A season soaring with the Eagles of Deventer — Terrace Edition
Han Balk started his 2024/25 season watching Go Ahead Eagles, much like any other. Little did he know, but the team from Deventer were about to embark on an epic cup run that would culminate in his be...
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July 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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New: Words & Images: Robert Borthwick.

Armed with an old Zenit-EM film camera, Robert Borthwick has taken shots of Heart of Midlothian.

He's not in it for the glory, more capturing the fleeting moments of joy at Tynecastle, where they bleed maroon. #hmfc

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The Heart of it: Heart of Midlothian on film — Terrace Edition
Armed with a A Zenit-EM old Russian film camera, Robert Borthwick has taken 35mm shots of his beloved Heart of Midlothian FC. He's not in it for the glory, more capturing the fleeting moments of joy a...
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July 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Sportplatz Auguststraße is one of the most photogenic pitches in all of Berlin.

SV Blau Weiss Berolina Mitte hosted SSC Südwest 1947 and it showed the best of this true community hub.

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Berolina Mitte: Community football at Sportplatz Auguststraße — Terrace Edition
SV Blau Weiss Berolina Mitte hosted SSC Südwest 1947, with the visitors chasing promotion. There was something on the line for this fixture but that wasn’t the main attraction. Rather, it was to visit...
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July 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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#CravenCottage - the home of London's oldest professional football club in black and white

Photo: @tomreedwriting.bsky.social for @terraceedition.bsky.social

#ffc #coyw #bytheriver
July 4, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Tom Stanworth went from groundhopper to @crayvalleypm.bsky.social fan.

He didn't know but his journey around English non-League football would form part of his recovery from M.E/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

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Townhopping: Cray Valley, football travels and ME — Terrace Edition
After a chance attendance of a Cray Valley Paper Mills match, Tom Stanworth went from groundhopper to bona fide fan. Little did he know but his journeys around English non-League football would form p...
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June 27, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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Life, like football, has its ups and downs but, bit by bit, it can get better.

📸 @tmstanworth.bsky.social 24/25 in English Non-League for Terrace Edition.
June 27, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Nottingham Forest FC on film.

The City Ground on 35mm.

Are there many greater locations in world football?

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#nffc 🎞️ 🧵1/13.
June 26, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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New: Words & images: Federico Farcomeni.

Forget the big teams of Serie A, fans of ASD Fanfulla call themselves "lost causes".

The team's been relegated to the Italian 5th tier. But the people of Lodi are still there, which counts for something. 📸

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Fanfulla: Lost Warriors — Terrace Edition
Forget the big teams of Serie A, football isn't all about glory. You could call the fans of ASD Fanfulla glory-phobes in fact. Their supporters call themselves "lost causes" and hang banners upside do...
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June 26, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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The team name comes from Giovanni Tito Alon aka Bartolomeo Fanfulla, a legendary warrior of the XVI century.

It's a hard name to live up to but a strong fan culture endures at the Stadio Dossenina in Lodi.
June 26, 2025 at 8:53 AM