Welcome To Scotland, A Four-Day Trip North Of The English Border

Stewart Bloor

Welcome to Scotland, where I’ll be based for the next few days with The New Saints FC on a pre-season training camp.

It’s a time management experiment, as I try something different by putting the individual blog entries in one post.

There are videos and they can be accessed by clicking the images above the related text.

I enjoy football-related travel
Three countries in one day today, starting out in England, passing through Wales and ending up in Scotland.
Welcome to St Andrews – catching up with Danny Davies
The first of the new signings this simmer, it was good to see things are going for him at the club.
Day two north of the English border
Based in St Andrews, it’s a busy few days, and I’m looking forward to the game at Bayview Stadium.
A new ground and a guest appearance on East Fife TV.
East Fife FC v The New Saints FC
That’s ten Scottish grounds that I’ve now seen football at, with a visit to Bayview Stadium, the home of East Fife FC, the latest one.
I captured some behind the scenes footage in the video, one of the benefits of working in the beautiful game.
Post-match East Fife interview with Anthony Limbrick
Following the 1-1 draw against East Fife FC, an interview on the Bayview pitch with the TNS FC head coach.
Post-match East Fife interview with Louis Bradford
There’s always a player interview after a game, and this time round it was young central defender, Louis Bradford.
He played the full ninety minutes of the game.
Feeding the tourist gene at St Andrews
I took a walk around St Andrews, the home of golf.
It’s my third visit to the seaside town and another very enjoyable trip.
Interviewing Tom Williams at St Andrews University
Another TNS FC Academy youngster who played in the game against East Fife is Tom Williams.
We did the club interview outside the building where we are staying.
Reece Warder makes his debut in front of the camera
It’s been great to see a number of Academy youngsters make the trip to Scotland.
This is Reece Warder’s first ever interview and I thought he did really well.
Ayr United v The New Saints FC
From one coast to the other, journeying from St Andrews to Cumnock, I captured some of the journey on the video.
It was a new ground on the list, plus post-match food personally delivered by an ex-Leeds United player.
Post-match Ayr United interview with Anthony Limbrick
Following the game against Ayr United, an interview with The New Saints’ head coach on the Townhead Park pitch.
Following the game against Ayr United, chatting with Dean Ebbe
The final interview from the pre-season camp in Scotland was with Dean Ebbe.
It’s good to see him back after after injury as we talked about that and the time in Scotland.