Andrew Gillan

Match 1️⃣6️⃣
⚽️ Sporting Hortaleza 1-2 CU Zona Norte
🏟️ Campo Deportivo Hortaleza, Madrid
🏆 Madrid Primera Autonómica, Group 1
📅 14.9.2025
💶 Free Entry
Zona Norte came from behind to record a rare victory in my presence.

Match 1️⃣5️⃣
⚽️ Sporting Hortaleza B 2-2 AD Nuevo Baztán
🏟️ Campo Deportivo Hortaleza, Madrid
🏆 Madrid Preferente, Group 2
📅 14.9.2025
💶 Free Entry
Late goals and interesting refereeing in the first of a Hortaleza double-header.

Struggling to process the fact that Coleraine and Dépor, whisper it, might both actually… be good.

Match 1️⃣4️⃣
⚽️ Unión Adarve 1-0 US Sanse B
🏟️ Polideportivo Vicente del Bosque, Madrid
🏆 Tercera Federación, Group 7
📅 7.9.2025
💶 Free Entry
Adarve start life back in the Tercera with a narrow win.

Match 1️⃣3️⃣
⚽️ Institute 1-2 Limavady United
🏟️ The Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium, Derry
🏆 NIFL Championship
📅 30.8.2025
💷 £10
Made my first ever visit to the Brandywell to see a game that featured a scarcely-believable 15 former Coleraine players in the matchday squads.

Match 1️⃣2️⃣
⚽️ Portstewart 1-1 Coagh United
🏟️ RKings Competitions Stadium, Portstewart
🏆 NIFL Premier Intermediate League
📅 23.8.2025
💷 £5
Annual visit to Portstewart ticked off. They were quite a bit better than in their friendly against Coleraine!

Match 1️⃣1️⃣
⚽️ Bushmills United 2-2 Coina Rovers
🏟️ Dundarave Park, Bushmills
🏆 Coleraine & District Morning Championship
📅 23.8.2025
💷 Free Entry
A rare spot of morning lower league action in Northern Ireland for me.

Match 1️⃣4️⃣
⚽️ Unión Adarve 1-0 US Sanse B
🏟️ Polideportivo Vicente del Bosque, Madrid
🏆 Tercera Federación, Group 7
📅 7.9.2025
💶 Free Entry
Adarve start life back in the Tercera with a narrow win.

Match 1️⃣3️⃣
⚽️ Institute 1-2 Limavady United
🏟️ The Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium, Derry
🏆 NIFL Championship
📅 30.8.2025
💷 £10
Made my first ever visit to the Brandywell to see a game that featured a scarcely-believable 15 former Coleraine players in the matchday squads.

Match 1️⃣2️⃣
⚽️ Portstewart 1-1 Coagh United
🏟️ RKings Competitions Stadium, Portstewart
🏆 NIFL Premier Intermediate League
📅 23.8.2025
💷 £5
Annual visit to Portstewart ticked off. They were quite a bit better than in their friendly against Coleraine!

Match 1️⃣1️⃣
⚽️ Bushmills United 2-2 Coina Rovers
🏟️ Dundarave Park, Bushmills
🏆 Coleraine & District Morning Championship
📅 23.8.2025
💷 Free Entry
A rare spot of morning lower league action in Northern Ireland for me.

Match 1️⃣0️⃣
⚽️ Coleraine 2-0 Dungannon Swifts
🏟️ The Showgrounds, Coleraine
🏆 NIFL Premiership
📅 19.8.2025
💷 £15
Two first half goals, including a spectacular overhead effort from Jamie Glackin, steer Coleraine to a comfortable win over Dungannon.

Match 9️⃣
⚽️ Cliftonville 0-0 Coleraine
🏟️ Solitude, Belfast
🏆 NIFL Premiership
📅 16.8.2025
💷 £15
The spoils are shared as Coleraine and Cliftonville cancel each other out in a game of few chances.

Match 8️⃣
⚽️ Coleraine 1-0 Larne
🏟️ The Showgrounds, Coleraine
🏆 NIFL Premiership
📅 10.8.2025
💷 £15
Joel Cooper scores a late winner on his debut to give Coleraine a deserved win over Larne.

Match 7️⃣
⚽️ Harland and Wolff Welders 3-0 Armagh City
🏟️ Blanchflower Park, Belfast
🏆 NIFL Championship
📅 9.8.2025
💷 £5
The Welders get their Championship campaign off to a winning start.

Match 6️⃣
⚽️ Holywood 3-1 Banbridge Town
🏟️ Spafield Park, Holywood
🏆 Irish Cup
📅 9.8.2025
💷 £5
An Irish Cup upset as Amateur League side Holywood knockout PIL club Banbridge.

Match 5️⃣
⚽️ Coleraine 9-0 Portstewart
🏟️ The Showgrounds, Coleraine
🏆 Friendly
📅 2.8.2025
💷 £5
Coleraine finish their pre-season preparations by putting nine goals past near-neighbours Portstewart in the annual Wes Gregg Memorial match.

Match 4️⃣
⚽️ Linfield 2-0 Zalgiris Vilnius
🏟️ Clearer Twist National Football Stadium at Windsor Park, Belfast
🏆 UEFA Conference League
📅 31.7.2025
💷 £12
Two first half goals earned Linfield comfortable progress to the next round.

All hits, no misses. 🔵⚪️

Match 3️⃣
⚽️ Team Mali 2-2 Team Honduras (Mali win 5-3 on penalties )
🏟️ Estadio El Olivo, Coslada
🏆 Mundialito de Integración
📅 19.7.2025
💶 Free Entry
Mali raced into an early 2-0 lead but were eventually pegged back with a late equaliser but held their nerve in the shootout to be crowned champions.

Match 2️⃣
⚽️ Team Senegal 2-2 Team Honduras (Honduras awarded victory)
🏟️ Estadio El Olivo, Coslada
🏆 Mundialito de Integración
📅 13.7.2025
💶 Free Entry
An epic clash which finished in the most unsatisfactory manner with the penalty shootout being abandoned after Senegal players confronted the referee

Match 1️⃣
⚽️ Team Mali 2-0 Team Nigeria
🏟️ Estadio El Olivo, Coslada
🏆 Mundialito de Integración
📅 13.7.2025
💶 Free Entry
Mali book their spot in the Mundialito final with a win over Nigeria.

Not much of a gap between seasons but here we are, it’s time to start the big 2025/26 match thread! 🧵 ⚽️

Match 6️⃣8️⃣
⚽️ Spain Women 3-1 Japan Women
🏟️ Estadio Municipal de Butarque, Leganés
🏆 International Friendly
📅 27.6.2025
💶 €4,50
Spain round off their preparations for the Euros in Switzerland with a comeback win over Japan.

New Coleraine kits from Macron were definitely worth the wait. Pleased to see blue back as the predominant colour on the home shirt after the mostly white ones of the Nike years. A red away shirt is always nice too.

🏆 It’s the 2024/25 Awards! 🏆 A look back at the good, the bad, the ugly and the just plain weird of my last year watching football.

The best games, brilliant goals, incredible pre-match food, the luckiest kit in the world, weird weather, unconventional player and supporter headwear and more besides.

It’s my belated 2024/25 awards! 🏆

Last game of the 2024/25 season for me and a fun one to go out on…
Spain’s Women beat Japan 3-1 in their final friendly ahead of the Euros in Switzerland.

Match 6️⃣7️⃣
⚽️ Team El Salvador 1-1 Team Marruecos
🏟️ Estadio La Oliva, Coslada
🏆 Mundialito de Integración
📅 22.6.2025
💶 Free Entry
The second game of my Mundialito double-header was a much more forgettable experience.

Match 6️⃣6️⃣
⚽️ Team Argentina 2-2 Team Peru
🏟️ Estadio La Oliva, Coslada
🏆 Mundialito de Integración
📅 22.6.2025
💶 Free Entry
Peru came from 2-0 down to get a draw in an entertaining Mundialito encounter.

Match 6️⃣5️⃣
⚽️ Spain U21 0-1 Ukraine U21
🏟️ Estadio Santo Domingo, Alcorcón
🏆 International Friendly
📅 6.6.2025
💶 €12.50
A final warm-up game for the U21 Euros saw Spain change their entire team at half time and then lose to an injury time goal.