Footballonthebrain’s Weblog

A bit about me…well my name is Jeff Collins. I was born in the UK in a lovely little town called Scarborough; you may know the song ‘Scarborough Fair’ by Simon and Garfunkel, yup that was written about my birth town.

When I was young my family moved to Canada where I grew up and still live. Always stayed close to footie and growing up have immersed myself in the game. I’m a big believer in supporting your local side and I don’t have much time for those that support one of the ‘big four’ and yet have never been within a breath of their stadium. Being in Canada made it tough to support my local side; Scarborough FC and at a young age my heart quickly got taken away by another Yorkshire club Middlesbrough.

They say that you don’t choose the team you support, they choose you. Never has this been more true. The highs of supporting Boro are phenomenal, but the lows are oh so low and in abundance. Let’s just say I wouldn’t wish my worst enemy to have to go through life a Boro supporter although in being one you are guaranteed two life certainties: you’ll always have something to moan about, and there’s always an excuse for a drink!

Well on this blog I plan on talking about anything I feel like, I’d say 99% will be football related however if I go of course a bit so be it. Any and all comments and feedback are welcome. Any questions I’ll do my best to answer and if I cannot I’ll find someone who can.

I look forward to hearing from you and getting to know the web football community.

Up The Boro!

Jeff Collins