Hello reader!
Welcome to my new football blog, Man, Ball and All! After numerous years of blogging elsewhere, I decided the time was right for a revamp, hence the creation of the new WordPress page.
From the big international tournaments to the Premier League, Champions League and more, these pages share my thoughts on a whole host of football-related matters, with objective opinion from a working journalist with previous FAI accreditation.
If you’re new to my work, welcome along and thanks for checking out the blog – I hope you enjoy what you see on here! If you’ve read my work on other platforms, thanks for your support and I endeavour to continue bringing you a high level of football blogging!
About Me
Liam Togher
Hailing from Sixmilebridge in Co. Clare, Ireland, I took an interest in football from a young age and I first dabbled in organised sports writing on the pages of University of Limerick student newspaper An Focal.
I obtained a Level 5 diploma in Print Journalism with a maximum 11 distinctions before getting a Masters in Journalism from UL in 2012. Through my placements in the Limerick Leader and Limerick Post, I regularly reported on League of Ireland matches throughout the 2010s and I have also worked at some Republic of Ireland games.
In 2019, I received a huge break by finding full-time work with Snack Media, since when my life has been dedicated largely towards writing about football. I have held site editorial positions within the company also.
And yes, as you may guess by the background, I am an avid Liverpool supporter!
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Previous posts
2025/26 Premier League preview: Could we have a four-way title battle for the ages?
As summers without a World Cup or European Championship go, 2025 was an especially eventful one, with the football literally not stopping since the most recent Premier League campaign reached its conclusion on the final Sunday in May. The Champions League final blended straight into the UEFA Nations League finals and World Cup qualifiers, before…
Euro 2024 review: A disappointing tournament with deserving winners
After the last European Championship was played across 11 countries in front of limited capacities in an odd-numbered year, and the subsequent World Cup was held in a miniscule nation in the lead-up to Christmas, Euro 2024 in a German summer felt like a welcome restoration of the needle to normality. The tournament began with…
Euro 2024 preview: Glory up for grabs in Germany with several genuine contenders
After a European Championship held in front of sparse attendances due to COVID restrictions in 2021, and a World Cup 18 months later held in tandem with the hanging of Christmas decorations, the football calendar is finally back in sync as UEFA’s showpiece event descends on Germany over the next month. The nation staged a…
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