Hi, I'm Mike & (to the endless annoyance of girlfriend) I love sport.

Football/Soccer (depending which side of the pond you are from), Rugby Union, Cricket, Boxing, Formula 1, Golf, NFL (bit of a Bears fan), NHL, MLB & many more besides. I can happily sit in front of the TV & watch what ever happens to be on the sports channels at the time.

But the first sport I was introduced to was football when, as a very young kid, I was taken by my dad to Goodison Park, the home of Everton FC. I was so young all I remember was sitting in the front row of the Upper Gwladys Street stand, on a cold mid week evening, & looking up into that ink black sky. Then seeing the contrast between it & the brightly floodlit emerald green pitch below. Still send shivers down my spine. That, & the noise from 40,000 people all shouting, cheering, booing & singing. Don't think I'd ever seen so many people all at once in the same place. I can't even remember who the opposition was in that first game or the final score, but that didn't matter because I was hooked.

And from supporting Everton a love of all sports developed. I'd go to as many sporting events as I could. And even had 6 years playing Rugby Union at a decent armature level. But Everton would always take priority, & when injury forced me to quit rugby, it was back to spending my Saturday afternoon's at Goodison.

So why post on the Bleacher Report? Honestly, I don't know. What I'm going to try & do is give a supporters perspective on the games I attend. Maybe it's the budding journalist in me trying to express it's self or maybe I should get a real hobby! What ever it is I hope people who read my post's find them informative & honest but above all interesting. Any 'constructive' criticism/suggestions would be appreciated.