Welcome to Beyond the Penalty Spot! This blog will detail my feelings on all things soccer related. I will make predictions on upcoming games, have post-game reviews and discuss transfer gossip and player antics both on-and-off the field.

I think it is important to first admit all biases that I have, which will be present in this blog. First, and most importantly, I am an Everton fan. This usually means I find it hard to criticize Everton players when they are on international duty and am sometimes too quick to criticize when they don the blue and white.

As the world cup is fast approaching it seems almost natural that this is where my blog will begin. I was born in Canada and my heritage is Irish so there won’t be a problem favouring either of them, because they did not qualify. I will however not be supporting France out of principle and familial allegiance. In the next coming days, I will post team profiles and players to watch. I primarily watch the Premier League, MLS and La Liga, so I admit my profiles may be lacking some information.

Thanks for reading!

FieLowe