Ryan Murray, Author at Football Paradise

Ryan Murray

With a lifelong association to football, Ryan Murray has embraced the beautiful game in all guises; as a player, spectator, and now writer. Specializing in the daily soap dramas & cultural nuances that perfectly characterize the chaos of the Scottish game, you can often find him scrolling through endless reams of information about his beloved football club (which will remain unnamed), or alternatively researching a particular bizarre or intriguing (well, at least he finds it so) episode from some distant corner of the footballing world. He resides in Leeds, but appears more often at seventh tier grounds around the urban sprawls of West Yorkshire than at Elland Road - it just feels more like football. He lives with his fiancée and sausage dog, both of whom now support the right club.

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CONIFA: Football’s Hidden Movement

In Qatar, the dust, in both a literal and figurative sense, is just settling after…

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Classy Croats Crush Courageous Canadians

Similarly to Les Rouges’ torrid Mexico 86’ campaign, Canada’s World Cup hopes have been extinguished…

Alphonso Davies of Canada takes a penalty against Belgium in a Group F fixture at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar

Maple Leafs and Terrified Devils — A Match Report of Canada against Belgium

Canada gave Belgium an almighty scare in Wednesday’s Group F fixture, losing gallantly and challenging the perception of the World Cup’s “heavyweights”.

From Podcast to Promised Land? Could Open Goal Replicate Its Studio Success on the Pitch and Progress through Scotland’s Footballing Pyramid?

Media group Open Goal, after taking over Lowland League club Broomhill FC, have designs on progressing up the professional ladder of Scottish football.