2025 Sports Round Up

2025 was a decent year for sport for me. It will come as no surprise that football was the sport I watched most. I went to 53 football matches - which averages out at a smidgen over one a week for the year! Here's my 2025 report from Futbology.

The highest score of the year was in my first game of the year: Cardiff Draconians v South Gower back in January. This year the Dracs were my most watched team. 

Here's my map of new football grounds I went to this year. I saw Shrewsbury in Oldham, Exeter, High Wycombe and Swindon. The Northernmost ground was Ainslie Park, home of Spartans in Edinburgh. Most of the new ones in South Wales were from watching the Dracs away and a couple were from watching Caldicot Town, the club for whom my friend Ben plays. 

I went to four cup finals in April and May, including seeing Shrewsbury Town's under-17 team win a cup in a final played at Cardiff City Stadium. Shrewsbury's senior side had a poor season and were relegated from League 1. Meanwhile, Cardiff Dracs got promoted to the Cymru South (the Welsh second tier). Both sides have continued their form into the 2025-26 season, Salop hovering dangerously near the drop zone in League 2, while the Dracs finished the year sixth in their division.

My favourite football photo of the year -
 Trefelin v Cardiff Dracs (Welsh Cup)

Along with live football, I enjoyed watching the women's Euros on TV over the summer. I thought it was a great tournament. England won - their second title in a row. Wales found it difficult in their first appearance in the finals. (Here's a full write up.)

However, it wasn't all football! I went to a rugby international in Edinburgh. It was my first rugby game for almost 3 years and my first ever visit to Murrayfield. I was very impressed with the stadium even though the game was a blow-out. (Blog post about the weekend.)

I also made it to two Cardiff Devils ice hockey games. One was a friendly against Concordia University from Montreal (pics on my bank holiday sportsfest post) and the other was on our wedding anniversary. 

My sports participation this year was minimal. But Cathy and I had two full rounds of mini-golf. The first was at Legoland and we also played underground mini-golf in Blenau Ffestioniog during our North Wales holiday. 

But I have been getting my fix of table-top sport. I played 12 games of Blood Bowl with Bryan in 2025, which averages as a game every month, although when we met up in December we spent the time unboxing the new updated version of the game. 

My final Blood Bowl record for 2025 was played 12, won 5, drawn 5 and lost 2. I used several different teams in the course of the year including three teams I built and painted - the black orcs, the wood elves and the Norsemen. You can see all my match reports on my Blood Bowl index page. 

I have a few aims for 2026. I'd like to do some more activities, watch a few different sports, and keep up my football-going, if possible. I have an overseas trip lined up with a football match on the itinerary already. Hopefully more opportunities will come. (If you want to challenge me to a game of mini-golf, get in touch!)