Weekend Photo Theme is a weekly photography article where either Dale or Franca will choose a theme, select 5 pictures to sum that theme up & tie them together with their interests of Architecture, Art, Design & Travel.

People often ask; “what do you miss most from home?”, and you would expect that I’d have no hesitation to mention all my friends & family back home that I’ve not seen during the past six months of travel. Well, you’d be right, but there’d be a slight hesitation where I’d consider the word ‘football’ as my answer.

Shocking, I know.

I love football. It’s a sport I’ve come to love quite late in my life but I love it so much that I do my best to keep in touch with it no matter how, so when I see the chance to talk with other bloggers about it; great. When I get to talk with locals about it; incredible

It surprises me to find such love for football & teams from countries thousands of mile away so far from where the action is, but I guess passion & fandom play no mind to distance?

Here are just a few of the great supporters of football that I’ve come to meet on our travels.

I loved this guy in Chiang Mai wearing my team’s colours (Aston Villa)

not only did this guy sell great roti chani in Singapore in a Liverpool shirt, his shopsign had the club logo too

in Chiang Rai, Thailand we met this proud Barcelona fan from Barcelona itself

showing support for Franca’s favourite team in Chiang Mai

there’s even a little room for some Milan love too

and just so I don’t feel left out; here’s one of me driving around in Rome last year the day of Italy v England in the European Championships 2012

cool, right? ehem