In the world of Football we have fans, we have fanatics and then there is Thomas Rensen.
The 29 year old from Hilversum is taking part on a solo mission to watch 31 matches in 31 days. Not only does this sound impossible already but the fact he will be travelling all over Europe to see these games make it even more fascinating.
Speaking to Worldwidefootball Thomas told us why he is doing it, he said: “The answer is simple, I love to see football matches, to me this is a dream. Whatever happens it’ll be a unique experience”
The first match of the tour saw him in Belguim watching England U17 v Spain U17 and will take him to countries such as Germany, England, Wales, Luxembourg and Croatia.
Thomas has had the idea for a while and is funding it himself while the Inter-Rail organisation gave him a ticket to help get across Europe and so far we are up to match number 20 and so he’s not tired of the game yet.
Rensen will be looking forward to April 23rd when he will get the chance to see his beloved Willem II when they host AZ Alkmaar but he won’t have time to catch up with friends and family back in Holland, he will be back on the trains heading to Belguim for a play v off match (yet to be decided)Just to be on the safe side Thomas has included a 32nd match, Chelsea v Tottenham Hotspur. This has been put in as an emergency measure. Should there be a problem he has decided to put an extra fixture in just to make sure he hits his target of 31 matches.
I bet once the tour is finished the last thing he will want to see is football. But I’d be wrong. Thomas will be taking a week to relax and how will he be relaxing, well watching football of course.
We heard about this mission on twitter and look forward to his updates to see how he is getting on but if you would like to follow him for yourself you can either visit our page or head straight to Thomas’ website http://uk.31matches.eu/
Here’s Thomas hectic schedule (results in brackets)
31 March: England U17 v Spain U17 (2 v 1)
1 April: Bangor City v Prestatyn Town (1 v 2)
2 April: West Ham United v Manchester United (2 v 4)
3 April: Hertha BSC v Paderborn (2 v 0)
4 April: Djurgardens v AIK (0 v 0)
5 April: BK Skjold v BGA (3 v 1)
6 April: Dynamo Dresden v Rot Weiss Erfurst (1 v 3)
7 April: Vyle v Tharoul v Spa (3 v 3)
8 April: Rheindorf Altach-Balzers 1-1
9 April: Dinamo Zagreb v Lokomotiva (1 v 0)
10 April: Proleter Novi Sad v Mladost Lukani (1 v 1)
11 April: Sparta Praag v Slavia Praag (2 v 0)
12 April: Eschen/Mauren v Balzers (2 v 1)
13 April: Schalke 04 v Inter Milan (2 v 1)
14 April: PSV v Benfica (2 v 2)
15 April: Metz v Clermont (3-3)
16 April: AC Milan v Sampdoria (3-0)
17 April: Basel v Grasshoppers (2-2)
18 April: Karlsruhe v Augsbur 0-1
19 April: First Vienna v Kapfenberger SV (beker)
20 April: Roma v Inter (beker)
21 April: Freiburg v Hannover
22 April: wedstrijd in Luxemburg
23 April: Willem II v AZ 18u45
24 April: Belgische Playoff
25 April: Fortuna Koln v Windeck
26 April: Maribor v Koper (beker)
27 April: Debrecen v MTK
28 April: Langenohr v St.Pölten II
29 April: Reims of Metz
30 April: Chelsea v Tottenham
The 29 year old from Hilversum is taking part on a solo mission to watch 31 matches in 31 days. Not only does this sound impossible already but the fact he will be travelling all over Europe to see these games make it even more fascinating.
Speaking to Worldwidefootball Thomas told us why he is doing it, he said: “The answer is simple, I love to see football matches, to me this is a dream. Whatever happens it’ll be a unique experience”
The first match of the tour saw him in Belguim watching England U17 v Spain U17 and will take him to countries such as Germany, England, Wales, Luxembourg and Croatia.
Thomas has had the idea for a while and is funding it himself while the Inter-Rail organisation gave him a ticket to help get across Europe and so far we are up to match number 20 and so he’s not tired of the game yet.
Rensen will be looking forward to April 23rd when he will get the chance to see his beloved Willem II when they host AZ Alkmaar but he won’t have time to catch up with friends and family back in Holland, he will be back on the trains heading to Belguim for a play v off match (yet to be decided)Just to be on the safe side Thomas has included a 32nd match, Chelsea v Tottenham Hotspur. This has been put in as an emergency measure. Should there be a problem he has decided to put an extra fixture in just to make sure he hits his target of 31 matches.
I bet once the tour is finished the last thing he will want to see is football. But I’d be wrong. Thomas will be taking a week to relax and how will he be relaxing, well watching football of course.
We heard about this mission on twitter and look forward to his updates to see how he is getting on but if you would like to follow him for yourself you can either visit our page or head straight to Thomas’ website http://uk.31matches.eu/
Here’s Thomas hectic schedule (results in brackets)
31 March: England U17 v Spain U17 (2 v 1)
1 April: Bangor City v Prestatyn Town (1 v 2)
2 April: West Ham United v Manchester United (2 v 4)
3 April: Hertha BSC v Paderborn (2 v 0)
4 April: Djurgardens v AIK (0 v 0)
5 April: BK Skjold v BGA (3 v 1)
6 April: Dynamo Dresden v Rot Weiss Erfurst (1 v 3)
7 April: Vyle v Tharoul v Spa (3 v 3)
8 April: Rheindorf Altach-Balzers 1-1
9 April: Dinamo Zagreb v Lokomotiva (1 v 0)
10 April: Proleter Novi Sad v Mladost Lukani (1 v 1)
11 April: Sparta Praag v Slavia Praag (2 v 0)
12 April: Eschen/Mauren v Balzers (2 v 1)
13 April: Schalke 04 v Inter Milan (2 v 1)
14 April: PSV v Benfica (2 v 2)
15 April: Metz v Clermont (3-3)
16 April: AC Milan v Sampdoria (3-0)
17 April: Basel v Grasshoppers (2-2)
18 April: Karlsruhe v Augsbur 0-1
19 April: First Vienna v Kapfenberger SV (beker)
20 April: Roma v Inter (beker)
21 April: Freiburg v Hannover
22 April: wedstrijd in Luxemburg
23 April: Willem II v AZ 18u45
24 April: Belgische Playoff
25 April: Fortuna Koln v Windeck
26 April: Maribor v Koper (beker)
27 April: Debrecen v MTK
28 April: Langenohr v St.Pölten II
29 April: Reims of Metz
30 April: Chelsea v Tottenham
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