AFCON 2025- Flipping The Script
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- Written by Christopher Morley
The 2025 edition of the Africa Cup of Nations originally ended with the hosts Morocco blowing the chance to go into co-hosting the 2030 World Cup, alongside near-ish neighbours Spain and Portugal, on a high. Instead, Senegal managed to rip up the script to become continental champions after an extra-time win in the final, against a backdrop of “hospitals not stadiums” protests. Now, the result of that final is mired in a controversial dispute, which is a whole other story! So, how successful has the drive to invest in the country's football infrastructure, at the behest of King Mohammed VI, actually proved to be thus far?
Back around the middle of October we set off for another football escapade, and our first new experience of the 2025/26 season. A democratic vote selected QPR as the recipients of our support for a day, with the opponents to be Millwall FC in a London derby between two Championship play-off hopefuls (at the time). As always, there were no issues with me securing tickets aside from the wait to be able to purchase them via general sale, and I got the five of us sat together in the lower end of the Stan Bowles stand, towards the corner of the stadium containing the safe standing area.
