The European Championships are about to get under way and as part of our coverage we've put together some titanic football brains to give you insight on each nation.
During the tournament these assorted writers, bloggers, football thinkers and vagabonds will provide you with their unique insight on the goings on in Ukraine and Poland.
Whether that is how the team is getting on, where they need improvement, the stars so far, or just general observations on the tournament, we'll be hosting a series of discussions and pieces by each.
Group A
Czech Republic: Stuart Kenny is the sports and music editor of The Brig and has recently been appointed co-editor of Stirling Albion's official match magazine 'The Albion'. Follow him on Twitter.
Greece: Peter Katsiris is and Olympiacos fan and the Editor-in-chief of the excellent Football Hellas. Follow him and Football Hellas on Twitter.
Poland: Ross Dunbar is our regular feature writer on the Bundesliga. He has written for The Sun, the Daily Mirror and is a regularly contributor to Bundesliga Football. Follow him on Twitter.
Russia: Nic Thompson is a freelance football writer and film-maker. You can follow him on Twitter or visit his film production company.
Group B
Denmark: Neil Paterson lives in Copenhagen and will spend the next month reliving the ecstasy of 1992. Follow him on Twitter.
Germany: Stefan Bienkowski is the editor of Bundesliga Football. Follow him on Twitter
Netherlands: Ernst Bouwes has written for WSC, ESPN and FourFourTwo. He currently runs the exceptional Total Football NL website, and will be releasing a Euro special of his webzine, Orange Crush, on the Apple App store. Follow him on Twitter.
Portugal: Kieran Buxton is an aspiring sports journalist who contributes to a number of football sites including footballspeak.com and youthfootballscotland.co.uk. You can follow him on Twitter and read the majority of his articles here.
Group C
Croatia: Matt Harold is a writer with The Away End. You can follow him on Twitter.
Ireland: David Van Zanten plays for St Mirren, and previously had spells at Celtic, Hibernian, Greenock and Hamilton. Follow him on Twitter
Italy: David Schiavone is the editor of the comprehensive Forza Italian Football. Follow him on Twitter
Spain: Joseph Sexton is a freelance football writer for BackPage Football and the Irish Examiner. He has also regularly writes on La Liga for STV. Follow him on Twitter
Group D
England: David Preece has played football in England and Denmark and in Scotland with Aberdeen. He writes for Sabotage Times and is well worth following on Twitter.
France: Jason Milligan provides us with regular updates on French football. He also contributes to French Football Weekly. Follow him on Twitter
Sweden: Andy Hudson is a Swedish football expert who writes for Mirror Sport and on Blagul Fotboll. Follow him on Twitter
Ukraine: Oleksandr Sereda writes extensively on his excellent blog on the Ukrainian game. Follow him on Twitter.
Throughout the tournament Kieran Canning will be offering us insight from the tournament as he picks his way through the action from Poland and Ukraine. He's also well worth following on Twitter.
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