When I set off on my travels to Australia and Southeast Asia, I packed the essentials – sun cream, swimming shorts and NordVPN. To start with, I thought it was wise to use a VPN to help protect my data against unprotected public Wi-Fi but it turned out to be my lifeline for following U.K. sport as much as it was for staying secure on the road.

In March, I was in a hotel in Vietnam when I realised that the Carabao Cup final was taking place when Newcastle faced Liverpool. As I was logged in via a UK server thanks to NordVPN, I could stream the match live on ITVX. That match felt like a little piece of home, watching a major U.K. sporting final thousands of miles away.

Then, throughout March and April, I jumped between Sky Sports and TNT Sports to catch all the Premier League action. I rem

See Full Page