By the end of this week, the whole world and his granny will have delivered their verdict on the short-lived European Super League. The views I expressed on Tuesday, when…
Among the countless placards, banners and bedsheets brandished since Sunday. to protest against the so-called European Super League. Which is in truth a logical extension of the so-called European Champions…
There it was this morning, a solitary magpie, perched in a tree a few yards from my mother’s kitchen window. Was that an omen, with the Mags scheduled next weekend…
Humour can be a wonderful solace in stressful times. And, by jingo, life tends to be pretty stressful for most proper football supporters. Forget the so-called fans who attach themselves…
The year 1936 was memorable for many reasons: the Berlin Olympics, with Jesse Owens winning four athletics gold medals while Adolf Hitler’s theory of Aryan supremacy took a hell of…
If his oft-quoted phrase on the relative importance of football is to be taken literally, the remarkable Bill Shankly would undoubtedly have read the daily papers from back to front….
A long, long time ago, an old geography teacher asked the class why people went to football matches. He listened to our predictable answers and then delivered his verdict: “Supporters…
Welcome back to the world’s greatest football competition (copyright Sky Sports, BT Sport, BBC and any other pundit/patsy with a financial stake in boosting this overblown league). Last night brought…
My missus hates the expression “You never know what’s round the corner” because it’s usually the prelude to news of yet another mess-up by yours truly. Let’s gloss over those…
Now Newcastle United’s players and coaching staff have secured Premier League status for another season, perhaps this is the time to play devil’s advocate with Mike Ashley. The phrase stems…
