Ooh Look, There’s Althorp
September 27, 2012
There’s something about driving through the wilds of Northamptonshire at midday on a Saturday, when you would really have preferred to be admiring Villa Park from the M6, in splendid time for an afternoon at Click here to read more...
The Top And The Bottom Of It
April 12, 2012
There’s nothing like going to Manchester United. It’s like entering the centre of the earth. Even on an Easter Sunday morning when the drizzle is chilled and there are no lorries on the M25 a Click here to read more...
Let It Snow, Let It Snow
February 11, 2012
Let’s start at the end shall we? It is 12.45am, there is no street-lighting and I am walking home through snow drifts in my nice shoes, laptop over my shoulder. I have had to leave my car some distance fr Click here to read more...
Tiddly Om Pom Pom
February 2, 2012
Like some peripatetic seagull, I have now seen Brighton & Hove Albion play home games at four locations: at the Goldstone Ground, which was a dump whatever the romantics pretend; at Priestfield, which wasn& Click here to read more...
Nottingham On Drugs
January 17, 2012
Ah Nottingham, so much to answer for. Wrong city – it was Sunderland – but you get my point. It's not the best of days, in many, many ways, but the one to share is the fact that I'm on medic Click here to read more...
Shhhh. Chelsea Are Winning
October 19, 2011
As history has recorded at dreary length, going to Chelsea was a scary experience in the '70s and '80s. I'm sure I'm not inventing a faux folk memory vis-a-vis shared turnstiles and having to sp Click here to read more...
A Peep Into Division 1
October 11, 2011
Ah, international week. Always a chore, never a joy (unless I'm doing something interesting; then it's benison extraordinary) and even less so since they moved internationals to Friday evening. Call me Click here to read more...
Another Friendly Derby
October 5, 2011
The Merseyside derby is a strange beast indeed. Since Sandy Brown achieved a certain kind of immortality with his own goal in 1969, the natural order of things, aided by cameos from Glenn Keeley Nicky Tanner an Click here to read more...
Worrying About Wigan
September 27, 2011
Ah, Wigan. We were such fast friends last year. This year, we haven't seen quite so much of each other. Oh well. Still, it's good to be back. Perhaps we can make a go of things again?
If Wigan are to p Click here to read more...
The Friendly Derby
September 23, 2011
Correct me if I'm wrong, but Millwall and West Ham United isn't the one they call the friendly derby. It's, cough, British football's most vicious rivalry. God only know why they can't all g Click here to read more...