5-4-Friday… 5 all-seater stadia cons
After last week's 54F in which I gave a flimsy case for sitting down at football matches, I suppose it is only right that I give over this week's blog to presenting the alternative view. Having considered the relative merits of both sitting and standing over the last...
5-4-Nowt… 5 infamous red cards
Arsenal virtually kissed goodbye to another trophy chance tonight, thanks to a very clumsy red card for their keeper. There have been other daft red cards: 1. Wojciech Szczesny, 2014 2. Zinedine Zidane, 2006 3. David Beckham, 1998 4. Poalo Di Canio, 1988 5. Billy...
5-4-Nowt… 5 roller-coasters
I have spent all day today hurtling down water slides in Stoke. I have also been involved in other roller-coaster related activities in recent times: 1. Waterworld, Stoke-on-Trent 2. Sandcastle Water Park, Blackpool 3. Splash World, Southport 4. Silcock's Chav Fair,...
5-4-Nowt… 5 footballing gentlemen
Football lost one of its true gents today in Sir Tom Finney. There have been others: 1. Tom Finney 2. Bobby Robson 3. Roberto Martinez 4. Bobby Moore 5. Stanley Matthews
5-4-Friday… 5 all-seater stadia pros
Barely a week goes by without someone, somewhere campaigning for at least a limited return to standing areas in football stadiums. It’s still a very emotive issue, given that the fall-out from Hillsborough is still l rumbling on and will probably never go away. As an...
5-4-Friday… 5 Marmite People (#2)
Every now and then, in the interests of balance, ying and yang, black and white or good versus evil, I might follow up a particular 54F with a subject that is directly contradictory to the original piece. Or at least offers a mildly alternative view. Last week, for...
Dryathlon, January 2014 – Day 31
Day 31 in the Big Dry House and Chris is in the Diary Room! Well, thank God that is over with! That was officially the longest month ever! But it, was definitely worth it. As I write, I personally have managed to raise £545, way in excess of the initial £250 target I...
5-4-Friday… 5 Marmite people
In last week’s 5-4-Friday, I bemoaned the use of the phrase “BOOM!” in modern day parlance. I used Piers Morgan as an example of someone who makes excessive use of this particular phrase, especially on his Twitter feed. I was immediately pounced upon by one of my most...
5-4-Friday… 5 annoying phrases
I am fully aware that I have ranted in the past about the way people sometimes write or speak. I’m not sure what give me the authority to pontificate on this subject but, nevertheless, here are five uses/abuses/misuses of the English language that have been trying my...
Dryathlon, January 2014 – Day 22
Day 22 in the Big Dry House and Chris is in the Diary Room! We are almost there! Just 9 days to go now until the end of January and the Guinness PIP Team is well on the way to achieving its target of raising £900 for Cancer Research UK by abstaining from alcohol. We...
For as long as I can remember, certainly since the advent of email, the end of the working week has always been marked by someone circulating a joke, or an amusing picture or article – the Friday Funny, as it became known. I have now evolved this into a regular blog that I call 5-4-Friday, a light-hearted list of 5 favourite things or 5 pet hates ideally related to some burning issue of the day or week.
View From the West is a regular football-based blog with the subject matter normally focusing on events at the club I support, Wigan Athletic, as I see them unfold from my vantage point in the West Stand of the DW Stadium. For non-Wigan fans, wider football issues and talking points will also be given an airing. For a bit of fun, I will scour social and digital media and various fan forums to identify a Hit of the Week, a Miss of the Week and a Pic of the Week.
54T is an occasional variation on 5-4-Friday in which a friend of the site, a minor celebrity (or, god-willing, if it takes off, a not-so-minor celebrity) will tell us which four famous people they would invite round to share a Friday evening chippy tea. We will learn what they would feed them, what drinks would be chilling in the fridge and, when the stimulating conversation dries up, what music they would listen to, what films would they stick in the DVD player and what entertaining games they would play.
3in! is a friendly football prediction competition that has been running for around twelve years now. Participants have to predict the outcome of just three fixtures from the weekend’s football programme with bigger rewards available the more off-the-wall you are prepared to go. It’s my type of gambling – all hypothetical, no real money involved. All the news for the 3in! players can be found on Chris Griffin Says…
Dream League is now beyond its 30th year. It is a fantasy football competition with a difference. Each of the 16 Owners (who should be old enough to know better) buys a squad of players and pits their team against the other 15 Owners in a traditional, home and away league season. Goals your players score are netted off against goals your defenders concede. Out-perform your opponent in the week and you win. Simples! Again, all the up to date news can be found here.
I hope you enjoy the site.
Griff
October, 2012
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