5-4-Friday… 5 IT Support Calls
At work this week, I have been getting my hands (a tiny bit) dirty helping to move some new staff into one of our offices. Although this kind of IT/systems-related exercise is usually fraught with hassle, as many people dislike any kind of change at all to their...
The Tandoori Cup
The Inaugural Tandoori Cup Challenge TNF Wigan v. Wednesday Night Pitch 7 FC Monday, 25th February 2013, 6:30pm The Deanery, Wigan Wednesday Night Pitch 7 FC In summer 2004, Jonny Fairclough spotted an advert in a Wigan paper for outdoor five-aside at Robin Park,...
5-4-Friday… 5 Football Chants
Away trips are usually conducive to a good old sing song, especially when you’re winning. As a Wigan fan, of course, this opportunity occurs all too rarely. Last Sunday’s dismantling of Huddersfield Town in the 5th Round of the FA Cup was a joyous occasion for the...
5-4-Friday… 5 Jack Bauer (and other TV) Myths
Last Sunday I had to do a little bit of work at home. All I had to do was complete three documents that I couldn’t be arsed finishing before I left on Friday. I then had to mail them back to colleagues ready for an 8am Monday meeting that I would not be attending. The...
5-4-Friday… 5 eight-year old son things
When I wrote my first book, I drew on my experiences of sharing a home and a life with a very young boy. Whoa, cool your jets, folks! I am referring to my son, so you can stop looking for the freefone number for the Jimmy Savile Inquiry. The book covered the period of...
5-4-Friday… 5 quaint away trips
Saturday’s trip to Macclesfield to watch Wigan progress to the 5th round of the FA Cup was just what the doctor ordered. In the middle of the annual gut-wrenching, nail-biting battle to avoid relegation from the Premier League, a trip to a small, non-league ground...
5-4-Friday… 5 Facebook Personalities
Seeing my Facebook page utterly unexpectedly reach the dizzy heights of 200 ‘likes’ recently – without, I might add, spending a solitary penny to simply buy more of them, stingy but honourable get that I am – got me thinking about the incredible phenomenon that...
A Time To Live, A Time To Die by Jonny Fairclough
Here is a piece by Jonny Fairclough which appeared in the recent Mudhutter Football Express. It appears with my gratitude for doing some of my work for me and with all due apologies to Mr Emile Heskey, amongst others. It's also a bit racier in parts than my regualr...
5-4-Friday… Embarrassing iTunes
When ‘interviewing’ celebrities or sports stars, a number of magazines and newspapers often adopt a question and answer theme with one of their favourite topics being to ask about the latest tunes they have playing on their iPod. I’m sure some of the respondents...
5-4-Friday… 5 Sayings of Bernard
In my previous job, the lads and lasses in the team I worked in were often confused and amused in equal measure by some of my dubious sayings. Well, it’s not my fault I come from Wigan and therefore have a vast repertoire of bizarre phrases to choose from, is it? I...
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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