I’m A Celebrity… No You Aren’t!
I always used to enjoy “I'm a celebrity.. . Get me out of here!” in its early days. At first, some of the contestants were quite funny, Myleene Klass was really fit in that white bikini and the disgusting trials held a horrible fascination. However, as the years have...
5-4-Friday… 5 airport experiences
I have been very fortunate to have worked for firms that have paid for me to fly to many places across the globe over the years. Other than a particularly bumpy landing in New York and sitting on the tarmac at Paris for six hours before being allowed to depart for...
5-4-Friday… 5 dopplegangers
They reckon that everyone has a doppleganger, somebody out there in the big bad world who is identical to them in physical appearance, their spitting image if you like. On one of the Wigan Athletic message forums the other day a poster posed the question “Which...
Halloween horror
As a nation, we have taken some rubbish from the Americans over the years. From naff television shows to crappy fast “food” establishments, from the insane idea of drinking skinny lattes and other ridiculously-named types of coffee to the even more insane idea of...
News
All the latest news and updates for the Dream and Prediction Leagues will be published on this site for those of you that are involved on one or both of those competitions. Check out the Dream League and Prediction League home pages for the latest weekly updates...
5-4-Friday… 5 pre-match meals
Tomorrow’s game at the DW Stadium is not a run of the mill Wigan Athletic home game. It is also a Birthday Bash game, a concept you will learn much more about when you read my new book (A.R.S.E.D!) which is due out in time for Christmas – have I mentioned that before?...
Ceefax – Cee No More
Ceefax was taken out of service yesterday. With the wealth of information readily available to us today via the internet with its search engines and social media sites, I suppose it is fair to say that Ceefax has probably had its day. From a purely nostalgic...
A.R.S.E.D! – sneak preview
My second book, A.R.S.E.D! is due to be released in time for Christmas 2012. Check out the Hello! option from the site menu for more information on what the book is about. For now though, from towards the beginning of the book, here is a little taster of what you can...
5-4-Friday… 5 ugly footballers
Far be it from me to tag somebody else as ugly, but here - to kick off the first of a new regular slot on the blog called “Five For Friday…” - is a list of my five favourite ugly footballers. But, as with most subjects, it is all about personal tastes and opinions so...
Testing, Testing
The world and his wife is full of disgust and revulsion at the moment at the revelations that Lance Armstrong cheated his way to all those Tour de France titles, and quite rightly so. We have always known that cycling was riddled with drug cheats but somehow, 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
Suggested Reads
Suggested Reads
Sam Plank’s Disco
By Cris Griffin & Jonny Fairclough
A.R.S.E.D
By Chris Griffin
Virgin Parents
By Chris Griffin