I love a good sports autobiography, especially if there is a bit of salacious gossip in it that gives a bit more of an insight into what happens behind the closed doors of a top club or team. The nine month pre-amble to Kevin Pietersen’s recently published...
It’s been the numbers game all the way this week down at the Wigan Athletic forums this week. Or the Fickle-as-Feck Funny Farm, as it could more accurately be called. 4-4-2, 4-5-1, 5-4-1, 4-3-3… the arguments have raged amongst the armchair football managers as to...
I suppose it is my blog, so I shouldn’t have to apologise for the subject matter of my own 5-4-Friday, even if this week’s offering is work-related once again. But, I tend to write about what’s on my mind at the time and, aside from a few hours’ sleep and the odd...
What a week at work this has been! To trot out some well-worn Wigan phrases, I am tireder than a galley slave, tireder than a rikshaw driver and tireder than a Blackpool donkey when Vanessa Feltz is in town. There hasn’t been time to do anything other than work, work,...
Very brief 5-4-Friday this week, as my limited leisure time has seen me totally pre-occupied with the pre-season auction night for the Dream League. With sincere apologies to those who are not remotely interested – which I guess is everybody bar the 16 people who were...
