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...

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...

5-4-Friday… 5 Wigan FA cup ties

Tomorrow is FA Cup 3rd round day, the day when the big clubs from the  top two divisions of English football join the oldest and most famous knockout  cup competition in world football . Although the competition has been underway since September,  the first Saturday...

5-4-Friday… 5 dead shops

Given the ease with which almost any kind of shopping can be done online these days, the need to physically trog around shops is nowhere near the necessary evil that it used to be. Which is a good thing, because I hate shopping – unless I am buying for myself, of...