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...

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...