“No-one’s bigger than the club”. “The club will still be here well after he’s gone”. “Players come and go, but the fans will be here forever”. All of the above well-worn phrases are undoubtedly true. Yet whenever a player leaves a football club, especially one who was...
There was an interesting piece doing the rounds on Facebook and Twitter this week which picked out some common traits to be found in a typical 5-a-side line up. The author identified 19 different types of personality to be found on your average 5-a-side Astroturf...
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...
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...
Having recently embarked on an attempt to grow a beard for the first time in my 34 years – What? What are you looking at me like that for? – I have been quite surprised at people’s reaction to it. Flatteringly, some have remarked that they like it, others...
