Hull City supporters have been arguing for with their chairman over his desire to change the club’s name from Hull City to Hull Tigers. He wants to do this because he thinks it will enhance the club’s commercial opportunities, particularly in the Far Eastern markets....
I stained, intentionally, four 6’x5′ garden fence panels this week. Unintentionally, I also stained in a fetching green colour: 1. Approximately 1% of my sand coloured (not green) patio. 2. The other side (brown) of the fence that belongs to our next door...
Being a Wigan Athletic fan has never been easy. I’m sure fans of every other team think the same about their team, but they’re wrong; it’s a proper nightmare, supporting Wigan Athletic. For example, right from the start, from the club’s non-league days, fans of the...
After getting on for seventeen months of 5-4-Friday, I have been quite impressed with my ability to think up a vaguely topical theme each week. It has sometimes been a struggle to dream up an idea and I have been grateful to friends and/or readers for suggesting a...
The Winter Olympics has just finished, with its collection of wintry and bizarre sports, and it got me thinking about what constitutes a sport. There were people sliding down a hill on a tea tray, people not sliding down a hill at all, but walking very quickly on skis...
