5-4-Nowt… 5 infamous red cards

Arsenal virtually kissed goodbye to another trophy chance tonight, thanks to a very clumsy red card for their keeper. There have been other daft red cards: 1. Wojciech Szczesny, 2014 2. Zinedine Zidane, 2006 3. David Beckham, 1998 4. Poalo Di Canio, 1988 5. Billy...

5-4-Nowt… 5 roller-coasters

I have spent all day today hurtling down water slides in Stoke. I have also been involved in other roller-coaster related activities in recent times: 1. Waterworld, Stoke-on-Trent 2. Sandcastle Water Park, Blackpool 3. Splash World, Southport 4. Silcock’s Chav...
5-4-Nowt… 5 footballing gentlemen

5-4-Nowt… 5 footballing gentlemen

Football lost one of its true gents today in Sir Tom Finney. There have been others: 1. Tom Finney 2. Bobby Robson 3. Roberto Martinez 4. Bobby Moore 5. Stanley Matthews  
5-4-Friday… 5 all-seater stadia pros

5-4-Friday… 5 all-seater stadia pros

Barely a week goes by without someone, somewhere campaigning for at least a limited return to standing areas in football stadiums. It’s still a very emotive issue, given that the fall-out from Hillsborough is still l rumbling on and will probably never go away. As an...

5-4-Friday… 5 annoying phrases

I am fully aware that I have ranted in the past about the way people sometimes write or speak. I’m not sure what give me the authority to pontificate on this subject but, nevertheless, here are five uses/abuses/misuses of the English language that have been trying my...