5-4-Friday… 5 false dawns

5-4-Friday… 5 false dawns

I wrote last week that the football transfer window is usually an opportunity for Wigan Athletic to rectify mistakes made in previous transfer windows.  This year was definitely no exception as the Latics laid on a shuttle bus from Manchester Airport to the DW Stadium...

5-4-Friday… 5 Deadline Day things

Football’s Transfer Deadline Day. What a palaver! It happens twice every year, once in August and once in January, and is fast becoming an integral, landmark day in the footballing diary. A bit like FA Cup 3rd round day or the Boxing Day fixtures or Cup Final It’s A...
5-4-Friday… 5 winter whines

5-4-Friday… 5 winter whines

There’s no denying that us Brits are obsessed with the weather. Maybe it’s living on island that makes us this way, maybe it’s the fact that we can get literally experience all four seasons in a single day or, more likely, it’s simply because we are a nation of...
5-4-Friday… 5 Facebook Whines

5-4-Friday… 5 Facebook Whines

Some people don’t like Facebook, but I do. It provides a perfect opportunity to keep in touch with friends and family who you don’t manage to see on a regular basis. You can see what they’re up to, see if they’ve been piling on the pounds lately and generally catch up...
5-4-Friday… 5 Pilloried Footballers

5-4-Friday… 5 Pilloried Footballers

I found myself in the rather unusual position this week of defending a Liverpool FC player. Not only that, but the player in question is Steven Gerrard – sorry, Stevie Geeee, as we’re supposed to call him – and he isn’t someone I particularly like. Mind you, like most...