Excuses and pointing fingers

In football these days, everyone HAS to have their opinion, and no one would stop that. After all, its very much part and parcel of football. Problem is, so many opinions are founded on a profound ignorance, that of exactly what the Laws of the game actually say. Premier League managers, players, coaches, whom you […]

There’s some burnt umber on the nasus now…

Back in the old days at Hull City, at the height of the Allam saga, many supporters chose to boycott the club in protest, vowing to return when the club was being run in a better manner, and under the new regime, this has happened. Then there were those who acknowledged the owners failings but […]

The end, painfully

There are times in everyone’s life when hard decisions have to be made. When there are made because of love, they’re even harder. For a lot of people, their first love is their sports team, football, rugby and the like. They live or die on the fortunes of their team, travelling distances to follow the […]

England

A few people have questioned my opinion of the World Cup exit against France, and that’s only right and fair as after all, I know I very often think differently to the majority. Therefore, I thought it might be educational, for all of us, for me to expand on my thoughts, and then you’ll see […]

In defence of football match officials

Critics are like eunuchs in a harem; they know how its done, they’ve seen it done every day but are unable to do it themselves – Brendan Behan One thing that you can guarantee on if you follow football people on social media, the day after a match, there’ll be some who think their referee […]

Hidden Olympics

(General sports content) And this is why there’s not as much Olympics coverage this time as in the past. The IOC have followed the example of many sports governing bodies, letting the Games hide behind what’s effectively a paywall… None of them seem to realise, that although the money is needed, wider exposure will make it more […]

The European Money League

Edit – Weds 21st – all the Premier League clubs announce withdrawal from the competition. Well, we know what the biggest story in European sport is at the minute, don’t we? In many ways, what we are seeing is the endgame of the process that began with the breakaway to form the Premier League in […]

Well, that’s it then.

The ongoing saga surrounding the Step 2 seasons involving National League North and South clubs has finally come to what appears to be a form of a conclusion. The FA Alliance Committee rubber-stamped the recommendation from the National League Board to declare the Step 2 season null & void as per the votes cast as […]