I really enjoy putting this blog together. It’s in my thoughts for the bulk of the preceding week, and something usually happens during that week to get the creative juices going. That then leads me to write about whatever that topic might be, usually for anywhere between 1,800 to 2,500 […]
Imagine if you had a favourite record, a favourite song, that always perked you up when it came on the car radio, because you hadn’t heard it in a while. I can think of loads. From the top of my head, ‘Baker Street’ by Gerry Rafferty, it always makes me […]
When you write a regular blog, you often have to fight the temptation to be controversial. When I wrote for a Brighton based sports magazine for a few years, Sussex Sport, I was actually paid to be controversial. Not Katie Price bat shit crazy controversial, but part of my brief […]
Inspiration comes in many forms. A book, a film, a quote, a conversation, a press conference, even a meme on social media. Mostly, whatever the source, we don’t see it coming, that’s often what provides the inspiration in the first place. It’s what surprises us, which then inspires us. But […]
I was asked a question this week. It was by a teenager from a school in north London. He asked, “Do you enjoy your job?”. Even though I was only silent for about 5 seconds before I gave him my honest and considered answer, in that 5 seconds there was […]
If the rumours are to be believed, in the next few hours, Arsenal’s Chilean striker, Alexis Sanchez will become a Manchester United player. Nothing overly controversial about that if you’re a keen follower of football. Player comes to Premier League from abroad, largely unknown, prospers at a leading team, almost […]
I watched an excellent documentary this week. It was called “No Hunger in Paradise” and was made by one of my favourite sports writers and authors, Michael Calvin. It’s a subject that has interested me since my own playing days – the development of local, young footballers from the schools […]
My formative years were spent in Brynhyfryd in the late sixties and early seventies, and despite leaving there a month after my ninth birthday, the area still holds an incredibly fond place in my heart and contains many great and vivid memories for me. One of those is of the […]
Ok. I have an idea for a novel. A once proud football club falls on hard times. So hard in fact that they nearly go out of business. The club is bought by the “villain” of the piece for a pound. In fact, let’s say he came all the way […]
