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Still not yet in the grave
Aug. 25 | As an author myself I know the pain that you go through when starting on a new project, trying to wrestle with that internal voice that questions whether it is good enough, and will people buy the end product (FYI – Passport to Football is still...
Ibbo on players, parasites and partridge
Aug. 22 | Lewes manager Steve Ibbotson is asked about the return of star player (and The Ball is Round sponsored) David Wheeler after his good will trip to Ghana in the summer after the nil nil draw with Basingstoke Town. The man behind the camera is none other...
Unsung Heroes 2: Mr Moon has left the stadium
Aug. 22 | After last weeks shocking revelations in our Unsung Heroes of football series involving the screen operator, this week we turn to the man who is responsible for literally setting the tone before, during and after the game. The stadium announcer is the...
Dentures, Dogging and a dancing Nun
Aug. 17 | How many people can honestly say they have seen football history being made in the flesh? It is amazing to think just how many people today in their 60’s were at Wembley on the 30th July 1966 when England won the Jules Rimet trophy considering...
Unsung Football Heroes Part 1 -Time to hang up the mouse
Aug. 13 | We take certain things for granted these days when we go to a match. Pitch up at any Premier League stadium these days and you will not only get a large chunk of apathy, an overpriced burger and a programme that resembles a corporate sales brochure...
The Oceanic XI
Aug. 4 | After the huge fuss of our appalling showing in South Africa, the FA started another long and tedious review of how our national game should be run, what is the future of the academy at Burton and who should eventually succeed Capello when he eventually...
The original gamefather
Jul. 29 | A couple of months ago we stumbled across a Monday night game across the river at Aveley. The game was in the Championship Manager Cup, a trophy for the Ryman’s League teams. Eidos had kindly sponsored the trophy, which on a good day we see 150...
England’s finest export
Jun. 13 | Question: Who is the most successful English player currently playing abroad based on trophies won? Most people would undoubtably plump for Mr Beckham at this point but they would be wrong. Leytonstone’s finest has only won the La Liga title since...
If Heskey can play for England so can Jay
May. 23 | Two weeks ago Fabio Cappello announced his provisional England squad for the World Cup of 30. For some reason the Italian, as a number of the predecessors did, thinks that Emile Heskey is the answer to all of our problems. The lumbering, accident...
