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Unsung Heroes Part 5: Get with the programmes(s)
Jan. 21 | One of the essential components of a match day when I was growing up was the programme. Before the days of the Internet (Oi! Grandad – shut up!) it was the only way you could get information on what was going on at the club. In the 1970′s...
A true non league legend – Steve Portway
Dec. 9 | As a young chap growing up in Gravesend there was little in the way to get excited about apart from a friday night fight in Kenneth Chows and a quick grope outside The Royal Victoria Shades. However that all changed in 1992 when Gravesend & Northfleet...
Unsung Heroes Part 4: Remember you’re a Womble
Nov. 23 | Mascots – those big things that come in a variety of shapes and sizes that no major sporting events would today be without. Us English can lay claim to this worldwide phenomenon when in 1966 World Cup Willie became the first “human”...
I’m alright Jack
Oct. 7 | Ask any West Ham fan what one of the highlights of the past few seasons has been. It shouldn’t be hard as there hasn’t been many, but one stand out feature has been the emergence (again) of some exciting youngsters from the Tony Carr conveyor...
Agents for Change
Oct. 5 | My favourite film of all time is Jerry Maguire. I am not a big Tom Cruise film, but the portrayal of an American Sports Agent won Cruise an Oscar nomination and it is hard not to disagree with the plaudits it got. “I will not rest until I have you...
The red rose of Lancaster
Oct. 1 | We love hearing strange and unusual stories here at TBIR Towers. We could of course dedicate all of our time just watching the press releases from Upton Park these days to fill a whole book but that would quite frankly be dull. So we cast our new far...
Scan Dale
Sep. 17 | Two things we love in life are blogging and West Ham (yes I know that in the past I have been a bit critical but like your family, you cannot chose your football team – they chose you). Now you may struggle to believe this but there are other similar...
Unsung Heroes of Football Part 3: The Press Officer
Sep. 10 | Every day we pick up a newspaper or scan the internet for reports of games that have just taken place. Do you ever stop to wonder who the dedicated few are that file these reports? At the top of the tree these journalists get paid fortunes, have huge...
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...
