No one will be surprised I am sure to hear that I am happy to see the back of Billy Davies. I was happy when he left the first time and was not impressed to see him back at the City Ground after the mess of Alex McLeish’s six weeks in charge, which had followed the debacle of Sean O’Driscoll’s sacking.
But that paragraph goes some way to explaining …
Stewart Robson was something of an under rated footballer of the 1980s. Unfortunate to have figured most prominently for Arsenal during the dog days of the Terry Neill/Don Howe era, George Graham preferred Steve Williams in the midfield anchor role and the tough tackling and energetic Robson is now half-forgotten.
I say half-forgotten because Robson has since gone on to forge himself a career in the media after subsequent …
One of the more emotive of political causes in recent times has been the plan to build a new high speed rail line between London, the North of England and the Midlands; the now notorious High Speed 2 project – often abbreviated to plain HS2.
With construction due to begin in 2017, the plan is for the line to extend north westwards from Euston station in the capital to …
George Orwell once famously warned that “If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever” and although it is to be hoped that the foot will eventually be lifted it feels like this premonition has come shockingly true for women’s football in the city of Nottingham in 2013.
In the aftermath of the 2012 Olympics, during which the USA and …
Ben: Sounds like an interesting read - and a useful companion-piece to Tony...
sean smith: Brilliant article. Shared. COYS...
Steve: C.f. Phil Neville on MOTD2 talking about Rosicky's audacious blind pas...
Steve: Excellent article....
Winch: An enjoyable read. I'm not sure they bring back any good memories, but...
