FOR years, football supporters across the UK have discussed rail seating, whether you should be allowed to sit or stand at football matches. They’ve discussed the pros and cons, had conversations with their clubs and supporter groups have asked their supporters what...
THE World Cup is, and should be seen as, a great event. Once every four years a host country has the world’s eyes cast upon it. It becomes an opportunity to showcase the country and a source of pride for its citizens. Many hundreds of thousands of football supporters...
I’M a cynic by nature. People ask if I am really an old man. But it’s just a natural curiosity about things — wondering why someone might be doing something, asking questions why. I have been like this about going the match and about Liverpool FC in the past. My...
I WILL make it clear – before anyone points it out – that I wasn’t at Hillsborough that day. I was two years old. I didn’t lose any family members, or people who I knew. But I do know those who lost loved ones, who experienced that day, and who still...
THE MUCH used and quite frankly daft comment that gets bandied about when someone gets wound up by something they have seen or read online. It’s easy to say. It is the internet. It is something that you can switch off. Yet it isn’t that simple to do or take on board....
“IS this your first time?” she asked me as she held my hand and looked me in the eye. “Yeah,” I excitedly replied, not quite sure if there were any words I could use to describe what had just happened. She looked at me again, her of at least 60...
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