by John Gibbons | May 25, 2017 | Footie
FORTY-SIX games. Thousands of pounds. Hundreds of pints. Dozens of hangovers. About 15 parking tickets and two speeding ones. And, so far, 73 points. Will it be worth it? It all felt like it rested on Sunday, if I’m honest. Which is daft really considering all...
by John Gibbons | May 10, 2017 | Footie
SATURDAY I was playing cornet with the brass band at a steam train festival before heading up to the disco festival. That is a funny sentence, isn’t it? I sometimes think my life is wandering from one unusual thing to another. Slightly late. They were both fun,...
by John Gibbons | May 5, 2017 | Footie
I HAVE no idea where to start with this, to be honest. I often start the night before, but as the night before Watford started about Wednesday I’m not sure either of us want to relive all that. You out of boredom, me out of self-loathing. Let’s start on...
by John Gibbons | Apr 26, 2017 | Footie
I WENT to two football games this weekend so I’m going to talk about both of them. Mainly because the Sunday one was absolutely rubbish and I’m still fuming. Saturday I went to Marine FC. Lots of us involved in TAW try and get to non-league games when we...
by John Gibbons | Apr 10, 2017 | Footie
SATURDAY is a fresh start after an early night Friday night after the races on Thursday, which made Friday a day very much one to just get through. But an early night rewarded me with a clear head and glorious sunshine. Go ‘ed, the world. It was a small mob...
by John Gibbons | Apr 7, 2017 | Footie
BY Wednesday I am more or less over the derby hangover and looking forward to a day at the races on Thursday. All I need is a nice win for the Reds to set me up for a great day of taking money off the bookies. Neither of these things happen. We’re all in work...
by John Gibbons | Apr 5, 2017 | Footie
A FEW years ago I got married. Our reception was in The Florrie in Liverpool 8. It’s a wonderful old building that was reasonably recently restored to it’s rightful glory. It holds a special place in my heart not just for the memories I have there but also...
by John Gibbons | Mar 21, 2017 | Footie
HEAVY weekend, mates. It was my birthday, in my defence. Saturday was the madness of Bongo’s Bingo and Kevin Walsh buying so many Jagerbombs my wife spent all of Sunday having heart palpitations. I wasn’t in a particularly great way on Sunday either, to be...
by John Gibbons | Mar 14, 2017 | Footie
I WAKE up in Brixton. I was meant to be there, like. This isn’t another lost weekend that has involved me waking up 200 miles away with no money, phone or memory. I’m just staying with a mate. Saturday I’m in Essex. I have a family memorial service...
by John Gibbons | Mar 7, 2017 | Footie
ONE of these days this article won’t start with the morning after the night before. This is not one of those occasions. Although, to be fair, I don’t actually feel hungover — which is entirely because I’m still drunk. It’s around 10am and...