LIVERPOOL v WEST HAM UNITED: GET THE CHAMPAGNE ON ICE

WEST Ham United come to Anfield and it all feels very 2001 all of a sudden. I was 20 years old on January 21, 2001 and on January 27, 2001 I was a wreck. Liverpool kicked off against Leeds United at 12 noon and I had been out in Leeds the night before, got lost, fell...

THE WORST FANS ON THE INTERNET

The following was originally written as a blog for The Times. Well, no, that’s not true. It was actually the middle section of a blog about something else written for The Times, and then brutally and ruthlessly cut down by heartless sub-editors. I felt it warranted a...
WHY WON’T FOOTBALL BANISH THE BULLSHIT?

WHY WON’T FOOTBALL BANISH THE BULLSHIT?

IF there’s one thing guaranteed to annoy football fans, it’s bullshit. And there’s a lot of it around. As the powers-that-be – the football authorities and the Government – have saw fit to idly stand by and let any old tycoon get their mitts on our beloved clubs, many...