VINNIE JONES SUPPORTS THE HJC
HILLSBOROUGH JUSTICE CAMPAIGN LONDON ROCKS FUNDRAISER CHARITY AUCTION SEPTEMBER 15TH 2012 I WAS recently approached by the organizers of the HILLSBOROUGH JUSTICE CAMPAIGN London Rocks fundraiser, due to take place in London on September 15th, and asked if I would...
THE OLYMPICS, FOOTBALL & THE MEDIA: A TWO WAY STREET?
Zac Purchase and Mark Hunter, heartbroken and drained, somehow muster the strength to clamber from their lightweight double scull adrift on the still, dark pool at Eton Dorney and into the BBC’s interview area. John Inverdale, sparkling, feminine eyes set in his...
Owners – what do they know?
IMAGINE walking into a garage, plucking a spanner from the mechanic’s hand and saying ‘hang on, mate – you do it like THIS, I’ve seen it on the telly’. You wouldn’t dream of it, would you? So why do we – the football fan collective – think we know better than managers...
JOE COLE – A NICE PROBLEM TO HAVE?
Problems. Jay-Z dealt with his by emphasising the positive. He’s a glass half-full kind of guy. Notorious B.I.G. was more downbeat, seeing the kind of causal link between the accumulation of capital and the emergence of personal challenges with which Rosie Redknapp,...
FEDERER AND SPAIN: MAKING HISTORY, SHAPING THE FUTURE
It’s become the fashion, whenever we’re confronted by an extraordinary sporting moment or talent, to grant it the title of ‘best ever’. Almost yearly, it seems, we are told a player or team or match is the greatest in history, unparalleled, unique. This summer the...
VINNIE JONES SUPPORTS THE HJC
HILLSBOROUGH JUSTICE CAMPAIGN LONDON ROCKS FUNDRAISER CHARITY AUCTION SEPTEMBER 15TH 2012 I WAS recently approached by the organizers of the HILLSBOROUGH JUSTICE CAMPAIGN London Rocks fundraiser, due to take place in London on September 15th, and asked if I would...
THE OLYMPICS, FOOTBALL & THE MEDIA: A TWO WAY STREET?
Zac Purchase and Mark Hunter, heartbroken and drained, somehow muster the strength to clamber from their lightweight double scull adrift on the still, dark pool at Eton Dorney and into the BBC’s interview area. John Inverdale, sparkling, feminine eyes set in his...
Owners – what do they know?
IMAGINE walking into a garage, plucking a spanner from the mechanic’s hand and saying ‘hang on, mate – you do it like THIS, I’ve seen it on the telly’. You wouldn’t dream of it, would you? So why do we – the football fan collective – think we know better than managers...
JOE COLE – A NICE PROBLEM TO HAVE?
Problems. Jay-Z dealt with his by emphasising the positive. He’s a glass half-full kind of guy. Notorious B.I.G. was more downbeat, seeing the kind of causal link between the accumulation of capital and the emergence of personal challenges with which Rosie Redknapp,...
FEDERER AND SPAIN: MAKING HISTORY, SHAPING THE FUTURE
It’s become the fashion, whenever we’re confronted by an extraordinary sporting moment or talent, to grant it the title of ‘best ever’. Almost yearly, it seems, we are told a player or team or match is the greatest in history, unparalleled, unique. This summer the...









