It started with Alessandro Altobelli. An action shot of him is all I can remember from a packet of collectable cards with a stick of funny-tasting chewing gum that a friend gave me in 1986. I loved these little pictures, and so quickly moved on to Panini stickers, and I think it was the stickers […]
I have just finished writing an online World Cup novella called “The Gambler: a Shakespearean-Dostoevskyian take on the 2010 South Africa World Cup” which can be read at the websites below. http://matthewdevereux.blogspot.com http://worldcup-reading.blogspot.com http://ravereviews-gambler.blogspot.com http://gamblersponsorships.blogspot.com
On Monday evening The English Football Post’s Luke Bryson (kindly and professionally assisted on the night by my indelible friend, Naomi Laver) caught up with the living legend that is Sir Geoff Hurst, to gain a unique insight into England’s only ever World Cup win in ’66, a summer that proved life-changing for Sir Geoff. […]
Sad news reached me this morning about a Tommy Leeffe from Newcastle. Within the last month he has lost the only two father figures he’d ever had – two father figures he never actually met – and now he is barred from his favourite place indefinitely. You might remember Tommy. He was on TV show […]
