Feb 4, 2022 | The Main Blog
Over the last few episodes of Reading the Game, there’s been a bit of a ‘globetrotting’ theme. My latest book review continues in that vein, in so far as we’re looking at The Death and Life of Australian Soccer by Joe Gorman. This was another book that I discovered by...
Jan 30, 2022 | Football Writing, The Main Blog
I don’t watch much television, but I listen to a lot of podcasts. This is partly because I’ve always commuted to and from work and/or the football clubs I’ve been part of via public transport and I find bus and train journeys much easier to cope with while wearing...
Jan 30, 2022 | The Main Blog
For the latest instalment of my series of football book reviews, Reading the Game, I want to talk about The Irish Soccer Split by Cormac Moore. This was very much an impulse purchase; I found the book on Stanchion while placing an order for a different title; I ended...
Jan 30, 2022 | Football Writing
Last Saturday’s important victory over Kidsgrove Athletic put me in a pretty good mood but, as happens so often, this beautiful game we’re all mad about was winding me up again pretty quickly. The postponement of the North London Derby on Sunday left me baffled. The...
Jan 30, 2022 | Football Writing
In this strange Step 4 season – a campaign in which Cables have both scored and conceded seven goals in League fixtures – Tuesday night saw possibly the most remarkable shellacking of the campaign so far. In the Isthmian League South Central Division, Staines Town’s...
