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 26, 2022 | The Main Blog
When I was younger, I seriously contemplated emigrating. The twentysomething me came very close to packing up and moving to Amsterdam, as a couple of my mates had. An ill-fated promotion at work and my Dad’s ill-health put the idea on the back burner, where it...
Jan 26, 2022 | The Main Blog
Did you have a lockdown project? For me, one of the most worthwhile ways of passing the time whilst on furlough in the spring and summer of 2020 was researching our family’s roots; Steve Menary and James Montague took on a slightly different task… The Away Leg...
Sep 19, 2021 | The Main Blog
In a half-arsed attempt to be vaguely topical, this week’s Reading the Game is The Fix by James Dixon, which explores the first season of Champions League football. Of course, my cause isn’t helped by the fact that the opening round of games in what used to be the...
