Gareth Coates https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html The sun sets on 2024 Hello, I’m Gareth Happy Birthday, Josie! Reading the Game: Who Are Ya? by Kevin Day I’m a parent, get me out of here! Reading the Game: Extra Time by Daniel Gray Reading the Game: Blue & Gold Passion by Daniel Williamson Reading the Game: Football, She Wrote – an anthology Reading the Game: Titans of the Teardrop Isle by Seth Burkett Reading the Game: Champagne Football by Mark Tighe and Paul Rowan Reading the Game: The Death and Life of Australian Soccer by Joe Gorman Reading the Game: A Woman’s Game by Suzanne Wrack Kicking things off The Play-Off Palaver Back on the Treadmill A Schoolboy Error Schoolboys in National Final My 2024 in Books Pitch Imperfect The Extended Family A Football Club in Prescot Brothers in Aus Josie Jean Coates: A life not lived Reading the Game: Beautiful Bridesmaids Dressed in Oranje by Gary Thacker A sticking plaster on a severed thumb Reading the Game: The Ghosts of Cathkin Park by Michael McEwan Tickets, please! And not just from machines… Widnes FC is claimed by the quicksand Clapton FC sink into the quicksand Even more clubs leave non-League football Flag Stopped Play The quicksand threatens City of Liverpool Reading the Game: The Wanderer by Susan Gardiner Scratching a seven year itch. Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in! On writing, even when you think you can’t It’s the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine) Plan? There ain’t no plan! Writers on how they got published Graduation: where both the MA and friendships became real Reading the Game: FA Cup 150 by Phil Annets The reality of playing politics with PIP Reading the Game: The Fix by James Dixon Football, family and surviving the rollercoaster My 2025 in Books Cookie Policy The Quicksand Contagion Get in touch Book Review: Nine Minds by Daniel Tammet The argument for a ‘Headbolt Flyer’