Sep 11, 2021 | Football Writing
I know it’s early in the season to describe any fixture as a “big game”, but that’s precisely what this afternoon’s match is. There is no tournament quite like The FA Cup. No football competition is older; the FA Cup was established 150 years ago last month. None...
Jul 26, 2020 | Football Writing
This article originally appeared in the Prescot Cables v Skelmersdale United Programme, 22nd April 2019. I’m republishing it now (July 2020) as the English Schools’ FA has effectively barred seven schools from nominating players to a local District...
Jul 26, 2020 | Football Writing
This article originally appeared in the Prescot Cables v Radcliffe Programme, 26th January 2019. I’m republishing it now (July 2020) as the English Schools’ FA has effectively barred seven schools from nominating players to a local District Schools’...
Mar 29, 2020 | Football Writing
If a week is a long time in politics, it must be a veritable era in non-league football, so dizzying have the events of the last seven days been. On Monday, I predicted the season would be brought to a close, because of the Coronavirus pandemic. I was right about...
Mar 23, 2020 | Football Writing
We live in extraordinary times, with Coronavirus paralysing the world. Many people look to football to provide a distraction from the daily grind, but the beautiful game has, like everything else, been halted by the unprecedented pandemic. There’s been no senior...
