Football
Hopefully this will be a welcome break from politics and laughing about what a reject I’m going to be in 30 years time. Perhaps I shouldn’t be jotting thoughts on football on a beautiful sunny day,...
View ArticleSo Much News, So Little Time…
I have been so preoccupied with revising and other methods of wasting time over the last few days, I’ve hardly had any time to post comments on this blog. There’s so much important stuff I’ve not even...
View ArticleThe World Cup (and related flags)
Don’t expect my posts to be full of World Cup fever. I know naff all about football, and just like watching it occasionally. Nevertheless, the price for coming here is to be entertained by my World...
View ArticleCurious
Out of the dozens and dozens of cars I have seen sporting England flags, only two have been white vans. This would not seem to fit the picture of flag wavers our “liberal elite” tries to portray....
View ArticleThe World Cup
These last two weeks have gone by in a flash. It’s amazing how little time you have when you are working, rather than doing a history degree, where most of the work consists of attending seminars on...
View ArticleFor those without a footballing disposition, look away now….
The football season for Oldham Athletic, the most “interesting” team in the world, kicks off on August 5th. That’s only a week on Saturday. It’s only five minutes since England was knocked out of the...
View ArticleBut before I go….
Tony Blair’s speech was rather amusing. I may even grow to like him before he goes. Before I go, though, the second most amusing thing I’ve seen this week. The most amusing was Newsnight offering a...
View ArticleHeartless?
At Oldham Athletic, we have had our share of unpopular owners over the years. We used to have Ken Bates as chairman, back in the 60s. Then before the current owners came in, Chris Moore was our big...
View ArticleMad hatters
Imagine if Mike Newell had said this: He shouldn’t be here. I know that sounds racist but I am racist. This is not park football, so what are black people doing here? We have a problem in this country...
View ArticleOldham playing in front of….how many???
In May, Oldham Athletic will become the first professional English team to tour Bangladesh. They will play the national team, and it is estimated that 120, 000 will attend the matches! 120, 000?!?!?...
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