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...
Feb 27, 2020 | Football Writing
The article below appeared in The Walloper, the Prescot Cables FC programme, for Cables’ match against City of Liverpool on 22nd February 2020. Football at our level of the game is changing once again this summer, with the addition of an eighth division at Step...
Feb 27, 2020 | The Main Blog
My local station, Kirkby, is an unremarkable one in many ways but is possibly unique in being a Terminus for both the most reliable train operator in the country and the least. If you board a train from Platform 1, you’ll be on a Merseyrail service to Liverpool...
Nov 19, 2019 | Football Writing
I thought I had put together my final programme for Prescot Cables. However, a late, late equaliser at the Millbank Linnets Stadium denied the Pesky Bulls a win in their Buildbase FA Trophy tie at Runcorn Linnets. This meant that a programme would be required at short...
Oct 30, 2019 | Football Writing
The first issue of The Walloper for a month has also turned out to be my last as the Editor, as I tendered my resignation the morning after the rearranged match was played. Putting it together was a slog; apart from the (mandatory) contributions from the opposition...
Aug 22, 2019 | Football Writing
This article originally appeared in the Prescot Cables v Clitheroe Programme, 20th August 2019. It is a personal view, forged over many years of experience and should not be considered the opinion of Prescot Cables FC or its Directors. However, I did choose to include...
Feb 27, 2019 | Football Writing
This article originally appeared in the Prescot Cables v Colne Programme, 9th February 2019. It is reproduced here because the play-offs at Step 4 are an issue that will affect clubs around England. Picture the scene: the final whistle has just blown in the play-off...
Nov 7, 2018 | Football Writing
The following text was intended to appear in the Prescot Cables v Ramsbottom United Programme, 6th November 2018. However, such was the volume and quality of contributions from other writers, I took it out of the layout. I present it here, so that the time spent...
May 22, 2018 | The Main Blog
I am proud to have obtained an Honours Degree with the Open University. My last module was called Advanced Creative Writing and at the end of the course, students from around the UK contributed to an anthology of writing completed during the module. This anthology...
Aug 17, 2017 | Football Writing
This piece was written for the programme of the FA Cup tie between Prescot Cables and City of Liverpool and a slightly amended version appeared in the programme of Ashford Town (Middlesex) v Wembley. Tonight is special for both clubs, their players, coaches,...
