We were unable to get tickets for the opening game so we decided to head to the Fan Fest in Sandton, north Johannesburg where they were showing it for free on big screens. From Melville where we’re staying it’s a 20 minute drive. Unfortunately public transport seems to be non existent over here so […]
For those of you dreading the sound of the Vuvuzelas throughout the World Cup games, bear a thought for your poor correspondent in Johannesburg. Kept up all night, every fucking night by them blaring away in the street outside my lodge. But I guess being away from home, following the greatest tournament on earth from […]
Simple to make and always to be enjoyed, the recipes in Pie show you how to master the basic art of pastry making and then how to transform even the most frugal filling into a luxury. This is one of the best cookery books I have seen in a long time. The book is a […]
Its a book about the grit and determination of a handful of stalwarts who kept the dream alive against a back-drop of anti-football bias in the towns own council, and its a book about the die-hard supporters following their team in the face of derision and disaster until the final incredible journey from obscurity to […]
David Goodman was born into a footballing family. His grandfather, a lifelong Hull City fan, lived on North Road, just behind the ‘Best Stand’ at Boothferry Park, and his dad is still a season ticket holder at local rivals Grimsby Town. Born in Hull, David began following City in the early seventies as the Tigers, […]
He covers his early years at home in Balaguer and subsequently with Real Zaragoza in detail, what comes thro’ in the book is his deep love and knowledge of the game coupled with modesty about his own prowess on the field. He touches on his time at Walsall and the turbulent goings on at Motherwell […]
This in itself is reason enough to purchase the book, as the reader gets a real feel as to how Wigan Athletic FC really was in those far away non league days. However, Ken’s frequent jaunts to Springfield Park are only part of the story. It also tells of the growing pains of a surly […]
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Less than 2,000 people cared one way or the other whether the club folded or not. But, this dedicated Latics ‘journo’ was there at a time when it was most certainly fashionable to be elsewhere. That man was Ed Jones. Ed’s two passions in life (apart, I sense, from his wife and family), are music […]
It includes intriguing reviews, incredible features and breath-taking, full colour pictures that will keep the memories of their Premiership season alive in the fans memories forever.