Mi Casa es tu Casa – London’s Olympic Stadium
Grumpy Old FanWest Ham want it, Leyton Orient want them nowhere near it. (We are all going to pay for it). The Olympic stadium – another bloated, over-budget stadium for our glorious capital city. With...
View ArticleDaddy, who was David Beckham?
Grumpy Old FanWe have all heard the announcement that David Beckham is going to bring his American adventure with LA Galaxy to a close after the MLS Cup Final on 1st December. Alongside that, we have...
View ArticleRise Against, Against Modern Football?
I’m not completely against modern football. There, I’ve said it. Of course, there are many aspects that make me sigh. But then, that goes for much of modern life as I inch towards the age when it is...
View ArticleIn praise of “Man On!”– Football’s finest sound?
Manchester United versus Real Madrid was the game that the whole world was waiting for, according to Jose Mourinho. The game did, indeed, almost have it all – over the two legs at least. It had drama –...
View ArticleFootball Blogging: The Downward Spiral.
As a relative latecomer to the world of football blogging (just over a year), one of the very first blogs I was drawn to (largely through reading the Guardian list of top 100 football blogs) was...
View ArticleFrequent Heading of the Ball Causes Brain Injury, Claims Study
After an incident involving my son heading the ball in a football match and trying to calm the worries of his mother, I read about a study that claims that frequent heading of the ball can cause brain...
View ArticleGrumpyOldFan Debuts on BettingExpert.com
Yesterday saw my debut on the site www.bettingexpert.com with words on the role that twitter has to play in today’s transfer market - be it rumours, breaking news or ever-changing bookies odds....
View ArticleThe Football Pink
The Football Pink magazine is a new quarterly collection of engrossing stories, opinions and musings from around the world of football, which I am delighted to have been asked to contribute to. But why...
View ArticleThe Football Pink Issue 2 – Finding Sanctuary
A couple of months ago, Mark Godfrey, the editor of The Football Pink mentioned that he had some big ideas planned for the second edition of his new e-magazine. Flushed with the success of receiving a...
View ArticleQuixotic Tales…..| Football in Murcia and Cartagena, Spain
In which our reader is entertained with footballing histories from the south east of the Iberian peninsula, in Murcia and Cartagena in particular, whereupon heroes are sought to tilt at the windmills...
View ArticleHull City and the Tiger Who Came to Tea
Hull City owner Assem Allam has pressed on with his idea of changing the name of the club to Hull Tigers by formally submitting an application to the FA. “…but the Tiger didn’t take just one sandwich....
View ArticlePutting Football to Writes – Tom Palmer
Grumpy Old FanTom Palmer is the author of the Football Academy and Foul Play series of children’s books. I am delighted that he was able to spare some time from his incredibly busy schedule to answer...
View ArticleShinji Kagawa, Clive Tyldesley and Me | 2013 in the RearViewMirror (Pt.2)
Grumpy Old FanRearViewMirror: 2013, continued… 2013 was another year where Shinji Kagawa’s misfiring Manchester United career showed no signs of turning itself around. The Japanese star’s brilliant...
View ArticleFulham, Finney and Contrasting Emotions
Grumpy Old FanFriday brought two pieces of football related news that could not have had more contrasting emotions attached to them. Sir Tom Finney, Preston North End’s footballing legend passed away...
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Finding Sanctuary. We Are All Customers Now – via The Football Pink
Grumpy Old Fan Finding Sanctuary. What is it that makes us feel at home as a football fan? We are drawn to a particular club and call one stadium our home, but as football clubs become global brands,...
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Match-Fixers are Everywhere
Grumpy Old Fan “Match-Fixers are Everywhere.” I attended the Soccerex Global Convention in Manchester last week when John Abbott of Interpol used those words to open a discussion on the scourge of...
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