Articles tagged Sport:
Interviewing a Hero - Kevin Keegan
- 13 Oct 2018
Over the years, I’ve got to interview quite a few major league celebrities, who have been vague heroes of mine. Joan Rivers is one that springs to mind. Joan Collins is another. I tried not to be too much of a fan boy, and by and large succeeded. Or at least, I think I did! H...
Idiots, Thugs & Knuckleheads - The "Fans" Who Embarrass the Real Supporters
- 10 Mar 2018
When I woke up this morning I must have had a premonition. Having been looking forward to the West Ham Burnley game all week, I just couldn’t summon up the enthusiasm to go. Perhaps it’s just that I’m knackered after a very long week, but I didn’t even get out of bed to do the...
Old Blogpost: What if a Footballer Came Out as Gay?
- 10 Aug 2017
ATTITUDE COLUMN FROM APRIL 2015: WHAT IF A FOOTBALLER CAME OUT? A NOVELLETTE ESSAY! He hadn’t told anyone. Not even his agent. It was going to be done on his own terms. Adam Ranger hadn’t told his mother what he was about to do, and he especially hadn’t told his gossipy siste...
I Doff My Cap to Republic of Ireland Fans
- 14 Jun 2016
Football fans have taken a trashing in the last few days. But not Irish fans. Credit to fans of Republic of Ireland for paying tribute to the Northern Irish fan who died in an accident in France. This is what true football fans are like. #IRL fans sang stand up for the Uls...
Aujourd'hui, nous sommes tous français
- 14 Nov 2015
Beautiful video shows thousands of people singing French national anthem as they exit the Stade de France in Paris pic.twitter.com/QayDIXCnud — BreatheSport (@BreatheSport) November 14, 2015 This morning I woke up, looked through my Twitter timeline and shed a tear. ...
Join my Fantasy Football League!
- 11 Aug 2013
Each year, I run a Fantasy Football League. Hundreds of people take part each season. Today I am launching next season’s league and inviting you to take part and submit a team. Click here. When you’ve registered your details, follow the instructions to select your team. When...
Paolo Di Canio - If He's Good Enough for Swindon...
- 1 Apr 2013
Oh the hypocrisy of the Left. It was OK for Paolo Di Canio to play for Sheffield Wednesday, Celtic, West Ham and Charlton. It was OK for him to manage little old Swindon Town in League One, but oh no, the thought of him managing Premier League Sunderland is repellent. No, I’l...
Teasing Gooners - Mourinho to the Emirates?
- 20 Jan 2013
Oh dear. Arsenal fans really are sensitive little flowers, are they not? Indeed, not only that, the majority of Gooners on Twitter seem to have both a sense of humour failure and a massive inferiority complex. Let me explain. Yesterday lunchtime I was driving to West Ham list...
West Ham Player Appears On Cover of Gay Magazine
- 3 Jan 2013
It really is something that there is not a single ‘out’ footballer in the world of professional football, not just in this country but throughout Europe and probably the world. West Ham winger Matt Jarvis is this month’s cover boy on Attitude Magazine, the UK’s leading glossy...
The Carlton Cole Interview
- 17 Aug 2012
The last time I interviewed any West Ham players was back in the mid 1990s, when I spoke to Tony Cottee and Stan Lazirides. To be honest, I don’t find many footballers that interesting. Hanging around Upton Park hoping for a brief word with a player has never been my idea of f...