Call me a miserable old so-and-so if you like, but I am getting slightly irked by a growing trend of tinkering with the name on the back of the shirt. I notice that Oxlade-Chamberlain is now just Chamberlain, and that Alli is now Dele, and I accept that some players may have private, personal reasons … [Read more…]
Having watched the recent World Cup qualifiers, and been totally underwhelmed by the just-doing-enough performances, I was delighted to see the U17 success this weekend. Beating Brazil and Spain to win the World Cup is a sentence I never thought I would be typing. All the England under-age teams have performed admirably recently, and we … [Read more…]
Right from the start, let me nail my colours firmly to the mast. I am, have been for over 50 years, and of course always will be, a Leicester City fan. I mention this, not because I intend to bang on about my team, but because I hope that you will appreciate that over my … [Read more…]