WE must NEVER forget never, ever, forget in the same way that we never forget our first match our first goal our first victory our favourite dink our favourite nutmeg our favourite skill / tackle / save our first icon our first visit – to anywhere and everywhere; we must never forget – because if […]

She spoke to me, did Kamala: “It’s OK, to feel sad and disappointed” I’d forgotten that we had shared ground: each a true Blue! But still I imagined her woes today seemed to Trump mine own (or maybe not) I may have lost the plot but if Palmer is truly injured, well: where Kamala has […]

Toto, you broke our hearts but as life departs we can only weep and pray and thank God that we saw you play

Football has always interjected into my life: intervened at my lowest points in reparative fashion, putting a smile on my face and mapped a path, back to the rat-race; It has capped my highest highs reminding me that they don’t last that the next match or the next season will bring another set of struggles […]

So near and yet so far…. and yet here we are beaten finalists beaten by a better team who tramped all over our burgeoning dream Worthy winners Spain brought pain to our shores… we rowed our oars to Southgate’s drumbeat…. But should that tattoo have been to a more upbeat tempo? And yet, maybe Gareth’s […]