• Results
    5 April, 1902 Scotland one England one Match unfinished 9 March, 1946 Bolton Wanderers nil Stoke City nil Bolton win two nil on aggregate 2 January, 1971 Rangers one Celtic one 11 May, 1985 Bradford City nil Lincoln City nil Match abandoned after forty-two minutes 29 May, 1985 Juventus one Liverpool nil Juventus win the […]
  • The Worst Match I Ever Saw
    Notts County v Rochdale, Meadow Lane, ’96. Fog draped like a theatre curtain over the halfway line. Behind our goal with pie and peas we watch the action fade away, hoofed into the unknown, dribbled into the mist.
  • The Best Match I Ever Saw
    Ross County v Aberdeen, Victoria Park, 1999, or thereabouts. County won 3-0. Amazing display of football. You wouldn’t think it possible, but he’s quite a player, is Ross. To be fair, Aberdeen had an early red card (well deserved, I might add), so for most of the match he was playing against ten men. But […]
  • Reasons Why Your Team Lost
    Did you drink your morning coffee from the cracked mug? Did you eat two shredded wheat? Did you shave, or not shave (whichever works this season)? Did you clean your teeth left-handed? Did you pick the right shirt, the ’98 away one with the cigarette burn on the sleeve? Did you get the number 8 […]
  • Penalty Shootout in Zero Gravity
    It was Barry’s idea, so he only has himself to blame. For all the thrill of orbital flight, of seeing the Earth from space, those journeys are so damn boring. I admit to sneaking the ball in, and that Barry was winding me up. The running commentary didn’t help, calling me Gareth Southgate, him being […]