For sports fans far and wide
Maradona’s “hand of God” goal against England at the 1986 World Cup finals would be one of the most talked about goals in football. His second one of the most watched. For the England defender Steve Hodge who played the
A close competition they say is a good one. Most fans hate to see the same two or three teams dominating, that is unless you support those teams. Sport is usually a great leveller. One team may dominate for a
“Football is a funny old game” is a phrase that may well have been coined a long time ago but it became associated with the late great Jimmy Greaves. Of course the interpretation of “funny” depended on where you sat
The world can be a very confusing place these days. If you ever wanted proof look at what happened at the Academy Awards. It is a confusing place for the middle-aged and older as the values on which we were
It was the great cricket writer David Frith who referred those who inhabit the media centres which have replaced the traditional Press Box as “history allergic writers.” It sums up many of the modern era sports writers to a tee.
