Remember, Remember…

November the 5th is a night of celebration in England. Many know it as ‘Bonfire Night,’ or even ‘Guy Fawkes night.’ The reason that bonfires are still lit on this day dates back to 1605 when Londoners were encouraged to

The Joy of Sport

When England’s world cup winning rugby captain Martin Johnson retired from the international arena, he famously made public his intention to keep playing rugby. The reason he gave was that he just loved the game too much to walk away

NTFS #111 – Sports Cartoons, Mankading or Browning, and the Return of Hockey One.

Not the Footy Show Podcast

With this being our 111th podcast since we came off the Perth Airwaves and the fact that this is “Nelson” and an unlucky number in English cricket parlance, it seemed appropriate that this sport should come under the microscope. “Mankading”

Is It Time For No More Secrets?

There have been in recent weeks a number of elections across a number of sports, and as is often the way in any election the results have not pleased all. Sport as we know stirs up passion, and when it

Grounds For Concern

Football in Australia has for decades had a history of shooting itself in the foot. The Crawford Report was supposed to change all of that, but unfortunately the more things change the more they stay the same. Why is this?