After bumping into Roy Hodgson in my very own Kings Road a few weeks ago I thought at last England had chosen a Head Coach with s difference, well they have. Only this time although his international credentials are impressive and on leaving him I thought, ‘At last a man with football intelligence, knowledge, [...]
The World Cup and this ongoing Crazy World With England once again failing to live up to the media hype and the truly unbelievable leadership of Fabio Capello in those European Championships, those clowns at the Football Association made the obvious change. But how many times have we seen these [...]
Most Famous Players Gone for a Burton It is Play-off day in League Two and the one thing that sticks in my mind is how Chelsea were very fortunate that Bobby Robson never listened to my father when being tipped off about Ian Hutchinson. ‘Hutch’ who became Peter Osgood’s magnificent [...]
Extract from my latest Book… Exactly one year on from this most incredible and brutal killing of Lee Rigby it still shakes me to the core and every time I walk from the shop carrying my carrier bag or laptop bag I think of Lee. I look around me and [...]
Things don’t look too good on these Shores… Last year we were looking forward to a Champions League when the Germans dominated the competition, but now this coming Saturday it’s the Spanish, which is another “Kick in the Head” if you like Dean Martin, for English football, where we have [...]
As Luck would have it… I told you the story about my luck with management, here is the other side of the coin… The man who signed me at Arsenal, Terry Neil, unbeknown to me was a very luck y man whilst serving out his time at Hull City…That meaning he [...]
My biggest Regret This was of course of not being given an opportunity to become the manager of a Football Club, and how close I was on a couple of occasions. The first was quite funny as I was enjoying an afternoon at Chester races with an old friend Michael [...]
Planet Hollywood Ivor, in Planet Hollywood, gave us a warm welcome, as we entered the building looking forward to a very, very pleasant day. My son Allen and I once shown in went opposite for a quick partion befecause we were the first to arrive. Once the guests finally arrived, [...]
One that slipped my Father's Net, and then… It has been an odd week after being contacted by Adrian Webster, a Seattle Sounder team-mate of mine, after all of these years and in my case millions of them after my coma experience. Adrian was already a Seattle player, when I arrived, in [...]
Eurosport Cock-up not to mention Chelsea and England? Having lost yet another bet - I backed QPR in 90 minutes - I had to chuckle when waking to read the match report on the EUROSPORT site on my laptop. After spending yesterday morning with Tony Jimenez at his Thomson Reuters [...]