I have a lot of admiration for The Observer newspaper, especially the magazines they publish. The food magazine is the best of its type in England while the sports magazine (OSM) is the sort I nearly published in the early ’90s only for the publishers for which I worked to decide it was not an eco [ ... ]
It’s not often I find myself agreeing with Sir Alex Ferguson. I’ve met many of his type in football and while once I had to deal with them I’m thankful that these days I don’t. Yet on Saturday I found myself nodding when the Manchester United manager blamed a media driven climate of [ ... ]
I did so hope this wasn’t going to turn into GOB – Grumpy Old Blog. But then England put on the worst display I’ve seen from 50 years of watching them. Thirteen of these were as a football reporter so I saw every match then and they were never as bad as in the first half of the 3-0 win over An [ ... ]
You didn't need to read the papers to see that there is a rift between Steve McClaren and Terry Venables. The body language after the 0-0 draw with Israel told the story by itself. As a former sports reporter who once had the job of covering England, the present plight of the team is nothing new. We [ ... ]
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