I was born and brought up in Leeds and have been a fairly apathetic supporter of The Whites for most of my life. I've had some poorly-judged dalliances with both Nottingham Forest and Liverpool in
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Knees a-poppin’
I would like to publicly announce the following: I'm a bloody idiot. I'm married to a nurse. Nurses know medically-related information about all sorts of afflictions and injuries. People should take notice of advice offered
Continue ReadingDave está contento que España ganó!
So, Spain are the deserved winners of Euro 2008. If Germany had somehow managed to contrive a win in this final that they would have committed a heinous crime against football. Germany were awful against
Continue ReadingSo, how the hell did Germany win that?
There's been only one good team on the pitch during tonight's semi-final and it certainly wasn't Germany. I don't think I've ever seen such a crappy performance by a team somehow going on to win
Continue ReadingMy glorious football career could be over
Well, all good things have to come to an end, eventually. It seems that my knackered old limbs are incapable of sustaining my inelegant lurches around the football pitch. I've succeeded in injuring my bad
Continue ReadingWanting new joints
I've been suffering with a very poorly left knee over the last few weeks after a small tangle with a burly Yorkshireman on a football pitch. It's taken a while to improve, but the swelling
Continue ReadingWhy I really shouldn’t do sports
As expected, but later than I thought, I seem to have temporarily stuffed up one of my limbs playing football. Even during my younger years I seemed prone to hurting myself during various team games,
Continue ReadingSticking the boot in
I'm really starting to enjoy this footballing lark, even if I do seem to pick up a different injury every time I play. I'm still a rank amateur and one of the weaker players, but
Continue ReadingStuffed. Good and proper
Wednesday afternoons sees me lugging this old frame around a football pitch for an hour. You'd think that at 38 I'd have had a good bash at playing football but, sadly, I've never really played
Continue ReadingFalling apart
My old, aching body is just falling to bits. I've been thinking that I need to be fitter. I've been thinking this for years. I have little spurts of physical activity (steady now double entendre
Continue ReadingArsenal
Well, The Arse are Premiership champions for 2003/2004, and deservedly so. They've been utterly amazing through most of this season, and as a Leeds fan (even though I'm supposed to hate their guts) they bloody
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