We create our own rules. We establish patterns and follow them, deliberately or otherwise. I have established certain patterns on this Blog. I usually publish “Word of the week” pieces on a Monday. When writing about football, with screenshots showing league positions, I have only ever posted one such image per month. This piece will… Continue reading One game to go
In 2019 and 2020 I wrote regular pieces about the progress of Leeds United, the football club that I have supported since childhood. Most of these pieces featured screenshots taken from the BBC website of the top teams in the Championship, the second tier in English football. Leeds were finally promoted from that division to… Continue reading 2 points per game (2024)
Two weeks ago I began to draft a piece about the previous weekend’s sport, but didn’t finalize it. It recorded a sporting weekend where every result went the way I wanted. England won the UEFA European Under-21 Championship with a 1-0 win against Spain on the Saturday evening (8 July). That match also featured a… Continue reading Two Sporting Sundays (July 2023)
I have posted many items on this Blog about the fortunes of Leeds United, the team that I have followed since childhood. There was usually at least one post per month in the club’s last two seasons in the Championship, before being promoted to “The Promised Land” of Premier League football. I have posted less… Continue reading When your fate is in your own hands
Every now then, on these pages, I reflect on the fortunes of Leeds United FC, the club that I have supported since childhood. This season is not going well. At the start of the club’s most recent fixture Leeds sat in the relegation zone, 19th in the table, one place above Southampton at the bottom.… Continue reading A weekend not worrying about football
Just over two years ago, in this piece, I wrote about English managers in the Premier League (the top division in English football). At the time there were 8 English managers in the league, and I found it worthy of note that the 7 teams at the bottom of the table were all managed by… Continue reading English Managers in the Premier League, revisited
If you follow the game of cricket, you will be familiar with the idea of a nightwatchman, a batsman who comes in at the fall of a wicket in the last few overs of a day’s play. The nightwatchman’s role is to take the pressure off the other batsman: face as many balls as possible,… Continue reading Word of the week: nighthawk
Earlier this month, in this piece, I reflected on the recent fortunes of Leeds United and Arsenal in the FA Cup, the world’s oldest national football competition. Leeds (the team that I have followed since childhood) had not won a game in the competition since 2017. During that time Arsenal (the team that my wife… Continue reading Further reflections on the FA Cup, Leeds United and Arsenal
For the first time since 2017 Leeds United FC are still in the FA Cup after playing their Third Round fixture. As regular readers of this Blog might know, I have followed the team since childhood, and have posted previously about their exit at this stage of the competition. The most recent of these pieces,… Continue reading Third Round Reflections
Almost exactly a year ago, in this piece, I wrote about playing football with people my own age again for the first time in over a decade. I am happy to report that this is still a regular part of my week. I have played something close to 5-a-side football at least once every month… Continue reading A year’s worth of 5-a-side
The Compartments 