H is for Hogan, Jimmy

James Hogan, the main character in Foul and Fair, bears a name steeped in footballing history, albeit one that many modern fans are unaware of. Jimmy Hogan was a professional footballer prior to the First World War, playing for Fulham, Bolton Wanderers and others, but his reput...

G is for Game

It’s so easy for adults involved in kids’ football to forget this, but football is a game. Games are something we play; games are meant to be fun. Yes, you can play to win and there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that, but winning isn’t the be-all and end-all o...

Like most writers, I still have to keep up the day job. For me, the day job is actually a couple of jobs. I go into local primary schools as a football coach, running lunchtime clubs and afterschool clubs for Foundation Sports in Dorset. I also work as club coach for the Man v Fat Football’s B...

F is for Football, which has an endless capacity for providing the kind of real-life storylines which a writer would think twice about making up. F is also Fulham, my team and one with an important but under-the-radar role in Foul and Fair.

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Every now and then I come across someone of my age on social media complaining about how shallow and trite modern lyrics are compared to ‘proper music’ from back in our day. Leaving apart that such complaints ignore our day's fair share of shallow and trite – Bay City Rollers, anyo...