Tomorrow’s game at the DW Stadium is not a run of the mill Wigan Athletic home game. It is also a Birthday Bash game, a concept you will learn much more about when you read my new book (A.R.S.E.D!) which … Continue reading
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Ceefax was taken out of service yesterday. With the wealth of information readily available to us today via the internet with its search engines and social media sites, I suppose it is fair to say that Ceefax has probably had … Continue reading
My second book, A.R.S.E.D! is due to be released in time for Christmas 2012. Check out the Hello! option from the site menu for more information on what the book is about. For now though, from towards the beginning of the book, here … Continue reading
Far be it from me to tag somebody else as ugly, but here – to kick off the first of a new regular slot on the blog called “Five For Friday…” – is a list of my five favourite ugly … Continue reading
The world and his wife is full of disgust and revulsion at the moment at the revelations that Lance Armstrong cheated his way to all those Tour de France titles, and quite rightly so. We have always known that cycling … Continue reading
We all know that the game of football is littered with clichés and hackneyed phrases. Commentators, managers, pundits and especially players resort to using these same phrases at the drop of a hat – oops! – rather than dreaming up … Continue reading
Back in September 2011, the NHS abandoned its nine-year IT project that had, up to that point in time, cost just under £12 billion. They gave the US firm contracted to build the system a further £2 billion on top … Continue reading
I’ve just come back to work in Liverpool on a regular basis after being based away from here for about five years. As I walk through the streets at lunchtime, or pop into some of my old pub haunts on the … Continue reading
Wigan Athletic Football Club is producing a book to commemorate securing an 8th consecutive season in the Premier League on the back of a magnificent end of season run of results. The club is asking for fan’s recollections from the last home … Continue reading