Hello, and welcome to Chris Griffin Says…
Back in 2012, I was encouraged to start a blog. So I did, and subsequently bored people witless for years before work and other stuff got in the way. I’ve been quiet – blog-wise, at lease – for about five years or so but now I feel it’s time to knock the dust off the keyboard and start ranting again.
Chris Griffin Says
As well as blogging – do people still do that in 2025? – I run a couple of football and golf prediction competitions and use this site to host those. By the time I went into semi-retirement around the time of Covid – not because of Covid I hasten to add – the blogging element was pretty much confined to a concept I called 5-4-Friday, a weekly light-hearted rant usually related to something that had triggered me during that particular week.
The world has changed dramatically while I have been away, not least the world of social media. Back in the day, you’d need to subscribe to this site to follow my stuff. You can still do that if you wish and please like, follow and share the site if you do choose to do that!
But, you can more easily keep up with my ramblings by finding and liking the “Chris Griffn Says” page on Facebook or requesting to follow me on Instagram at chrisgriffnsays.
If you look down at the bottom of this page you’ll see what the site was all about back in 2012. Bit different, today!
See you on the ice!
Griff, October 2025
For as long as I can remember, certainly since the advent of email, the end of the working week has always been marked by someone circulating a joke, or an amusing picture or article – the Friday Funny, as it became known. I have now evolved this into a regular blog that I call 5-4-Friday, a light-hearted list of 5 favourite things or 5 pet hates ideally related to some burning issue of the day or week.
View From the West is a regular football-based blog with the subject matter normally focusing on events at the club I support, Wigan Athletic, as I see them unfold from my vantage point in the West Stand of the DW Stadium. For non-Wigan fans, wider football issues and talking points will also be given an airing. For a bit of fun, I will scour social and digital media and various fan forums to identify a Hit of the Week, a Miss of the Week and a Pic of the Week.
54T is an occasional variation on 5-4-Friday in which a friend of the site, a minor celebrity (or, god-willing, if it takes off, a not-so-minor celebrity) will tell us which four famous people they would invite round to share a Friday evening chippy tea. We will learn what they would feed them, what drinks would be chilling in the fridge and, when the stimulating conversation dries up, what music they would listen to, what films would they stick in the DVD player and what entertaining games they would play.
3in! is a friendly football prediction competition that has been running for around twelve years now. Participants have to predict the outcome of just three fixtures from the weekend’s football programme with bigger rewards available the more off-the-wall you are prepared to go. It’s my type of gambling – all hypothetical, no real money involved. All the news for the 3in! players can be found on Chris Griffin Says…
Dream League is now beyond its 30th year. It is a fantasy football competition with a difference. Each of the 16 Owners (who should be old enough to know better) buys a squad of players and pits their team against the other 15 Owners in a traditional, home and away league season. Goals your players score are netted off against goals your defenders concede. Out-perform your opponent in the week and you win. Simples! Again, all the up to date news can be found here.
I hope you enjoy the site.
Griff
October, 2012
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