football
Football comic art launch at Cardiff’s Andrew Buchan bar – exhibition runs till Feb 2016
On Saturday, I was up in Cardiff for the launch of an exhibition showing original artwork from the Bluebird Jones football comic I was involved with from 1993-1995.
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Bluebird Jones football comic exhibition opens in Cardiff, 17th Oct – 1st Feb 2016
I’m chuffed to be able to announce that an exhibition of original artwork from the Bluebird Jones football comics will be opening this Saturday, 17th October in Cardiff. The exhibition …
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Fair Play for Palestine – activists protest ahead of Wales vs Israel UEFA Championship match, 6th Sept, 2015
A march and rally is taking place in Cardiff this afternoon in protest at Israel playing in the UEFA Championship. The team face Wales in the Cardiff City stadium at …
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The latest Cardiff City FC crest rebrand now features a weird red ferret/dragon thing
Readers of this blog will know that some time ago, I finally threw in the towel on my lifelong support of Cardiff City after one corporate rebrand too many. Happily, I found …
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Newport County sweep aside Plymouth Argyle on a dark and miserable Boxing Day afternoon
With the rebranded and corporatised Cardiff City no longer on my sporting agenda, we travelled to Newport on a wet and cold Boxing Day afternoon to watch the home team take on Plymouth …
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The hand-painted and hand made signs of Harrow Borough FC, north London
In line with the fan-run, no-budget, slightly ramshackle ethos, there’s often plenty of home-made and hand painted signs to be found around the grounds of lower league football teams. At …
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Ghostly football – players hunt the ball in the swirling mists of Surrey
Yesterday, I travelled to Surrey to watch Dulwich Hamlet take on the Metropolitan Police FC at their East Molesey ground. The game wasn’t that great – Hamlet lost 2-0 – but there were some dramatic scenes …
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Football fans to march to Premier League and Football League HQs to demand Affordable Football for All 14th Aug
Next month, the Football Supporters’ Federation (FSF) has organised a march to the Premier League and Football League headquarters to demand ‘Affordable Football for All.’
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FIFA and the World Cup is brilliantly torn to shreds by John Oliver on American TV
Ahead of the World Cup in Brazil, this fantastic monologue from John Oliver tears into the hugely dubious practices of FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association), the international governing body of association …
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Keep Cardiff Blue: Cardiff City FC fans march for their heritage and tradition, March 22nd 2014
Cardiff City fans still rightfully angered by the whimsical rebranding of the club by meddling billionaire owner Vincent Tan have planned a ‘Blue March’ to take place before the …
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A Saturday afternoon on Enfield Playing Fields, north London, November 2013
Containing numerous football, rugby and baseball pitches, Enfield’s King George’s Field can be found a short walk from Enfield railway station.
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Cardiff City Bluebirds Unite march
As you may know, I’ve been a lifelong Cardiff City fan but that alliance has been torn asunder by the dire rebranding antics of the club’s billionaire owner, Vincent “I’ll …
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The embarrassment continues for Cardiff City fans as truly hideous strip is unveiled
After suffering the humiliation of having their meddling billionaire owner Vincent Tan trash a century of the club’s heritage with his crass rebranding exercise, Cardiff City fans have had to …
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Spray for Justice, Liverpool, a graffiti artist’s moving memorial to football fans who died at Hillsborough
During my recent visit to Liverpool, I saw this moving tribute at the Museum of Liverpool to the 96 who lost their lives in the Hillsborough Disaster of 1989. The …
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Dulwich Hamlet clinch promotion after nail-biting draw with Burgess Hill – and Champion Hill goes wild!
There were jubilant scenes of celebration at Champion Hill yesterday after Dulwich Hamlet clinched automatic promotion with a 1-1 draw against an in-form Burgess Hill FC.
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Promotion is a heartbeat away as Dulwich Hamlet beat Crawley Down Gatwick 3-1
With just two games left in the season and promotion rivals Maidstone three points behind, this was a must-win game for Dulwich Hamlet. And win they did!
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Isthmian League Cup Final – Dulwich Hamlet 2 Concord Rangers 3 – photo report
The last cup final I attended was at Wembley last year watching Cardiff lose to Liverpool in the Carling cup, so as big matches go, last night’s Isthmian League Cup Final at Maidstone’s Gallagher Stadium was a …
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Hard luck Hamlet! Dulwich Hamlet lose to Concord Rangers in Isthmian League Cup Final
Commiserations to the mighty Dulwich Hamlet who lost 2-3 after extra time in the Isthmian Cup Final against the Premier Division Concord Rangers. I travelled down to Maidstone for the game and the Hamlet crowd were …
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Dulwich Hamlet hammer out a win against a stubborn Chipstead in wind-blasted game
It has to be said that this wasn’t a classic game, with Hamlet fortunate to take three points from a Chipstead team who at times dominated the game. After the thrills of …
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The wonderful posters of Lewes FC, a member-owned lower league team
With the higher echelons of football turning into a homogenised, sponsor-pleasing, corporate-friendly selling machine, it’s great to see the individuality and sense of fun that can still be found in the lower divisions. South …
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