Football is a very partisan sport where it is natural to want to see rivals lose. The bigger the club, the more they are hated by their direct rivals or those in their shadow. That's what makes it a great spectacle.As I have got older, I have lost some of that partisan feeling but I love watching managers in action. Whether it is pantomime villains like Neil Warnock, paranoia experts such as Ferguson and Mourinho, or smarm merchants like ...
When I go on a dog walk with my friend Simon, we start at Cliddesden Pond. Just under a fortnight ago, there were 11 ducklings happy following their mother around.Now there are three. Those three have a perilous fortnight ahead of them as they can not live independently without their mother for around 28 days. If two of them survive, it will be a job well done by the mother. With every passing day, their chances increase.The ducklings die for ...
Just before the Easter weekend a strange occurrence happened to me. "What was that?", I hear you cry.
Well, it was like this. I suddenly stopped listening to the news, choosing instead, music only. I have always been big on current affairs but I just couldn't do it any longer. My brain was like a hard drive that had run out of disc space.I think this started when all the politicians of various parties decided they had had enough of fucking ...
I heard the first cuckoo of the spring today, which is always a nice thing. The call of the cuckoo is a sign that summer is nearly here; they make the long journey from Africa just to be with us. Listen to the video below; I made it all by myself.
Cuckoos actually get some quite sinister press. The term, 'A cuckoo in the nest' means a person who doesn’t belong and is not welcome. This comes from the, shall we say, unusual ...
Spurs players were left reeling last night after just missing out on their finest ever catastrophe.With the final seconds ticking away, Christian Eriksen delivered a sumptuous misplaced pass that landed at the feet of Sergio Aguero. Sterling slid the ball home and Tottenham's dream tragi-comedy was complete.
And then it wasn't. The scoreboard lit up...offside! The goal would not count. Spurs would progress to the semi-final after all. At the ...
