Table tennis reaches new heights
Vision, January 2014 Roger Federer has smashed a forehand return on it, Tiger Woods has cracked a tee-shot from it and David Coulthard performed a series of high altitude ‘donuts’ around it on his Infiniti […]
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The Life and Times of Herbert Chapman by Patrick Barclay
The Observer, January 2014 When an Arsenal manager writes in a newspaper that “spectators want a fast-moving spectacle, rapier-like attacks that have the spirit of adventure, and ever more goals”, it’s almost a given that Arsène Wenger’s […]
Leigh Sports Village celebrates the biggest year in its history
In November 2012 I was asked by Leigh Sports Village to assist with their media and PR strategy in the run up to the biggest event in their history, the Rugby League World Cup match […]
Spurs vs Norwich: 1200km for this
Preamble After the Hull defeat, I tweeted something along the lines of if Norwich fans were going to react so badly every time they lost, it would be a very long season indeed. But having […]
Interview: David Peace on Shankly novel
Metro, August 2013. David Peace’s novel about the obsessions of Liverpool manager Bill Shankly has certainly been dividing opinion. Friends of mine who heard Red Or Dead on BBC Radio 4’s book at bedtime said […]