Author Archives: afhstewart
Poignant moments to look out for at Euro 16
Poignant moments to look out for at Euro 16 Any visitor to this site will know that our love of football stems not only from the statistics and strategies, but from the sheer emotion that comes from watching our sporting heroes overcome the odds to produce exceptional performances that truly make this ‘the beautiful game’. […]
A very quick post on snooker World Championships and footballing success
It occurred to me that if Mark Selby wins tonight and Leicester City win the title, that the snooker World Champion and the Premier League title winners would hail from the same place. I wondered if it had happened before, and so I had a look. Joe Davis of Whitwell, near Bolsover, in Derbyshire, dominated […]
Gazza Agonistes
Ian Hamilton’s essay touched on not just Gazza, but on the changes that affected football in his era. Alex explains why it’s important.
Football in the work of Alan Sillitoe
To celebrate the publication of issue 10 of The Football Pink, here is a piece I wrote on Alan Sillitoe and football in his works from issue 3.
Football and comics
With the publication of issue 10 of The Football Pink, here’s my piece from issue 6 on football, comics, and Paul Trevillion
Put Niels In Goal 