A story I hadn’t heard before. Bears repeating, from Dave Hewitt’s answers in the West Bromwich Albion “Who are You?” ahead of tomorrow’s game at the Hawthorns. Dave is a retired teacher and sports photographer …
Only winning at West Brom tomorrow and St James’ Park a week and a day later could be sexier than the “girl bits”, if that is not too rude a way of putting it, in Don’t You Want Me?.
Pete Sixsmith enjoyed that goal, and so it seems did Stuart Pearce, that rare breed of England manager – caretaker though he may be – capable of seeing talent north of the north-west Midlands (ie Manchester and Liverpool) …
Not every photographer who visited Roker Park did so on behalf of Pravda, albeit the Slovak equivalent of the official Soviet daily. Dave Hewitt*, lifelong Baggie, explains the background, tells of the day he photographed Kevin Ball holding a damaged trophy aloft and describes gathering disenchantment with Mod€rn Football …
The killing of Marie Colvin in Syria has left her confrère Monsieur Salut in reflective mood for much of the day.
Do not worry. Salut! Sunderland is not about to test your digestive systems with another reference to andouillettes, re-encountered on …
It is refreshing to come across a general football website that does not merely lift what it can from the …
The clamour for a stand to be named after Niall Quinn grows. The plaudits roll in. And amid much speculation, in our comments field as elsewhere, on the thought process leading to yesterday’s announcement that our saviour’s link to SAFC was over, the gratitude lingers. Pete Sixsmith lists his own favourite memories …
Niall Quinn ended his Republic of Ireland career on 92 full caps, having scored 21 goals in international appearances. James McClean is about to start his.
Pete Sixsmith adds some more thoughts on Niall Quinn’s departure and wonders whether Saturday’s pitiful turnout for the Arsenal game, while not the direct cause of a decision almost certainly made some time ago, was part of a process that had made the great man wonder about the supporters’ response to the transformation he engineered …