I'm Going Outside Now...

As we prepare to say hello to a new football season, it is time to say goodbye to this blog. The final post of this sprawling thing wh...

Well, a quickie for you. My summary of how I see City’s season ahead, which will deliberately ignore any of the more complex issues and...

My friend Don Cake speaks of violence as the ultimate breakdown of communication, but my argument with him is that I feel physical violen...

A fitting way to watch the FA Cup final which - somewhat sadly - I really wasn't looking forward to all that much anyway. I was struck...

Perhaps it was because there was nothing to fight for but pride; maybe it helped that Van Persil left his shooting boots at home and Roo ...

Following the great day of reckoning ( appropriate that it should have been April Fools' Day ) yesterday, we have - yet again - the pa...

The anniversary of Ruth's death is 27th March, and I wanted to repost this, originally written in June 2012, in her memory. May her w...