Reviews from When Saturday Comes. Follow the link to buy the book from Amazon.
Most Middlesbrough fans would be pleased about the form of a new signing. Not Harry Pearson though
There is an Abbot and Costello routine that runs along the lines: “You should never marry a pretty girl.” “Why not?” “She could leave you.” “An ugly girl could leave you too.” “Yeah, but who cares?”
Colin Todd left Bolton in farcical circumstances. Gary Parkinson untangles the story behind his decision to leave
The business equivalent of pride before a fall is the construction of a flash new HQ followed by financial disaster and bankruptcy. Building the Premiership-standard Reebok Stadium has brought Bolton Wanderers into such financial peril that there is a grave danger of never getting near that division again.
Chaos ensued at White Hart Lane when not all season ticket books were recieved by fans. Adam Powley reports
Tottenham’s recent foray into the giddy heights of the table might have surprised their supporters but, when it comes to how they are treated by the club, it appears to be business as usual. Spurs fans are wearily used to shoddy treatment from a plc for whom customer service is an alien concept, but this season the club has surpassed itself with what has come to be known as the great season ticket fiasco.
Sky's money has not had a good effect on Rangers' crowds as Ronnie Esplin discovered
Success may breed success, but in the case of Glasgow Rangers it appears it has ultimately bred apathy. Anything less than winning the three domestic trophies this season will be a failure. When you add to that a massive increase in season ticket prices (for fewer games than usual, since Scottish Cup ties are not included this season), saturation television coverage and the moving of games to anti-social times, then you have a bubble on the verge of bursting.
Alex Ferguson has always let his political views be known, which is why Michael Crick is confused about the lack of it in his book
It’s an interesting test. Just who in public life today could ring Downing Street at 7.30am and be put straight through to Tony Blair? Gordon Brown, Robin Cook or Jack Straw? Certainly. Rupert Murdoch? Undoubtedly. Middle-ranking cabinet members like Stephen Byers and David Blunkett? Pretty marginal, I’d say. As for ministers like Chris Smith or Clare Short, they’d probably be fobbed off by the switchboard whatever time of day it was.