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Up Front: My autobiography by Kerry Dixon

359 Dixon

with Harry Harris
John Blake, £17.99
Reviewed by Mike Ticher
From WSC 359, January 2017
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From the archive ~ Don’t believe the myth, 1930s Christmas games were rubbish

In WSC 131 Olly Wicken’s Grandad explained why a feast of goals on Christmas Day was far from the perfect present for the match-going fans

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Badge of the week ~ 4.25 Sports Club, North Korea

425badge180The main task of North Korea’s junior minister for re-information is to refute everything ever said by French intellectuals. One year he did a special on Jean-Paul Sartre and began with Sartre’s assertion that “Three o’clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do”. 

As it was a drowsy Friday afternoon, the junior minister simply made a quick call and renamed his local football team 4.25 Sports Club.

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Gary Rowett wasn’t perfect but Birmingham’s move for Zola makes no sense

Rowett turned Blues’ fortunes around but performances this season haven’t been great, though appointing Gianfranco Zola has mystified fans

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Increase in minors moving abroad “poses serious risks” to players and clubs

A study by the Football Observatory shows that percentage of players migrating before age of 18 has doubled with England top destination

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