The Dyche era is over
Almost four years ago, I saw the Clarets beaten 5-0 by Arsenal at the Emirates. It was a special day of a kind for the home club with manager Arsène…
Jimmy Greaves – My first and forever hero
Jimmy had such breezy self confidence when young, with a mischievous sense of humour that seemed to carry him effortlessly through life’s many challenges. He was married in his teens,…
Farewell to the brilliant Jimmy Greaves
It was the spring of 1986 and Ian St. John & Jimmy Greaves, the former Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United and England striker, were the guest speakers at a…
50 Years On
Today is the 50th anniversary of my dad’s passing; I can still remember it as if it was yesterday. On my school holidays I had just finished listening to my…
The merry-go-round stops for now
As of last week, all the twenty Premier League clubs finally had a manager (or head coach) in place to prepare for the oncoming season with Crystal Palace's search concluding…
Never the same again
An End of Innocence is premised on the statement by Jimmy Greaves that the 1959/60 season was the last in the English game when teams generally set out to attack…
Beyond a boundary
Perhaps you caught director Steve McQueen’s magnificent series of films, Small Axe, broadcast on the BBC late last year. If not, they’re still available on BBC iPlayer. This is what…
Looking at the defence
It's three weeks since we played our last game of the season against Sheffield United and it is very much the close season now as we await the 2021/22 fixtures…
Retired, undefeated
One of the many virtues of the decision of Dave Thomas to devote his retirement to cataloguing the fortunes of Burnley Football Club is that his interest in biography has…
Defour was happiest at Burnley
At the start of this month, Steven Defour, who left Burnley in August 2019, announced his plans to retire at the end of the season which he has enjoyed with…