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• A Love of Tembling Madness

  

  I’m showing my age by sharing a joke from my adolescent years that is tenuously connected to this year’s annual Northern Capricorn adventure.“What’s the... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2015 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Economic Theory Explained by Football – Part 7 – The Veblen Effect

  

  In the seventh of his deep-thinking articles, our in house Economist Stuart Fuller demonstrates why lowering ticket prices is a bad thing.Hands up who wants a... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2015 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Economic Theory Explained by Football – Part 6 – The Bandwagon Effect

  

  In the sixth of my deep-thinking articles motivated by wasted years in Economics lectures, I try to explain why football fans are the most fickle people in the... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2015 SOCCER, SPORTS

• On the Twelfth Day of TBIR Christmas – The Best Things About Football in 2014

  

  So here it is – our final award for 2014, despite the fact we are now six days into 2015.  But football is the gift that keeps giving so here is my last offerin... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2015 SOCCER, SPORTS

• On the Eleventh Day of TBIR Christmas – The Best Website

  

  The days of us sitting in front of the TV, furiously pressing “next page” on our remotes as we tried to follow our games on Ceefax are unfortunately long-gone.... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2015 SOCCER, SPORTS

• On the Tenth Day of TBIR Christmas – Our Wish List for 2015

  

  On one of my regular, heavily delayed trips to work thanks to South Eastern Trains we thought about our forthcoming trips and where we could end up. Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2015 SOCCER, SPORTS

• On the Ninth Day of TBIR Christmas – The Best Non-League Tales

  

  Professional football is as dull as dishwater if you are familiar with the Non-League game. We don’t just have player injured with a calf strain, we have player... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2015 SOCCER, SPORTS

• On the Eighth Day of TBIR Christmas – The Best Atmosphere

  

  Happy New Year one and all…I hope last night wasn’t too hard on you all mentally and have your winter woollies on ready for a day at football.What do you get... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2015 SOCCER, SPORTS

• A Kick in the Privates

  

  Two facts that you may not know about Goole. Firstly, when you type it into any Apple device, it will try to suggest to you that you really meant Google, and... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2015 SOCCER, SPORTS

• On the Seventh Day of TBIR Christmas – The Best Game of 2014

  

  Happy New Year one and all…I hope last night wasn’t too hard on you all mentally and have your winter woollies on ready for a day at football..We’ve seen a few... Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2015 SOCCER, SPORTS

• On the Sixth Day of TBIR Christmas – The Best Non League Day out

  

  So we announced the best International (well, Yorkshire want to be independent) day out yesterday, so what about the grass-roots game? Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2014 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Economic Theory Explained by Football – Part 5 – The Fake Deal in Football Shirts

  

  In 2012, the major professional sports leagues in the United States lost over $13 Billion in revenue due to sales of counterfeit shirts and merchandise includin... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2014 SOCCER, SPORTS

• On the Fifth Day of TBIR Christmas – The Best EFW/Day out

  

  The definition of a EFW is simply a trip across borders to watch football, drink beer and basically act like a 10 year old.  It doesn’t have to be in Europe –... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2014 SOCCER, SPORTS

• On the Fourth Day of TBIR Christmas – The Worst Games of 2014

  

  We all pay our money in the hope of seeing a cracker.  The beauty of football is that it can deliver five goal thrillers, end to end action and a few 22 man... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2014 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Rooks Actually

  

  Christmas football. It seems that everyone loves Christmas football. Apparently, football on Boxing Day is a tradition – so much so that Lewes’s decision to mov... Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2014 SOCCER, SPORTS

• On the Third Day of TBIR Christmas – The Best Football Book

  

  Commuting from work these days gives me plenty of time to get stuck into a good book.  My journey is supposed to be just 12 minutes each way but thanks to the... Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2014 SOCCER, SPORTS

• On the Second Day of TBIR Christmas – The Worst New Ground Visited

  

  So Matlock Town scooped the prestigious honor of the best new ground visited in 2014 but which one of the 21 new grounds we visited was the worst. Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2014 SOCCER, SPORTS

• On the First Day of TBIR Christmas – The Best New Ground Visited

  

  It’s been another top year of football over at TBIR, taking in 76 games in 12 countries, including visiting four continents.  It’s not always about football... Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2014 SOCCER, SPORTS

• The 12 Days of TBIR Christmas

  

  For the sixth year in the row we today launch our 12 Days of TBIR Christmas, celebrating all that is good and bad about our beautiful game seen through the... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2014 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Economic Theory Explained by Football – Part 4 – Value Proposition

  

  In the fourth of articles, I try to explain why Dulwich Hamlet rather than most other teams were the real winners on Non-League Day back in September. Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2014 SOCCER, SPORTS