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• Waking up the Neighbours

  

  In a couple of years there could well be a brand new football stadium at the end of the road here in TBIRville in South London. In fact, we have a few building... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2014 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Hammers on Song to Hunt the Foxes

  

  Parkes, Stewart, Walford, Gale, Martin, Devonshire, Ward, Dickens, Orr, McAvennie, Cottee. The best ever West Ham line up? Obviously there’s no Moore, no... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2014 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Economic Theory Explained by Football – Part 3 – Regression Theory

  

  In the third article trying to explain famous Economic theories by using football as the model I am looking at the work of Francis Galton on Regression Theory. Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2014 SOCCER, SPORTS

• December 2014 – Cold, Bright and Clear

  

  After the euphoria of the last-gasp win in the Sussex Senior Cup it was time to return to Ryman Premier League action with a trip to the purveyors of fine... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2014 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Economic Theory Explained by Football – Part 2 – Market Uncertainty

  

  In the second of my deep-thinking articles, I try to explain famous Economic theories by using football as the model. Today, the work of George Akerlof on Marke... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2014 SOCCER, SPORTS

• West Ham on Song to Jump into the Top Three

  

  It’s a good time to be a West Ham fan. Yesterday our fellow London rivals Arsenal, Chelsea and Millwall all lost, whilst Spurs could only manage a goal less dra... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2014 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Economic Theories Explained by Football – Part 1 – Behavioural Economics

  

  In the first of a new series, I try to explain famous Economic theories by using football as the model. Today, the work of Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman in... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2014 SOCCER, SPORTS

• No Sixth Sense in the FA Trophy

  

  When the fixtures are released each summer we instinctively look for when we will be able to visit somewhere new. A new ground, new pubs, new fans to banter... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2014 SOCCER, SPORTS

• A Lesson in Public Announcing

  

  As Saturday’s go, this was always going to be a challenge in terms of logistics. A few weeks ago I’d agreed to speak at a conference in Brussels to a large... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2014 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Ulster Men Papp’d

  

  Premier League (and Championship games) are a pain in the arse, getting in the way of these International breaks.  Whoever came up with the idea of 6 consecutiv... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2014 SOCCER, SPORTS

• We Can See You Sneaking out

  

  Come on, we’ve all done it.  Assumed that nothing will happen if we sneak out a few minutes early to beat the traffic or get to the train station. Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2014 SOCCER, SPORTS

• At the Cole Face

  

  Every Non-League team dreams of a run in the FA Cup. The chance to take on a Football (or even Premier) League side, the presence of national media around the... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2014 SOCCER, SPORTS

• A Tale of Two Cities – Part 2 – Belfast

  

  A week after leaving Ireland I was touching down again, this time north of the border at George Best Airport, named after one of Belfast’s greatest sons. Best... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2014 SOCCER, SPORTS

• A Big Weekend Ahead for the Underdogs

  

  The FA Cup is the oldest cup competition in the world and although it may have lost some of its shine among the top clubs in the Premier League in recent... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2014 SOCCER, SPORTS

• A Tale of Two Cities – Part 1 Dublin

  

  Every Saturday football fans from Ireland’s two biggest cities, Belfast and Dublin head off in serious numbers to support their teams. Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2014 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Bulls Plunged into Dispair

  There have been so many appalling scandals involving football teams in the last 20 years that it is difficult to pick out one for special mention, but the... Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2014 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Great Scott – The Best British Football Awaydays

  

  Over the past week or so the BBC’s survey into the cost of football has been dissected to death.  We have questioned the validity of the survey, especially... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2014 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Seagulls Brought Down to Earth by Busy Boro

  

  This week has once again seen the cost of watching the beautiful game hit the headlines with the release of the BBC’s annual cost of watching football survey. Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2014 SOCCER, SPORTS

• A Former State of Mind

  

  Modern football is rubbish.  We’ve all heard that and at some point we have all bemoaned fixtures being moved by Sky, the rising cost of a bit of plastic to... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2014 SOCCER, SPORTS

• I Heard It on the Twitter Vine

  

  Football has much bigger things to worry about than six second videos being shared across Social Media hasn’t it?  Well not if you read some of the more recent... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2014 SOCCER, SPORTS