“Who needs God when we’ve got Todd!” Those were the words of the fans of Fortuna Sittard during the brief loan spell Todd Cantwell had with them in 2018. With each passing week, it seems that they had an appreciation for the gifts of the boy from Dereham that some (including, it seems, Aidy Boothroyd) […]
James Eddy
Crisis management Man U / Liverpool style – muscle in the form of an olive branch
‘Never let a good crisis go to waste’ – Winston Churchill I never expected to begin a piece of writing about Norwich City with a Churchill quote but so much of what we have seen in 2020 in this country resonates with this quote, including within football. Just to be clear, I’m not suggesting the […]
Community, Memories and a Little Football Heaven
It was a foul. Even now I still believe it was a foul. Emi had the ball and was unceremoniously dumped on the ground. The referee signalled play on. The shouts rang out and Emi, in typical fashion, pounded his fists on the ground. Then something else happened. Emi got up, the roar of the […]