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Neil Warnock has been one of the real characters of football management. He is, at the age of 76, currently not in a dug-out but instead on a...
The Coombs family’s chairmanship of Birmingham City lasted for 20 eventful years – from Clifford in 1965 to his son Keith until 1985. Another of...
The Latchford brothers – Dave and Bob – were starring at the front and back of the Birmingham City football team when I arrived at the city as the...
The ‘Holy Trinity’ of Manchester United have now sadly all died. The statute of them at Old Trafford is a reminder of three of the club’s...
Liverpool are hot favourites now to win this season’s Premier League. Jurgen Klopp left the present manager Arne Slot a fine squad and the Dutchman...
Sir Kenny Dalglish is one of the most talented footballers of my career. I interviewed him many times for ITV, both as a wonderful player for...
My long-time love of boxing increased when I moved to the Midlands in 1971. The latest chapter came last Friday when I interviewed one of the...
Will anyone ever beat dart legend Phil Taylor’s record 16 World Championship titles? I don’t think so, for reasons I will explain. Phil, from...
Memories of Steve Bruce, as captain and later manager of Birmingham City, will flood back when his new club Blackpool take on Blues in their home...
Fifty years of television presenting involved many iconic sports venues around the world. I am often asked which were the best for me. The answer is...
Former Coventry City stalwart, on and off the pitch, Richard Shaw is opening a football school at the end of the month in Lutterworth. More on that...
Last week, I was at a networking party for the Deal Club hosted by Paul Fidoe, of Evelyn Partners, at the excellent Primitivo restaurant in...
David Pleat, one of the best judges of young footballers that I know, rates the Tottenham Hotspur team that achieved the Football League and FA Cup...
Everything that has been written about the former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson this week has been accurate. The Swede, the first foreign...
Neil Adams still recalls the shock of what happened a few seconds after winning the silver medal at the 1980 Olympics in the judo event at Moscow –...
When is a woman not a woman? There is huge controversy over the gender status of two boxers in today’s and tomorrow’s semi-finals at the Olympic...
Terry Venables and Glenn Hoddle provided me with friendship and fun as England managers. Both lost their posts in different circumstances. Terry...