If there's one thing bound to get my blood boiling it's VAR and goal line tech in football. Or should I say the application of it. Most people are actually missing the point that the tech is there to help the officials but it's long been their implementation that has been the problem, not the tech itself. Previously, I've worked closel...

Football has been known as the beautiful game for decades, or the working man's ballet if you prefer. There are generations of supporters that have a blind loyalty to their team for any number of reasons. Proximity to the ground, best mate was a fan, the team was successful when you were at your most impressionable or maybe there was a...

I've never really been one for politics. So much so that I didn't vote until the last General Election, and I'll be 53 years of age in just under a fortnight. I can hear the catcalls now. 'If you wanted something to change, be the change' yada yada ad infinitum. To be fair, I can't really disagree with those who were forever chastising...

I've often been posed the question as to what 'journalism' is and I've always had a fairly simple definition, speaking purely about the written word as opposed to video journalism and the like. If one is paid for their writing services, which can include news reporting, interviewing, long form or short form writing etc., then they shou...

It’s been a while since I’ve had the opportunity to blog, and this opening post comes at an inopportune time. Having seen my dad taken via ambulance to hospital last night was stressful enough, but to have him discharged home after a day with no care given is somewhat worse. Anyhow, this certainly isn’t the right forum for me to get on...