Writing

When Gerard Houllier's Reds made cup history in 2001 I was lucky enough to be at all three finals. I was living the dream revelling in a journey of massive…

In the football sense I was the result of a mixed marriage on the Mersey. Mum was red, dad was blue. To confuse things further, the first football shirt I…

Glasgow Celtic embark on the new campaign with eyes on a gargantuan prize - immortality.  Neil Lennon’s men will go all out for an unprecedented tenth league title in a…

Transistor radios glued to ears, John Barnes shifting through the gears and our 18th league title just 90 minutes away. MC Hammer was in the charts with U Can’t Touch This. And…

Here's my favourite gigs of 2019 - and one clear winner - by a county mile. Here's five to numero uno... 5 | Suede | Blackburn King Georges Hall |…

Where the waves meet the winds and the sea strikes the heavens, you’ll find the sounds of Erland Cooper. Erland arrives at Lancaster Library by road but softly informs the…

Thatcher ruled the country, the Bee Gees topped the charts, Britain was devastated by a once in a 300-year-storm. And I sped from school one late October Wednesday ecstatically eager…

Thirty years after The Cranberries were formed in Limerick, the city by the Shannon has produced another epic indie group. whenyoung play a dozen songs at Barrow Library and each…

Beer bellies prove no hindrance to fellas in their 50s who leap like salmon to fall at the feet of Sleaford Mods.  Baby-faced security struggle to contain over-exuberant stage-invading OAPs. …