It’s fair to say that these are unprecedented times with the Coronavirus outbreak affecting our lives and businesses. It is not business as usual. That means how we choose to communicate with one another (and it is choice) is vital not just for maintaining contact and concern for our fellow...
Today is the funeral of my lifelong friend Mark Heason. It is hard to think when I was younger that I’d ever have to write these words but Mark was one of my oldest pals and although it would be wrong to say we lived in each other’s pockets...
Accompanying this blog is a photo of myself and some mates sweaty and post-gig from the farewell tour of one of Britain’s finest ever bands, The Jam, in 1982. We hired a van and cruised down to St Austell for a memorable weekend. The photo inspired most...
There are lots of burning issues in football but none more important than youth development and relationships between children, parents and clubs. That’s why I’m delighted that we have four speakers at our Rebuilding the Belief football youth development conference at the CGM Media Centre, Worcester on March...
Lots of people can talk a good game – but doing is always more important. That's why we're launching Feelgood Fridays @ CGM in 2019. Wellbeing and mental health are burning issues of our times. The modern world is beating us and wearing us down. The endless expectation to...
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1024"] (New) Road to success: The home of Worcestershire CCC was bouncing on Vitality Blast quarter-final day when the Rapids beat Gloucestershire.[/caption] Sports teams teach us lessons in life and business. A topsy-turvy season for Worcestershire CCC has ended in triumph. Chris Green...
In a delicious irony Basil D’Oliveira is being given the freedom of Worcester this week. Ironic because, aside from being an amazingly gifted sportsman, Dolly was best known for being denied freedom to play cricket in the country of his birth by seeking to represent his...
So what is the conference about? Rebuilding the Belief is the title of the sequel to my book Every Boy’s Dream – England’s Football Future on the Line (A&C Black) - which caused a stir when it was published in 2009. Why? Because it lifted the lid...
What a send-off it was for my hero, friend and the legend that truly was Cyrille Regis. His memorial service at The Hawthorns began with a beautiful rendition of Bring Him Home from Les Miserables by Chris Love. As his biographer, I was fortunate to gain a...
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300"] Dad and lad in the Troodos Mountains, Cyprus.[/caption] The late, great Joe Strummer, when asked how he pondered the break-up of The Clash, said: "You can resolve a lot of things by going for a five mile walk." Strummer was a great walker...