Day: 12 June 2016

By Tony Attwood Of course if you enjoy football on Sky, the BBC, ITV or BT Sprout you’ll disagree with my headline, but I do find broadcast media’s commentary on football – be it live matches or in discussions or reviews of games – completely unrelated to my experience of football as an actual spectator …

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By Tony Attwood We live in a world of blame.  And not just any old blame, but instant blame.  Blame for the last minute of the last game.  Blame for violence.  Blame for the economy.  Blame for the fact I sneezed just as I was going to start writing – it must be the fields …

Read More “The aftermath: England media blame the Russian media, Twitter blames Tottenham, I avoid the local police”