Stories of the game between Birmingham City and Aston Villa are flooding the local media but I’m not sure how much the rest of the country knows or cares about the derby game on Sunday. An article in WSC, written before our game in September 2002, said that “Blues v Villa is best known as a public order problem.” I hope that won’t be true this weekend and that the news on Monday will be about what happened in the game not trouble with fans. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Sky TV
Stolen or sold?
I just came across a Twitter account called Sky Stole the Soul. I like the alliteration and sympathise with the sentiment but it is not strictly true. Sky didn’t steal the soul of football; they bought it. Continue reading
Notes on the news
Football doesn’t cause the problems in our society but it does reflect them. The obscene amounts of money paid for players in the days before transfer deadline day reflects the greed on display in our society in general. A Doncaster fan’s description of transfer deadline day on Sky reminded me of why I just have Freeview. Continue reading