Youth Football Coaching

Hey all Time seems to have escaped me recently. My writings have become more sparse the busier I have become (I’m sure there is a correlation between the two things!) Last year, in addition to all my ongoing stuff I started taking an FA course with a view to becoming a qualified football coach. That […]

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The Refugee Crisis

Image: Za’atari Refugee Camp, Jordan. When it comes to social commentary I like to think of myself as fairly broad minded. I take things with a pinch of salt, I don’t believe everything I see and hear and try to take an open minded overview of certain situations. The last few days has genuinely shocked […]

Judge, Jury and Executioner

Social media seems to be the new form of modern day lynching. I don’t know about you but I’m starting to find it all a bit uncomfortable. From the comfort of our own phones, or keyboards, we have become judge, jury and “executioner” deciding when someone has done something wrong and then encouraging an uprise […]

Ignorance Sometimes Really Is Bliss!!

When did social media become such a miserable place to dwell on world misery? The (rough) time line of (popular) social internet use went roughly like this – 1997-2004 – Chatrooms. Places where people would usually lie in attempt to get random strangers to meet them with a view to bedding them (Pre-picture messaging days […]