Category Archives: football

We’re on our way to Wembley…

Forget the Champions League and EURO2012. There’s only one big football match this season and it’s Huddersfield Town versus Sheffield United at Wembley on May 26th. Whoever wins will be promoted to the Championship in the npower League. That’s only one … Continue reading

2 Comments

Filed under books, football

Poor old England!

    After a thrilling game that went to extra time and a penalty shoot out England lost to France in the quarter finals of the World Cup. Even more of a shock was Germany losing to Japan. That wasn’t meant to … Continue reading

Leave a Comment

Filed under football

‘Utter tripe’ ‘ban it now’ and other sound reviews…

Do Goalkeepers Wear Tiaras? Writers love nothing more than receiving a review. It doesn’t even have to be a fantastic review – just a few lines in a magazine will do. It makes their day and any writer who says … Continue reading

Leave a Comment

Filed under football, Uncategorized

Why reading really matters and I’m not even kidding…

In case you can’t read the text on Posy Simmonds’ clever cartoon, the little girl is bringing her fellow train passengers up to speed with her Harry Potter book:  ‘… but see, they aren’t really them…they’ve just changed into them, … Continue reading

Leave a Comment

Filed under football, Uncategorized

Which football teams do children’s writers support?

As you might have guessed by now, I support Huddersfield Town AFC, as does Patrick (Star Trek) Stewart and David (The Damned United) Peace. Michael Hardcastle MBE, one of the earliest children’s authors to write football stories, is also a … Continue reading

Leave a Comment

Filed under football