MY KIND OF TOWN
I wrote the following in spring 1999. The original version of it was used in the June 1999 edition of highly respected football magazine When Saturday Comes. This version contains a couple of corrections. Scunthorpe United’s top scorer last season, Jamie Forrester, outraged locals by describing the town as “a shed” in a recent interview…
THE GRIT AND THE GRINS
I wrote the following in February 2025. A version of it was used as the foreword for the following month’s special edition of highly respected cult football photography publication LOWER BLOCK. This featured approximately 50 candid black-and-white pictures by Nic Salmon, taken at Scunthorpe United Football Club during the 1981 / 82 season. You see…
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