The Olympic Stadium Farce
Adam Powley looks at who will be footing the bill for the Olympic Stadium debacle.
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Adam Powley
Adam Powley is an author and journalist who writes mainly about sport.
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In Sickness and in Health I Say "I don't"
Donal Blaney spots an inconsistency in the government's approach to education and health.
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"Quick, You Have to Come and Watch This"
- Sep 9, 2011
Adam Powley wasn't a fan of 24 hour rolling news channels. 9/11 and 7/7 changed all that.
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Shrugging Shoulders About England
- Sep 4, 2011
Adam Powley asks why we don't care about the Engand football team anymore.
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Don’t Cry For Arsene And Arsenal
- Aug 24, 2011
Adam Powley is not feeling sorry for Arsenal and Arsene Wenger, he argues their misery is entirely self inflicted.
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Super Mario?
- Jul 26, 2011
Adam Powley thinks Mario Balotelli has been unfairly cast as a pantomime villain.
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A Tree For Norway
- Jul 24, 2011
Adam Powley suggests Britain makes a small gesture to the people of Norway this Christmas.
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Hackgate: A Day To Be Remembered?
- Jul 19, 2011
Adam Powley was not impressed with today's Select Committee appearances. But was today more of a game changer than he thinks?
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Why the West Indies' Decline Is Bad For Cricket
- Jul 16, 2011
Adam Powley laments the fading of the West Indies as a force in World cricket. Remember Richards, Roberts, Holding, Garner...
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About Adam Powley
Adam Powley whinges on a full-time basis (mostly on sport) and in his spare-time writes books, pens the odd article, and generally struggles to come to grips with the modern world (mostly concerning sport).
His most recent gainful employment was with a major publishing house, but he decided to go against all sensible advice and switch from life as a comparatively comfortable gamekeeper to become a half-starved poacher.
Over 15 books later, mostly on sport and mostly on Tottenham Hotspur, he still wonders if he made the right move, and ponders how he ended up supporting Spurs, but critical and occasional bestselling success has had its compensations. His recent collaborative effort 61: The Spurs Double won the best illustrated category in the 2011 British Sports Book Awards, and finished as runner-up in the BSBA Book of the Year gong.
A former football stringer for the Sunday Mirror, whose editors indulgently put up with his lack of talent, Powley has also written for The Times, The Guardian and Time Out. His new book is When Cricket Was Cricket: a Nostalgic Look at a Century of the Greatest Game: “If you’re a cricket lover [you’ll] love it.” – Hawksbee & Jacobs, TalkSPORT
Adam's latest book is When Boxing Was Boxing, published by Haynes Publishing.