Articles tagged Sport:
The Greatest Sporting Night of My Life
- 6 Aug 2012
I never thought I could attend a sporting occasion which surpassed the 2006 FA Cup Final. And then along came this year’s Championship Playoff Final. Last night I attended the evening session of the athletics at the Olympic Stadium. Well, we all know what happened. It proved t...
Let's Reward the Olympic Volunteers With a Medal Too
- 29 Jul 2012
The Olympics are only three days old but one thing that has already shone through is the extraordinary job being done by the 70,000 or so volunteers who are ensuring that people enjoy the Olympic experience. And I am not just talking about those at the Olympic stadium. The tho...
Aidan Burley Was So Very Wrong
- 28 Jul 2012
I’ve just finished watching the Olympic Opening ceremony on Sky Plus, as last night I had to watch the pictures without sound, while I was hosting LBC’s Olympic opening ceremony programme. Why no sound? Well, because the BBC had the broadcasting rights, we were not allowed to ...
My Wonderful Day at Wembley
- 24 May 2012
Oh West Ham we love you. Despte you making us tear our hair out, despite you being the most wonderful but frustrating team, we still come back for more. And today showed both sides of West Ham, but who cares? We are Premier League, I say we are Premier League! And there were m...
In Conversation With David Sullivan
- 22 Feb 2012
ID: David, you’ve had two years at the club now. If you knew then, what you know now, would you still have done it? DS: Just. Just, I think. It’s been a harder time than we imagined. Both from a financial point of view and a football point of view. We shouldn’t have got relega...
Why I Am Warming to Sam Allardyce
- 6 Aug 2011
If you haven’t seen the feature on West Ham and Sam Allardyce in the Evening Standard yesterday, please do click HERE and have a read. Initially, I was deeply sceptical of his appointment as West Ham manager – indeed, I was half of a mind not to renew my season ticket – but I ...