Football writing, thoughts and more by Gary James
My latest article on football for Manchester Confidential is now live. It’s about the campaign to erect a plaque to the Manchester Corinthians. You can read it here:
There are several articles on there now from me such as this one on the FA Cup:
https://confidentials.com/manchester/the-all-manchester-fa-cup-final?id=646f468595988
In 2024 I will be publishing the Authorised History of the Corinthians. You can read about that book here:
My latest article on football for Manchester Confidential is now live. It’s about the All-Manchester FA Cup final. It also asks a simple trivia question: can you name all the previous Greater Manchester FA Cup finals? For the answer to that and the article see:
https://confidentials.com/manchester/the-all-manchester-fa-cup-final?id=646f468595988
My lates monthly article on football in the Greater Manchester area on Manchester Confidential has been published. This one is about the first team from the region to reach the League Cup final. That’s right – Rochdale AFC. It can be read here:
Thanks to Rochdale fan Greg Ingham from the It’s Only A Game podcast for your help ( https://twitter.com/Its_OnlyAGame ).
My earlier articles for Manchester Confidential were on United and City (see below):
My second Manchester Confidential article was posted last week. This one is about Manchester City and European success, looking forward to this week’s Champions League tie with Leipzig and remembering City’s first European trophy success:
Each month I’ll be focusing on a different club from the region and will write a piece combining the team’s modern day situation with a historical angle. My first feature was about Manchester United. I do intend covering the League clubs of Greater Manchester, plus some of our other prominent sides, over the coming months. I hope you enjoy them. Thanks.
I’ve got some good news to report. From today Manchester Confidential will be publishing my new monthly column on football in Greater Manchester. Each month I’ll be focusing on a different club from the region and will write a piece combining the team’s modern day situation with a historical angle. My first feature is about Manchester United and next month’s piece will be about Manchester City. Follow the link below for this month’s first article:
I do intend covering the League clubs of Greater Manchester, plus some of our other prominent sides, over the coming months. I hope you enjoy them. Thanks.
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