What a crazy week. We all knew it was going to be a significant rain event, but the surprising thing was that we actually got to play in it. The football associations of New South Wales appear to have woken up to the fact that football is great in wet weather, and we were treatedContinue reading “Wet as an otter’s pocket”
Category Archives: Fair Play
When the going gets tough
A big week of football in the Smith household, played out in perfect sunny conditions. Oh how good it is to be back on the field. Saturday’s early kick off at Meadowbank was a mental test for West Ryde Rovers Under 15s. Their weaker opponents should have been cannon fodder, but as is often theContinue reading “When the going gets tough”
Some wins, some losses
After a successful start to the season the previous Saturday, it was less so this last weekend, but no less enjoyable. With uncertainty around the longevity of the season with Covid closing in again, we’re just making the most of it while we can. It all kicked off with the early game at West EppingContinue reading “Some wins, some losses”
Life in the obscure lane
I’m often amazed by the volume of people who strive to write books and carve a niche for themselves in a very busy entertainment market. The number of authors or soon-to-be authors on social media vying for a moment of air time or a review for their life’s work is both encouraging and frustrating inContinue reading “Life in the obscure lane”
Rocking all over the world
Today saw the end of a glorious two week period with the Unashamed Football Novels featured on nufc.com. Starting with a competition to win a copy of the first two books, this then morphed into a promo for the third book, Jarrod Black Guilty Party, which came out unofficially on May 25th. The traffic onContinue reading “Rocking all over the world”
Into the Top 20!
This morning, Amazon UK had Introducing Jarrod Black in the top 20 … the top 20 American football books that is. Hey I’ll take it! Amazon is a peculiar beast – the rankings for each country appear to be totally independent of each other, and the classifications tend to be a little mixed up. IContinue reading “Into the Top 20!”
Excitement levels high!
The release date of Jarod Black Guilty Party looks to have been set on Amazon, at least on the US site, for Wednesday 27th May. That’s in two days time. After an eight month incubation since it was submitted to Fair Play Publishing, overcoming a difficult period with bush fires, the demise of a keyContinue reading “Excitement levels high!”
Who is the Guilty Party?
We’re so close, it hurts. The absolute final edits were made to the third Unashamed Football Novel today, down to the last comma to remove and the last grammar error to correct. The book is now up on the Fair Play Publishing website, it has an ISBN for both the paperback and the eBook, andContinue reading “Who is the Guilty Party?”
What’s it all about then?
So, you’ve stumbled upon these Unashamed Football Novels. The question has been asked though – why should I invest the time to read them? First things first, if you love football, if you play yourself, or if you are in a family that plays or loves the game, you will definitely find this series entertaining.Continue reading “What’s it all about then?”
Finally, a voice recording
After two, no make it three, failed attempts to make it onto the airwaves over the last year, I can now say that my voice is now recorded and available for public consumption. So what, you may say. The first attempt was at the Football Writers Festival in March 2019. The sessions were all beingContinue reading “Finally, a voice recording”