Author: Ned Wood
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Dancing about architecture
My daughter, who lives in the Peoples Republic of Islington, tells me about a bookshop in London Fields. She tells me that it’s my type of bookshop: radical, eclectic, inventive. I guess it must be a little like Five Leaves. Each year she pops in and gets me a book for Christmas. Sometimes politics, sometimes…
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The wrong atmosphere
Against Chelsea last Sunday, sitting in K Block, I could hear homophobic chants coming from our support in the Lower Bridgford. These were quickly condemned by ChelseaPride, PrideinFootball, and LGBTQ+Trickies as well as by the club itself. Since then, some folk have tried to excuse these chants as merely banter and suggest that they are…
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Pele
The 1970 World Cup was an incredible spectacle that holds a special place in the memory of folk my age: the colour pictures from the other side of the world, the distant, broken commentary of David Coleman and Kenneth Wolstenholme, moments of spectacular skill and incredible games, Brazil v England, Italy v West Germany, Brazil…
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FCI:Doha
The Ned Wood Archive has been privileged to accompany DCI Lesley Neilsen and the Frivolous Crime Unit at this year’s World Cup. We are proud to present this exclusive special report into their Frivolous Crime Investigation in Doha. First we spoke to DCI Neilsen about the work … DCI Nielsen: “The UK sends a number…
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I’ll wear my heart on my sleeve
I wear my heart on my sleeve I’m not afraid Say what I mean Mean what I say (Benny Gallagher, Graham Lyle) I’m an old English bloke, so that means I was raised, trained, coached, and taught by my parents, my teachers, my peers, and by the society I live in to repress my emotions,…
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Marvin Deanius, VARman, Genius
Nottingham Forest have had some interesting interactions with the Video Assistant Referee System this year. For Forest fans needing more background information on VAR, and indeed, all football fans everywhere, here is an insight into a day in the life of a VAR man. Marvin Deanius, VARman, genius, lives in a moderately comfortable house in…
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