First there was Joy Division and their lead singer committed suicide (https://wordpress.com/post/fivemilesout.home.blog/1803 ). A lot of bands would have folded in the face of this. They didn’t but nor did they keep the Joy Division name, linked forever with the late Ian Curtis. Instead they added a new member and renamed themselves New Order (bothContinue reading “Tonight I should have stayed at home”
Tag Archives: Football
Walking to the sound of my favourite tune
Watching the England international team is an exercise in hope over experience. After 1970 England failed to qualify for a World Cup until 1982 so my in my formative years failure was the norm (in their defence only 16 teams qualified for the finals up until 1982). That meant that at the 1982 finals thereContinue reading “Walking to the sound of my favourite tune”
Go Your Own Way
I am a real statistics nerd and I wanted to work out which were the most successful English clubs of all time. The main issue with this was how to attribute points for different achievements. So I put forward a scoring system as follows. The main points were that winning is more than twice asContinue reading “Go Your Own Way”
Hearts Torn In Every Way
There is something special about football tragedy. The deaths at Ibrox in 1971, the deaths of the Busby Babes in the 50s, but I have no direct memory of them. It is appalling that other teams use these tragedies to taunt those teams (even if one of them is Manchester United, the team I hateContinue reading “Hearts Torn In Every Way”
Five Miles Out 