Martin O’Neill at West Ham

UPDATE: I think the phrase is “overtaken by events”! I’ll leave this here as a period piece, but as things stand, O’Neill won’t ,after all, be going to West Ham. It’s unlikely that Grant will hang on regardless, but no subsequent appointment will hold half the interest of Martin O’Neill’s. This is harsh on Avram…

Presenting the Trophy: 1929, 1954 and 1958

Commenter Will contrasts aspects of the 1929 FA Cup Final crowd (see here) with modern football audience behaviour: They are all there early. If you imagine the FA Cup final now there would be people drifting in right up to the kick off. But the stands are full at least 10 minutes before kick off….