Time for a different kind of Muse. Time to reflect upon the year that was 2021. It has been a rollercoaster, as everyone grappled with the fallout from 2020 and…
Category: Football
The Meerkat Muse – 3/11/21
November. Wow. We move into an important month for me, and we creep closer to the end of 2021. The weather has certainly turned for the worse. Let’s kick off…
The Meerkat Muse – 28/7/21
Do you know what time it is? Hey y’all! Time is a pertinent subject. The passage of time has been on my mind a lot lately, for a variety of…
The Meerkat Muse – 14/7/21
Welcome back to the Meerkat Muse! Climate Change July began with the promise of gloriously hot weather – after the first week or so. Initially July followed the pattern of…
Euro 2020 – England’s Story
It’s the 26th of June 1996. On a warm summer’s evening 25 year-old Gareth Southgate, at the time an Aston Villa player, stepped up to take England’s fifth penalty in…
Football Manager 21 – The 2022 World Cup Story
This is obviously a work of fiction, and it’s all in the name of fun. Enjoy! It’s December 2010. The FIFA Executive Committee has just announced that Russia and Qatar…
The Meerkat Muse – 30/6/21
We’re at the end of June people! This is not a drill – we are halfway through 2021! I know right? It doesn’t feel quite right, but here we are,…
The Meerkat Muse – 16/6/21
Welcome back to your regular fix of Meerkat Musings! At the end of the previous Muse I’d remarked upon an upturn in the weather, and it took only a few…
The Meerkat Muse – 21/04/21
Welcome one and all to the latest Meerkat Muse! What’s been happening to this meerkat these past couple of weeks? Well, I’ve continued to rejoice at the return of Formula…
Football Manager 21 P30: Ups and Downs
The first half of the season had produced a mixed bag. We were second in the standings, three points off Arsenal, and we’d had some amazing results – along side…