Archive from May, 2008

Broooooce at the Emirates

31 May 2008: First Night Review: The last time I saw Bruce Springsteen, at the O2 last December, he played one of the best set lists for many, many years (Racing in the Street and Jungleland – aaargh) – and I like to think it was just because I was there. Could he beat that this time? Obviously not, but he had a very good go.

Harry Potter and the Big Coincidence

28 May 2008: So, I finished reading the last Harry Potter book to Alex tonight. Two or three years’ worth of bedtimes, and astonishing to think, I’ve read all seven books out loud. Stephen Fry, eat your heart out. Alex can’t even remember that far back, when he was just four years old and in Reception class, so effectively he’s never known a bedtime without Harry Potter being read to him. I don’t know how we’re going to fill the void! The incredible thing was, today we went up to London. By train. From Cambridge to Kings Cross. So naturally we went to take a look at Platform Nine-and-Three-Quarters. On the very same day that we finished the Harry Potter series. How about [...]

As many questions as answers, probably

27 May 2008: After I submitted a statistical analysis of Town’s season to Those Were The Days a week or two back, the good folks there have been badgering me for more, and I have to admit I couldn’t resist. Anyway, if you want to read all five I’ve now done, here they are: Boring Boring Ipswich Did We Punch Above Our Weight This Season? Did We Blow it All Mid-Season? Tough Acts To Follow For Magilton? …and the one which kicked it all off: 2007/08: How Does it Compare?

Ebbsfleet Utd’s Big Day Out ends happily

10 May 2008: What a great day for Ebbsfleet United, and yah-boo sucks (oh yes, my arguments are cultured) to over-opinionated, under-informed fools like Martin Samuel in The Times, who just took the easy option and stuck the boot into My Football Club without stopping to think that perhaps – just perhaps – these 29,000 souls who’ve invested real money into a real football team might be proper football supporters, not kids having a laugh. The huge Ebbsfleet following at Wembley today was as real as it comes, and included many thousands of new supporters from all over the world joining the army from Kent. The powerful developments at this club which are being driven by the MyFC project are going to have [...]

Some statistics about Ipswich Town’s season

6 May 2008: Finding myself having to do some Excel work today, and looking for some more interesting stats to distract me, I pasted in the Championship tables since the new tiering began 16 seasons ago (1992), so I could have some fun with unusual ratios and the SORT function in general.

These ones got people talking

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