The Wetathlon – Week 1
The build-up to the New Year was filled with talk of dryathlons and giving up the booze for January. I’ve never fully bought into the idea that abstinence, of any kind, Continue reading
David Dubas-Fisher
A collection of articles by David Dubas-Fisher
More Run-ins With the Spanish Police
We stumbled out of the Joy nightclub at around five AM. Suddenly, four, maybe five, police cars came hurtling down the cobbled street at break-neck speed. “My God!” I said Continue reading
The Ghost of Franco Returns to Haunt Manchester City
Blood was pouring from heads, and men laid out unconscious in the streets. Last night, Manchester City´s fans learned the hard way that the Spanish Police haven´t changed much since Continue reading
Music on Buses
Why is it that everyone who plays their music loud on a bus or a train always, without fail, has horrendous taste in music? And it’s not just me and Continue reading
Man Utd – Sponsorship Mad: Who Could be the Official Rival?
Bwin have just signed a sponsorship deal with Manchester United to become the club’s ‘Official Online Gaming and Betting Partner’, taking the Salford club’s total number of sponsors up to Continue reading
The Power of Positive Drinking and Liberal Policing: The Irish on Tour
The train rolled into Poznan station and the platform immediately filled with a sea of green shirts. We had been drinking steadily since getting on the train in Berlin. The Continue reading
Ukraine Football Racism: A Good Enough Reason to Stay at Home?
This week we saw a report on Panorama with some pretty damning evidence of rampant racism and violence in Ukraine. But amid the scenes of Nazi salutes and wooden-knife wielding maniacs, Continue reading
KIll the Head and the Body Will Die
The great walrus of Bradford politics has finally been given the boot. George Galloway’s Bradford Spring swung, hit, and knocked off the head of Bradford’s Labour party, Ian Greenwood, who’d Continue reading
The Bahrain Gran Pricks
Pcture the scene. Bernie Ecclestone walks into a meeting with Kim-Jong Un. The world’s media have been kept away. “Ah, Mr Ecclestone,” begins the young dictator. “We would like to Continue reading
Big Issue in the North Work Experience
Week 1 Front cover I put the ‘Don’t Talk to Eric’ bit together Dam if they do damned if they don’t I sub edited this piece reducing it from 1, 300 Continue reading
