Hi guys. I live in Somerset, England. It's a wonderful place. Really laid back. Lovely countryside. Friendly people. And plenty of cider and cheese. I love going for a run into the countryside, sitting down alone, miles from anywhere, just with my thoughts. (Other people would call me Bill No Mates, though!).

My passion is ...

that would be telling

I know too much about ...

myself

My parents always told me ...

don't do that

My childhood ambition ...

play football for England

My favorite memory ...

seeing my brother get told off

Why I write ...

because when I speak I make mistakes and people laugh - at least you can correct writing (ahhh)

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

newspapers, dross TV, 70s, 80s music

My first job ...

chicken factory

My best moment ...

son's birth

My inspiration ...

sun - and son

Sports & Recreation > Soccer (Other) The cancer of soccer hooliganism

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Go anywhere in Europe and even further afield and it's the same old story. You're English, so you must be a football hooligan. "You have good players, but the fans are a disgrace," they tell you in a bar in Barcelona. "The English they are animals," you are informed by the normally mild-mannered Greek waiter as he pours your tenth beer in the open-air bar beside the pool in Corfu. "You guys once had a reputation for fair play - now it's for fighting," offers a laid-back arty type in a street cafe in Paris.
Well, we were also once known as the polite gentlemen of the world. I'm going to blo...

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