I grew up on Teesside in the 70's when the clothes and the skies were brown. Since then I've lived in over 20 different places from the North of Scotland to Southern California during which time, I have never had a paid job, nor have I owned a suit. How on earth I've actually survived is sometimes a bit of a mystery. My writing career began in November 2000 when I started writing for Football365. My 'A Very Northern Mind' column gained me some degree of notoriety. Some loved it, some hated it and were not slow to tell me. 18 years later I was short-listed for Writer of the Year by the Football Supporters Federation, so I must've been doing something right.

I grew up on Teesside in the 70's when the clothes and the skies were brown. Since then I've lived in over 20 different places from the North of Scotland to Southern California during which time, I have never had a paid job, nor have I owned a suit. How on earth I've actually survived is sometimes a bit of a mystery. My writing career began in November 2000 when I started writing for Football365. My 'A Very Northern Mind' column gained me some degree of notoriety. Some loved it, some hated it and were not slow to tell me. 18 years later I was short-listed for Writer of the Year by the Football Supporters Federation, so I must've been doing something right.