After the skinhead and boots era passed, and as casualdom took hold, it eventually dawned on the police that those lads in smart sportswear with expensive trainers and the wedge cuts were hooligans. Lads needed to divert further. Out came plain pullovers, darker trainers, black leather ...
The Fla – or ‘Mengo, take your pick – support never waned and were rewarded when Pedro tucked in an Ayrton cross on the hour. One through-ball from David Luiz will stay in my mind for a while. He was arguably their best player. It ended 1-1. The gate was 54,000. I was exp...
Best Chelsea Boots I’ve owned Great boots, I went down a full size from my typical shoe/brannock size. The fit is great for me. I think these are well made and should last quite awhile. I am wearing these casually, I got the black harness leather and I like the black wedge sole...
motorcycle boots, and a leaky harmonium to become the Godmother of Goth, lived and loved in the Chelsea Hotel over several stretches in the sixties, seventies, and eighties. Check out this month’s issue of theBrooklyn Rail, where I review Jennifer Otter ...
The legendary Nico, the blond, Germanic Ice Queen who fronted the Velvet Underground before darkening her image with heroin, motorcycle boots, and a leaky harmonium to become the Godmother of Goth, lived and loved in the Chelsea Hotel over several stretches in the sixties, seventies, and eightie...
These days the King’s Road looks not unlike many other high-streets across the country, albeit a bit posher. If you stroll down the road you’ll see, just like anywhere else, Boots, McDonald’s and the ubiquitous coffee-shop chains. In fact, always a trend-setter, the King’s Road...
“You’ve got some big boots to fill, mate.” But Carlisle. Phew, that’s some train ride. Respect. There was pre-match chat with Oxford Frank and we were both hoping for another three points to maybe edge closer, or even past, Manchester United and Newcastle United. Our team? It wa...
Kalidou Koulibaly over hit a diagonal out to Pulisic to such an extent that I wondered if he had put his boots on the wrong feet. At least Pulisic looked full of running. Enzo looks a proper footballer doesn’t he? There was a swift break that flew through the Everton defence but we ...
With the end of the first-half approaching, Conor Gallagher made a fine run between two defenders but Enzo – new hair colour, new pink boots – over hit the ball. On forty-two minutes, a lightning break caught us out but Karim Benzema, rather quiet thus far, overstretched and missed. ...
No drinks for me of course, but the lads were filling their boots. The laughter boomed around “The Eight Bells.” At around 3pm, we set off for the final time of this roller-coaster of a season. A tube to Fulham Broadway, a walk up to the turnstiles, the sun out, where is there...