Tags: john nicholson
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Johnny NicFootball needs fans; it’s time to go on strike…
If Friday taught us anything, it is that football needs us. So if we want change, we can make it happen...
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Johnny NicJose’s puffed-up and paranoid pout is old hat…
Just compare the Man Utd manager to Gareth Southgate and be more Gareth.
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Johnny NicMan Utd are just too big for Mourinho; he is a mess
He’s bottling it big time and who wouldn’t panic in this scenario? He is a grumpy Ted MacDougall.
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Johnny NicWhy do ex-pros have monopoly on live football on TV?
Why do we hear only from ex-players and ex-managers? Sometimes they know so much less than we do...
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Johnny NicA manifesto for rescuing the Champions League…
None of this will happen but John Nicholson has ideas. And they don't involve seeding or group stages...
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Johnny NicFootball’s marriage to gambling: Can we ever go back?
The very fabric of football is now intertwined with gambling. Can we ever go back..?
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Johnny NicProgramme of the Week: BT Sport’s National League coverage
It is homely, it is welcoming and it is Proper. And it has Matt Smith and Grant Holt being absolute heroes.
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Johnny NicMan United fans: Stop clicking, stop buying, stop reading
Manchester United fans have the power to change football media. Stop clicking. Stop reading.
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Johnny NicProgramme of the week: talkSPORT’s Trans Europe Express
Where else would you hear about occurrences in Ligue Un and La Liga in between blasts of punk rock?
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Johnny NicWho made Jose Mourinho the arbiter of class?
We would like to hear what makes any football club 'classy'. Is the Man United manager talking balls?
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Johnny NicProgramme of the week: BBC’s Match of the Day
Match of the Day is an institution, and it is here to stay. But it has its critics. Johnny Nic takes a look.
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Johnny NicIn 2018, we need more than misery of Mourinho…
We need some happy to dilute the sad. Which is why Klopp is more loved than Mourinho.
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Johnny NicThe joy of the football ground: You call it Home
They help forge our cultural identity. As a new season begins, we go back Home...
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Johnny NicWhere do I sign up to become a football hipster?
Or can I not sign up because they don't really exist except in the minds of those frightened by difference?
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Johnny NicFeeling sorry for Liverpool and Man United fans; where’s the jeopardy?
The joy of football is not really knowing what might happen. But the Premier League top six is already decided...
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Johnny NicF365’s love letter… to the phenomenal World Cup coverage
As the World Cup draws to a close, Johnny Nic looks back on a summer of sensational coverage.
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Johnny NicFootie idiot? We’re the ones who have become stupid…
Should people who boo Raheem Sterling in a pub even be allowed to vote? We're doing this to ourselves.
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Johnny NicNeville, Wright and Dixon win ITV the broadcasting battle
Someone has finally wrestled the crown from atop 5 live's bonce. Johnny Nic reviews the week.
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Johnny NicWimbledon isn’t the World Cup; nationality means nothing
British players are not playing for Britain and we have no right to pretend they do and celebrate...
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Johnny NicWorld Cup proves that football remains a wild art form
We simply have no idea what will happen. And we should rejoice that...until the PL comes along.
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Johnny NicDid BBC or ITV topple 5 live in World Cup week two?
Did McCoist and Champion do enough to help ITV topple 5 live in the battle of the broadcasters?
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Johnny NicCelebrating Gareth Southgate’s lack of macho bluster…
Basically, find somebody who loves you as much as John Nicholson loves Gareth Southgate...
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Who won World Cup battle of the broadcasters in week one?
Wrighty's shirts, McCoist excellence, wonderful Upson, Aluko and Scott and Mel and Sue. But who won?
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Johnny NicEngland win reaction exposes an unhappy, divided country
What does it say about our nation that we react to a win with negativity? We're not happy or proud...
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Johnny NicThe World Cup is pure, just and so very beautiful…
It might not be the best football, but it is the most wonderful, says a lovestruck John Nicholson.
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Johnny NicThe World Cup battle of the broadcasters – day one
Johnny Nic analyses the battle being waged on TV and the wireless. It was an impressive start from almost all concerned...
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Johnny NicGareth Southgate is a thoroughly modern manager…
...and that is wonderful. The way he has handled the press is exemplary.
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Radio 5 live v talkSPORT: Who wins the World Cup battle?
Will BBC Radio 5 live or talkSPORT get your vote for World Cup radio coverage? Johnny takes a look.
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Johnny NicDitch the England negativity and enjoy the ride…
That doesn't mean thinking England will win the World Cup. But it does mean stop being so miserable...
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Johnny NicLiverpool abuse and apologies cycle is grotesque…
Fans abuse and players apologise. It is ridiculous because it really is only a sodding game...