All Posts by Adam Bate

Adam Bate

Joined September 28th, 2010 - 2 articles written
http://ghostgoal.co.uk

I'm a 29 year old journalist from Wolverhampton. I write about football on my blog GhostGoal and for various other sites, blogs and magazines.

The Mysterious Avram Grant

By on October 15th, 2010.
The Mysterious Avram Grant

He wins and he’s slated. He loses and he’s feted. I don’t get Avram Grant. It all began when his buddy decided to give him a job. Fortunately for Avram, that buddy was a billionaire Russian oligarch with a football club to spare.  The media were not amused: “Make one thing clear: there is nothing…

Sam Allardyce – A Case For The Defence

By on September 30th, 2010.
Sam Allardyce – A Case For The Defence

So we’re all agreed then … Allardyce is an uncouth buffoon, his teams play archaic football and the mere prospect of the man daring to entertain the idea that he be entitled to better things is confirmation of a delusional state. Right? … Wrong.