Martin is a scriptwriter of plays and screenplays, including a biopic of Shakespeare, www.theshakespeareplays.com. He is an experienced journalist, writing on cinema for The Script Lab as well as on sport for LastWordSports.com/tennis and LastWordOnSports.com/Football.com. A poet, having written a collection of short poems, entitled Shards, extracts from which have been broadcast on BBC Radio 3, Martin is married with three children and lives in London, UK.
Given football’s unchallenged position as the world’s favourite game, perhaps it is surprising that there have not been more major…
In the absence of any professional football anywhere until at least the end of April, we at LWOF have been…
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At the end of 2024, Mikel Arteta will have been in charge of Arsenal for five years, or half a decade. In…
Ahead of Arsenal’s vital home game against Aston Villa this weekend, Last Word on Football looks back at previous times…
Most footballers are not fans of football history, routinely pointing out that they were “not even born then” whenever they…
Mikel Arteta and everyone else associated with Arsenal must wish that Porto played in claret and blue. If they did,…
All football teams have their bogey sides or bogey grounds. Even Manchester City, who can prove themselves to be the…
For the first time ever, English football is experiencing a mid-season break in January. Although it is staggered, with different…
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