Mike Whalley
@mikewhalley.bsky.social
1) I once hosted a football phone-in with no callers
2) Paul Daniels gave me unsolicited dating advice
3) I've had two comedy sketches on Radio 4
4) My grandfather heckled Lord Hailsham during a live TV debate
5) https://mikewhalleyblog.wordpress.com
2) Paul Daniels gave me unsolicited dating advice
3) I've had two comedy sketches on Radio 4
4) My grandfather heckled Lord Hailsham during a live TV debate
5) https://mikewhalleyblog.wordpress.com
I've reviewed Jonathan Wilson's World Cup book The Power And The Glory for the new issue of @wsc.co.uk (WSC 459, Dec 2025), out now. Also featuring Cameron Carter's fine Match of the Month piece on Stockport v Exeter, complete with thoughts on Edgeley Park's new 'Bake Off Tent'.
November 7, 2025 at 12:18 PM
I've reviewed Jonathan Wilson's World Cup book The Power And The Glory for the new issue of @wsc.co.uk (WSC 459, Dec 2025), out now. Also featuring Cameron Carter's fine Match of the Month piece on Stockport v Exeter, complete with thoughts on Edgeley Park's new 'Bake Off Tent'.
By me, in the November issue of @wsc.co.uk (WSC 458), out now: Match of the Month, featuring Derby v Preston - ruminations on TikTok, statues, subtly altered retro shirts and time wasting. Includes perhaps the season's most hapless throw-in so far. The photos by Paul Thompson are excellent as ever.
October 12, 2025 at 1:31 PM
By me, in the November issue of @wsc.co.uk (WSC 458), out now: Match of the Month, featuring Derby v Preston - ruminations on TikTok, statues, subtly altered retro shirts and time wasting. Includes perhaps the season's most hapless throw-in so far. The photos by Paul Thompson are excellent as ever.
As I wrote the most recent online piece referencing this incident, I feel responsible for this snatch of Google AI batshittery. All I can say is: If only...
August 24, 2025 at 11:59 AM
As I wrote the most recent online piece referencing this incident, I feel responsible for this snatch of Google AI batshittery. All I can say is: If only...
Well, seeing as BBC Sport won a Bafta for its Paris Olympics coverage, and I snuck on to the end credits for my online contribution, that now makes me a Bafta winner, and I am putting that on my CV from now on and you can't stop me.
May 12, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Well, seeing as BBC Sport won a Bafta for its Paris Olympics coverage, and I snuck on to the end credits for my online contribution, that now makes me a Bafta winner, and I am putting that on my CV from now on and you can't stop me.
By me for @wsc.co.uk (WSC 453, May 2025 issue): Substitute stadiums on TV and film - when one football ground stands in for another, convincingly or not. Featuring Alan Carr's Changing Ends, Ted Lasso, The Damned United, Porridge and, most famous of all, Fist of Fun's 'York City are magic' sketch.
April 22, 2025 at 9:49 AM
By me for @wsc.co.uk (WSC 453, May 2025 issue): Substitute stadiums on TV and film - when one football ground stands in for another, convincingly or not. Featuring Alan Carr's Changing Ends, Ted Lasso, The Damned United, Porridge and, most famous of all, Fist of Fun's 'York City are magic' sketch.
Google AI really is absolute garbage, isn't it?
April 7, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Google AI really is absolute garbage, isn't it?
Have written about Blackpool's remarkably enduring East Stand - obstructed views, underfoot bounce and all - for the new issue of @wsc.co.uk (WSC 451, March 2025). As the saga of its proposed rebuild plays out, I suspect it'll keep the excellent Shelagh Parkinson in stories for a bit longer yet.
February 17, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Have written about Blackpool's remarkably enduring East Stand - obstructed views, underfoot bounce and all - for the new issue of @wsc.co.uk (WSC 451, March 2025). As the saga of its proposed rebuild plays out, I suspect it'll keep the excellent Shelagh Parkinson in stories for a bit longer yet.
I Am, I Feel by Alisha's Attic pops up on the Spotify randomiser. "Wasn't that a theme tune to something?" I ask. A search brings up an online entry for late 90s ITV comedy-drama My Wonderful Life, featuring a description I can only hear read in the contemptuous voice of Dylan Moran in Black Books.
December 17, 2024 at 12:17 PM
I Am, I Feel by Alisha's Attic pops up on the Spotify randomiser. "Wasn't that a theme tune to something?" I ask. A search brings up an online entry for late 90s ITV comedy-drama My Wonderful Life, featuring a description I can only hear read in the contemptuous voice of Dylan Moran in Black Books.
No. No it is not.
November 26, 2024 at 2:49 PM
No. No it is not.
Question: Is this is the lowest number of profile views for which it's possible to receive a 'Your work and accomplishments are being recognized' email from LinkedIn?
November 26, 2024 at 2:45 PM
Question: Is this is the lowest number of profile views for which it's possible to receive a 'Your work and accomplishments are being recognized' email from LinkedIn?