Sporting People

Last Saturday (8th Feb 2020) saw a ‘first’ for my ‘London Shoes’ – as it was the very first time I had ever undertaken a blog on a football club. The subject matter was East London’s “Leyton Orient FC”. Another ‘first’ fore this particular blog, was that I had 3 people accompanying me for the ...Read more...

A slight deviation of subject matter this week saw ‘London Shoes’ venture into the sporting world, to focus on the topic of ‘Boxing’. This particular blog started life as being just about famous ‘east-end’ boxing legends – but as my research on the topic progressed, I expanded the subject matter to include some of the ...Read more...

Those that follow ‘London Shoes’ will be fully aware that I am a biiiiiiig fan & a season ticket holder of “West Ham United FC”. Therefore I was extremely chuffed to unexpectedly receive a letter in the post the other day, from long serving club captain Mark Noble, inviting me to a special event entitled ...Read more...

Yesterday evening (02/03/2019) saw a special day in the history of my beloved football team West Ham Untied – when one of the stands in its London Stadium home, was officially named after one of the clubs greatest ever, and much loved and respected players – who holds the club record for appearances – the ...Read more...

My London Shoes blog for this week had me focusing on a person, as opposed to a place or a location. Following my research on the person in question, my trek out to the ‘smoke ‘ended up being a bit of a surreal experience, because totally unexpectedly, the subject matter took me on a ‘journey’ ...Read more...