FSOM: Wales’ 73-0 loss to South Africa wasn’t just a defeat or a humiliation – it was the sad and chastening end to an era

If The Lion King has taught us anything, it is that the animal kingdom is cruel. And wildlife documentaries prove there...

FSOM: Travis Head’s heroic Australia Ashes innings was beautiful to see unlike his haircut – from crazy perms, mohicans and failed combovers have all been tried by sport stars

Travis Head’s 123 for Australia to put England to the sword in the first Ashes Test was a thing of beauty....

FSOM: Premier League’s erosion of Boxing Day football has me worried – why I think it’s a prelude to removing relegation in the future

What are you doing on Boxing Day? Anything special? I only ask because if you are a fan of a Premier...

FSOM: Grassroots football is dying on its a*** and we should be very concerned – here’s why I give the recreational game 10-15 years max

Sometimes when you poke a dead horse with a pointy stick a miracle occurs and it springs back to life. Thus...

FSOM: World Cup beards? Fifty Shades of May is back!

Fifty Shades of May is back! Like bubonic plague, The King’s Evil, Water Elf Disease or some other foul medieval ailment...

FSOM: Sol Campbell’s skin colour didn’t cost him the England captaincy. It’s the thickness of it.

Sulzeer Jeremiah Campbell has always seen himself as different and set apart from the rest. In a vast herd of wildebeest,...

FSOM: What message does Wayne Rooney’s new £300,000 per week wage at Manchester United really send?

Military planners were puzzled and perplexed when in the build up to a major battle in the Great War they received...

FSOM – The Winter Olympics… not one for journalists!

Don’t you just love the Winter Olympics? Old Fifty Shades certainly does, even if watching some of the sports bring back...

FSOM: Kevin Pietersen or Andy Flower? – ECB’s Sophie’s Choice

For those that haven’t seen the film Sophie’s Choice, make sure you have a box of tissues to hand when you...

In his role as Mayor of Simpleton, FSOM is easily amused

A selection of felt-tip pens and colourful magic markers plus a newspaper or two will keep him occupied for ages, drawing...