Full Name:
Giles Metcalfe
Current blog/podcast(s):
No Standing
Birthplace:
Northallerton, North Yorkshire
Birthdate:
17 February
Height:
6 ft 3 in
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| Giles Metcalfe |
Engaged to Ailsa
Children:
Step-children James and Abbey
Car:
2004 Ford Ka
Favourite blogs/podcasts:
Football Attic; Got, Not Got, The Goldstone Wrap, Two Unfortunates, No Clash of Colour, A United View on Football
Team(s) supported:
Bolton Wanderers, England, Bradford Park Avenue, Brighouse Juniors
Favourite football player ever:
Pelé
Biggest thrill while blogging/podcasting:
First time Football Attic and GNG published my stuff
Biggest disappointment while blogging/podcasting:
Scammers and rip-off merchants promising the moon on a stick
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| Pelé |
USA
Favourite food:
Roast Beef dinner
Miscelleaneous likes:
Football, coats and jackets, trainers, shoes and boots, vintage and retro stuff, the 60s and 70s, Italian scooters, Mod, watches
Miscellaneous dislikes:
Ignorance, prejudice, football hooliganism, liars and cheats, DIY
Favourite TV shows:
MOTD, The Football League Show (if Bolton have won), TOTP 78 (if post-punk bands on)
Favourite actors/actresses:
Michael Caine, Julie Christie, Clint Eastwood, Liam Neeson, Bruce Willis, Phil Daniels
Favourite musicians:
Doves, The Jam/Weller, Small Faces, The Who, Neil Young, The Byrds, Love, Shack, Jake Bugg
Best friend:
My partner, Ailsa
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| The Byrds |
Not getting published (hence set up my own blog)
Personal ambition:
To be discovered as a writer/blogger, play for BWFC
If not in your current career, which job would you do?
Football writer/journalist/astronaut
Which person in the world would you most like to meet?
Pelé
Favourite activity on a day off:
Sleeping, jacket or trainer shopping, blogging
Our grateful thanks go to Giles Metcalfe for contributing to our Focus On feature, and don't forget, if you've got a football blog, podcast or other project, you can take part too. Just visit our info page and fill in all your details - we look forward to hearing from you!
Previously in Focus On:
(Image of Pelé by Ricardo Stuckert/PR [CC-BY-3.0-br (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/br/deed.en)], via Wikimedia Commons. Image of The Byrds by Joost Evers / Anefo (Nationaal Archief) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons)
I wrote this feature a while back, and I have had a lot to do with some other blogs worth mentioning since. Everyone I follow is doing good work, but Put Niels in Goal, YICETOR, Beyond the Last Man, Scottish Footy Cards, The Itinerant Football Watcher, The Football Pink and Right Bank Warsaw are great reads.
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