This story starts on the 19th March 2018 when I received a message on Skype from an account called Premier League Fanzone asking me what team I supported. The only reason I saw this was because I had the day off school because of the snow. Now you might think this has DHOYTA written all over it but this is genuinely what happened. Anyway, to cut a long story short I ended up on TV in 70 countries two hours later across Asia and Africa. I’ve gone into more detail about this for the article I did for Fourfourtwo which you can find by searching something like ‘James African TV’ into google. The point of this though isn’t: ‘how I got lucky by having everything falling into place for me’. But rather that without applying yourself and putting any hard work in, you won’t get anywhere if you want to succeed in this industry. Sure, maybe it was fate that I had my phone near me when they sent me that message and I was off school. However, I still had to research topics when ...
On the 9th April 2013 Malaga CF played the biggest game in the club's history. After investment from wealthy Qatari owner Seikh Abdullah Al Thani, Malaga were playing in the Champions League quarter final against a European Powerhouse in Bourissa Dortmund. That night the Andalusian outfit had talent on display such as Isco, Nacho Monreal, Joaquin and La Liga winning manager Manuel Pellegrini in the dugout. Malaga looked as if they were heading into the semi finals after Eliseu put Los Boqueranas 2-1 up with eight minutes to play but two late goals from Marco Reus and Felipe Santana sent Dortmund through. To add insult to injury Santana's goal was offside. Malaga's dream was over. It was quite a rise for Malaga who before the investment in 2011 were a yo-yo team between Primera and Segunda. Things didn't get any better either. The following season six of the starting eleven that played in the Signal Indua Park departured the club. Despite finis...