Steven Taylor was a respected referee until he decided to hang up his whistle, and now he can be found behind the camera at Charnock Richard. Football has always been the centre of Steven’s world, whether as a player in his youth, a level four referee, or a club photographer, you simply cannot keep him […]
James Ledger is a para sprinter with dreams as big as his heart – this summer, he aims to represent Great Britain at the Paralympic Games in Paris. Born with bilateral coloboma and nystagmus, and detached retinas in both eyes, James is registered as blind. He is a sprinter in the T11 classification, meaning he has a […]
Growing up in Liverpool, surrounded by football-mad brothers, it was almost an inevitability that Sophie Coyne would follow suit. The passionate Red loved nothing more than to watch her beloved Liverpool growing up, but Sophie found opportunities to play few and far to come by. Sophie lives with idiopathic generalised epilepsy, a global development delay, […]
Growing up, Kelly Sixx – real name Josh Wall – had one dream: to be a professional wrestler. From wrestling in the backyards of Southampton, he now performs in some of the most historic arenas in Japan. As far as professional wrestling is concerned, Japan is arguably the mecca of the sport. Regarded as one […]
John Temperton has been playing cricket for Woodhall Spa Cricket Club for over 20 years and has recently taken up umpiring and sharing his journey on social media. John first joined the club as a 13-year-old and has progressed through Woodhall’s system to play for their adult sides. Specialising as a bowler, he most enjoys […]
Sport provides a form of escapism for billions worldwide, often producing drama you would expect to find in a soap opera script. So often, it is the story behind the scenes that carries the true theatre. In this article, we list five sporting documentaries that we feel offer the greatest insight into the stories behind […]
Luton Town supporter Mark Crowther is close to completing his 2023/24 endurance cycling challenge, and harbours hope that the Hatters continue to match his extraordinary efforts. Throughout the current football season, Luton have arguably been everyone’s second team as the club that was non-league as recently as 2014 has been competing in the Premier League. […]
Matt Shawyer first tasted success behind the wheel winning the National S2 Karting Championship, and he is now driving youngsters to taste glory in their own right. Originally, Matt had dreams of racing on two wheels instead of four. Aged 11, his ambition was to become a Superbike rider, but he was quickly nudged into […]
Jack Langston is a self-professed darts enthusiast who was a marker on the PDC Tour for six years and now boasts a social following of more than 100,000. A tree surgeon by day, Jack is more widely known by his online moniker ‘The Darts Referee’, under which he creates and publishes videos on his YouTube […]
It seems that everyone has a podcast these days, but would you expect to find one covering grassroots rugby in the North Wales area? No? Well, look again. Lewis Barker can usually be found playing for English Championship side Caldy RFC. Sometimes, however, the 29-year-old is recording and editing the GogPod, a podcast dedicated to […]
