Guest blog by Adam Smith The Fulham U21s are back to winning ways with a 2-1 victory over London rivals Arsenal, showing a confident performance rounded off by goals from Oliver Sanderson and Luke Harris.  Arsenal are now winless in 9 in PL2 Division One following defeat at Motspur Park on April 7th, where yet ..read more

The Football Association has awarded Jack Leslie a posthumous honorary England cap in recognition of the call up he received in 1925, only for his name to be removed from the team sheet due to the colour of his skin shortly after. The FA offered no explanation at the time for why the trailblazing forward ..read more

The Football Association has awarded Jack Leslie a posthumous honorary England cap in recognition of the call up he received in 1925, only for his name to be removed from the team sheet due to the colour of his skin shortly after. The FA offered no explanation for why the trailblazing forward was taken out ..read more

Three years ago Matt Tiller and I set up the Jack Leslie Campaign, and I posted my first blog about in May 2020 (see here) A lot has happened since then! 1 We unveiled a statue! https://jackleslie.co.uk/news/the-unveiling/ 2 We have told Jack’s story in schools, to companies and at football clubs https://jackleslie.co.uk/news/jack-leslie-campaign-reaches-out-to-other-efl-league-one-clubs/ 3 Jack Leslie ..read more

The London Lions returned to action on Wednesday night following a 7 week break, and will be disappointed to see their Hertfordshire Senior Challenge Cup run brought to an end by a talented Watford U21 side, who struck once in each half with goals from Batzelis and Balogun to secure their place in the semi-final of the ..read more

Title: CHARGED – how the police try to suppress protest Authors:  Matt foot and Morag Livingstone Publisher: Verso  Oppressive States, whether totalitarian or democratic, often resort to oppressive means and draconian laws to stifle dissent and outlaw protest. Draconian laws need police to enforce them, and to suppress those engaged even in peaceful protest. Historically it ..read more

This is an edited version of the guest speech given by Matt Foot at the LCCSA AGM 14/11/21 I am very honoured to be invited to speak at the annual meeting of the British Virgin Islands Lawyers. And thank you for the £700k. Oh Sorry -wrong speech! I am sorry to raise this after you ..read more

Jack Leslie: the full story–guest blog by Bill Hern Introduction:- Jack Leslie was a footballer of exceptional talent who played for Plymouth Argyle in the 1920-1930s, and was selected for England in 1925 but denied his place because he was black. In 2020 two Argyle fans launched the JACK LESLIE CAMPAIGN, and authors Bill HERN ..read more

So Kingsley Napley sat a staff challenge to complete a number of steps, keeping morale up during #Lockdown2, getting some fresh air breaks when working from home, and raising money for charity. As walking without purpose seems a bit dull, I decided to do walk each day to a local statue -a result of my ..read more

Reader beware – this is an open letter about race on both sides of the Atlantic. The truths expressed here make for uncomfortable reading, but I encourage you to read on: the time for sticking heads in the sand has long since passed. We are all now familiar with the ongoing social unrest in the ..read more