NORMAN GILLER has sailed off into the sunset, but still found time to recall the occasion Louis van Gaal compared his work to that of Shakespeare. Sor…
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Category: The Giller memorandum
Standing at football won’t be taken sitting down
NORMAN GILLER remembers old colleague Leslie Thomas, praises the TV work of Hazel Irvine, and hears about a disappointing visit to Upton Park…
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It’s deja vu all over again for impatient Old Trafford
For NORMAN GILLER, the fate of David Moyes was sealed the moment he agreed to take over as Manchester United boss from Sir Alex Ferguson…
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Teamwork needed on news desk as on the pitch
NORMAN GILLER wonders what happened to the editorial checking process on the Reading Chronicle, and looks forward to a weekend spent with Peter Alliss…
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Duff held his corner to ‘rat’ on the Kray twins
NORMAN GILLER bids a sad farewell to his big brother and an old friend, but sends his congratulations to former press box colleague Jeff Powell…
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Froch and Groves prove to be just the ticket
Old hack NORMAN GILLER has been impressed twice in the past few days - once with the sales effort of modern-day boxing promoters, and then with the sk…
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Dignified Wenger out-lasts Morgan’s CNN adventure
NORMAN GILLER thinks there will be little sympathy at the Emirates for the demise of Piers Morgan’s American TV career, and recalls The Greate…
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Dose of shingles has put Norm on a slippery slope
NORMAN GILLER goes wild for slopestyle and the Sochi Olympics, in common with some BBC broadcasters…
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Win or lose, increasingly fans are on the boos
Support your team? But does your team support you? NORMAN GILLER's disappointed at some of sport's boo-boys, but reckons that Premier League clubs sho…
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Battered online, “Uncle” Norman’s a victim of trolls
Beware. The following column refers to some "industrial" language - from the football industry - as NORMAN GILLER reports on the insults and threats …
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