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Predominantly 19th and 20th century labour history - but no field of history can be isolated from everything else that was / is happening around it. One of the things on my to-do list is a history of the class origins of soccer in Ireland and how it developed under a new Irish state that...

Don't have a massive chip on any shoulder - way too old to waste my time having a chip held anywhere - time is far too precious. Analysing and understanding the nature of capitalism and its impact on working class people and the mass of the poor (my main area of research) - that is an important...

Grammar schools were never a driver for social mobility - they were a mechanism to keep the middle and upper classes aloof from working class kids.

So-called 'mass migration' had nothing to do with falling standards of living - that was sparked by economic recession that began in 1990 and evolved into the dot-com bubble that burst in 2000. The bursting of that bubble led to a flood of money into the property bubble which crashed in late...

And you are suggesting that I have a lack a knowledge of geopolitical history (for clarification - I hold a PhD in history). Suriname was a colony of the Netherlands, conquered and subjugated - it's native people and the African slaves forced to work and die on plantations in a political entity...

Social mobility never existed in Britain - it was an illusion created to give the semblance that people's lives could improve. The improvements that did take place were not because of 'social mobility' but because the trade union movement fought tooth and nail for any and every improvement in...

Na - Corbyn's problem was lack of a spine. Once elected as LP leader he knew (or at the very least should have known) that the Blairites in the PLP and in the LPHQ would have the knives out for him. Look back on my posts here at the time - I argued that Corbyn needed to implement mandatory...

I'll argue with you about Klose - he is from Upper Silesia, historically part of Poland. Yes Klose's father was part of the Aussiedler who remained in Silesia after WW2 - but his mother was Polish and was a Polish handball international. His father left Poland in 1978 to play football in France...

If you put Grealish and Rice into the current Irish team then they would be going to every major tournament with Ireland (and competing). Midfield is the one weak part of the current Irish team. Bazunu Coleman Egan Collins Omobamidele O'Shea Cullen Rice Grealish Ferguson Cannon That is a...

Another reason to hate the club :cool:

Well - let's see - and one of my long and detailed posts Jack Grealish - from an Irish family born in Birmingham - played gaelic football as a kid in Birmingham and spent a lot of time in Ireland growing up. In 2011 he was selected for the English U-15 squad and he rejected the invitation...

Don't think Liam has any Irish connections - his dad played for Sierra Leone - and his mother's side were from Yorkshire I think (remember seeing the name Mills). I think that Liam Rosenior is going to make a big impact as a manager (I think he was the real brains behind Derby when Rooney was...

Interesting thread - and not a lot of surprising stuff - I will have my tuppence worth We live in what has now becoming known as the Age of Disorder - 50 years ago it would have been termed the Death Agony of Capitalism. Capitalism has inherent contradictions that cycle through boom and slump...

Interestingly - Rosenior has a relationship with the FAI - he was approached about getting involved with the Irish underage set-up when he working with the Brighton U-23s. Since then he has had contact with both the FAI and the IFA over coaching education. Rumour is he is on the short-list with...

Start at the bottom and work up 20 - Luton 19 - Nottm Forest 18 - Wolves 17 - Sheff Utd 16 - Bournemouth 15 - Burnley 14 - Everton 13 - West Ham 12 - Palace 11 - Fulham 10 - Brentford 9 - Spurs 8 - Brighton 7 - Villa 6 - Chelsea 5 - Newcastle 4 - Liverpool 3 - Arsenal 2 - Man U 1 - Man C So -...

The PL (and football in general these days) is like a mincing machine - chewing up kids and spitting them out. There are thousands of kids just as talented as players in the PL who don't even play the game after their experiences in youth set-ups and academies with clubs all over the world. For...

Can't see there having been much of a fee - he only signed a one-year deal with Hull

I will repeat again - do not underestimate how good Evan Ferguson is - he is going to be one of the best players in the PL in a couple of years. He is mature far beyond his age and it is going to be very hard for RDZ to leave him out of the team this season. By the way - there is another kid at...

A general strike would be far more effective than burning stuff - the reason that happens in France is that only about 8% of the French workforce are in trade unions - less than a quarter of that in the UK. A general strike in the UK would cripple transport, communications and energy and would...

He is still behind Adam Idah, Ogbene, Parrott and Obafemi and probably Sinclair Armstrong at this stage - (and Cannon if the FA with the help of his agent don't go poaching him) - hell, even Afolabi has scored 7 goals in the last 6 games for Bohemians in the LOI. He is still only 23 and some...