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John Helm column: Liverpool FC, Hull City and Burnley - why is football rewarding failure? Mar 17 2010

A SONG called ‘What Kind of Fool Am I’ was top of the hit parade many moons ago, but it might have been written for some of the folk running football today.Read

John Helm: Why David Beckham’s injury a boost for England and Fabio Capello Mar 17 2010

SAD as it is on a personal level, the absence of David Beckham has just made Fabio Capello’s selection process for South Africa easier.Read

John Helm: Poll has an answer for everything Mar 10 2010

GRAHAM POLL wasn’t everyone’s cup of tea as a referee – but then that goes with the job.Read

John Helm: Storm show usual Australian desire Mar 03 2010

NOT SO long ago English rugby league clubs were nailed on to win the World Club Challenge.Read

John Helm: Halifax plotting course back to league Feb 24 2010

I ENJOYED a rare visit to the Shay on Saturday and was encouraged to see the long awaited new stand is completed and ready for occupation.Read

John Helm: Jermain Defoe showing World Cup form Feb 17 2010

JUST a few weeks ago I said in this column that the one player England couldn’t afford to get injured before the World Cup was Ashley Cole.Read

John Helm: ‘Terrygate’ is over the top Feb 03 2010

THEY HAVE still, miraculously, been finding people alive amid the rubble of Haiti, half a million people are apparently sent home from hospital prematurely each year, and our soldiers are being killed every day in Afghanistan.Read

John Helm: Why we need new culture in football Jan 27 2010

I ENJOYED last weekend immensely and not just because the FA Cup showed itself to be alive and well.Read

John Helm: Madness of knee-jerk reactions Jan 20 2010

IF FURTHER evidence were needed as to the insane way football conducts it's business, look no further than the latest spin of the managerial merry-go-round.Read

John Helm: Togo tragedy raises serious questions Jan 13 2010

THE atrocity in Angola last weekend – and let’s face it the ambushing of a coach carrying a football team and it’s officials, amounted to a horrific act of terrorism – poses more questions than answers.Read

John Helm: Jermaine Beckford’s goal a kiss of life for Cup Jan 06 2010

NOW I know none of you good folk in Huddersfield will agree, but I really do think Leeds United did the whole country a great service on Sunday.Read

John Helm: FA Cup provides the romance football needs, Capello's goalie choice and wild world of football Dec 30 2009

MOVING into a new decade is always an exciting time if only because, irrationally, it brings hope of better times ahead.Read

John Helm: My Christmas wishes for the world of sport Dec 23 2009

THERE are a few things I could do with in this year’s Christmas stocking.Read

John Helm: Switching cricket for camel racing Dec 16 2009

EVERY NOW and again there is a story that really makes my hackles rise.Read

John Helm: Benson makes an early exit Dec 09 2009

IT WAS sad to read of cricket umpire Mark Benson’s hasty retirement from the international stage.Read

John Helm: African side could win the World Cup Dec 02 2009

IN JUST over 48 hours we’ll be a little bit clearer about England’s prospects for the World Cup Finals in South Africas next year.Read

John Helm: Playing the name game in Botswana Dec 02 2009

AS YOU may know I’ve just left Botswana, a delightful surprise, to get to Cape Town and I did so with some very happy memories.Read

John Helm column: ‘Plodder’ Westwood takes title in style Nov 25 2009

AS HE flung his arms aloft and lifted his eyes to the heavens, I couldn’t help but feel great happiness for Lee Westwood at becoming the top golfer in Europe.Read

John Helm: Town make for a happy return Nov 18 2009

AFTER a surfeit of international football recently, it was a joy to get back to watching good old fashioned English football last weekend – and Huddersfield Town in excellent form.Read

John Helm: Surprises galore in Under 17 World Cup Nov 11 2009

I KNEW the Under 17 World Cup in Nigeria was going to be full of surprises from the moment our airport bus didn’t turn up and we had to hitch a ride with the Honduras team.Read

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