Huddersfield Examiner - Columnists - John Helm

The highs and lows of a dramatic 2011 in sport: John Helm

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 01:00:00 GMT

SO HOW was it for you? 2011 was a dream of a year for sports writers what with bungs, match-fixing, striking footballers and dwarf tossing but here’s my take on 12 breathtaking months.

John Helm column: Another difference between Manchester United and Barcelona

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 01:00:00 GMT

THIS IS the first time I’ve enjoyed the build-up to Christmas in Japan, and I must admit it’s odd eating sushi and noodles to the accompaniment of Louis Armstrong’s “Winter Wonderland.”

John Helm: How can former Barnsley, Scunthorpe and Doncaster Rovers jouneyman face Neymar and Messi?

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 01:00:00 GMT

FUNNY things happen in Japan.

John Helm: Will prize give Messi drive?

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

NEXT week I’ll be reporting to you from Toyota. No, not the car factory in Derby, the actual place of that name in Japan.

John Helm: Martin O’Neill a success story wherever he goes

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

ONE good thing about Martin O’Neill’s appointment as Sunderland manager is that it will stop his name appearing in prospective lists every time a job comes up in the Premier League.

John Helm: The name remains the same

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

ST JAMES’ PARK will always be St James’ Park no matter what the Newcastle directors want to call it.

John Helm: The magic of the cup is alive and well

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

THERE are those who would have us believe that the FA Cup has lost its magic.

John Helm: Response to Billy Sharp shows the good side of football

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

IF EVER goals were written in the stars, they were Billy Sharp’s strikes against Middlesbrough and Ipswich.

John Helm: The Wizard of the Wand

Huddersfield Examiner — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 23:00:00 GMT

CAN YOU imagine what it must be like to know you’re the best in the world at what you do?

John Helm: Weekend of woe for top flight bosses

Huddersfield Examiner — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 23:00:00 GMT

WHAT A week for football managers!

John Helm: Feelgood factor at Bootham Crescent

Huddersfield Examiner — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 23:00:00 GMT

IF YOU want to experience a feelgood factor in the game go to Bootham Crescent.

John Helm: Motor racing’s message was chilling

Huddersfield Examiner — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 23:00:00 GMT

IT WAS chilling to hear people like Sir Jackie Stewart and Nigel Mansell say that the 220 mph crash that killed British driver Dan Wheldon was inevitable.

John Helm: Quake USA because Tom Lewis is coming

Huddersfield Examiner — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 23:00:00 GMT

WHILE one Lewis was finishing a disappointed second in Korea on Sunday, another was coming up in the fast lane in Portugal to take a chequered flag for the first time in his career.

John Helm: It’s baffling that hooliganism is back

Huddersfield Examiner — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 23:00:00 GMT

THERE are a lot of things I don’t understand.

John Helm: Big men shouln’t cry

Huddersfield Examiner — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 23:00:00 GMT

WE ARE told grown men – nay giants of the species – wept uncontrollably in the Eden Park dressing room in Auckland after England’s ignominious departure from the Rugby World Cup.

John Helm: Not worth the paper they are written on

Huddersfield Examiner — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 23:00:00 GMT

I HAVE always thought contracts in football are a waste of time and that view has been confirmed by recent events.

John Helm: Joey Barton was on his best behaviour

Huddersfield Examiner — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 23:00:00 GMT

INITIALLY I was horrified at the sight of Joey Barton adopting the role of studio guest on BBC’s Football Focus.

John Helm: The managerial fickle finger of fate points again

Huddersfield Examiner — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 23:00:00 GMT

I’VE always believed that luck plays a massive part in sport.

John Helm: Let’s hope England finally show some panache in the 2011 World Cup

Huddersfield Examiner — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 23:00:00 GMT

THERE seems to have been a recurring theme about England’s Rugby World Cup campaign down in New Zealand.

Manchester United boss is wrong on TV moan: John Helm column

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT

SOMETIMES I’m astounded at the reasoning, or lack of it, spilling from the mouths of Premier League managers – but Sir Alex Ferguson takes the biscuit this week.