authorarchives Gav Reilly

22-year-old on-off blogger, journalist, web designer and musician, ordinarily resident at www.gavreilly.com. Diehard Man Utd fan but also a huge supporter of gaelic games (God love him, being from Meath…) and rugby.

Racism still threatens the Rainbow Nation’s triumph

In the latest of a shamefully sporadic series of opinion posts, Gav Reilly examines how racism in football is now a shamefully First World problem.

June 23, 2010 – 6:42 pm Posted in Opinion Comments (2)

Guest post: Missed the World Cup magazines?

Looking for a handy way of catching up with all the runners and riders in this week’s (yes, this week’s!) World Cup? Looking for an excuse to buy an actual newspaper? You old fogey, you. Never fear, though – guest blogger Ronan Hunt-Murphy guides you through the best of the newspaper supplements devoted to the greatest footballing show on earth.

June 8, 2010 – 5:01 am Posted in World Cup Comments (1)

Opinion: Can a fans’ trust work?

In a long overdue return to BPF, Gav Reilly ponders whether the Red Knights model of ownership can really work [...]

March 8, 2010 – 10:10 pm Posted in Featured, Opinion Comments (2)

Bottoms Up: Can the Carling Cup survive?

Gav Reilly argues for reform of the League Cup before it becomes an unworkable, worthless shambles – but what do [...]

October 31, 2009 – 9:10 pm Posted in Discussion, Featured Comments (1)

Opinion: the Italian Blob

Returning from a professional sabbatical and into actual sunlight for the first time in what feels like several years, Gav Reilly thinks that Football might finally, in 2010, come home

October 16, 2009 – 8:56 pm Posted in Featured, Opinion Comments (0)

Fulham complete Duff signing

London side Fulham have signed Irish international Damien Duff from Newcastle United for a fee believed to be about £4m. [...]

August 18, 2009 – 12:30 pm Posted in News Comments (2)

Opinion: The Great 3pm Blackout

The singular beauty of football, the reason it’s known worldwide as The Beautiful Game, is the sheer simplicity of the [...]

August 18, 2009 – 12:13 pm Posted in Featured, Opinion Comments (8)

Opinion: The Salary Cap Can’t Come Soon Enough

In his first piece for BPF, Gav Reilly explains why football will die if a salary cap isn’t introduced soon.

August 5, 2009 – 6:32 am Posted in Opinion Comments (11)

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