Earlier this month, on December 11, the 200th anniversary of the world’s first football club passed. There was very little in the way of fanfare from the football authorities although one man has been ...

Sat across the worktable, Joe Sloan grins widely. Clad in a mustard yellow jumper and a blue work suit, he eases himself onto a rough-hewn tree stump and sits down. The 35 year old is a son of the ...