Meirion Williams, Author at Blowing Bubbles

Football clubs and players boycott social media, but what next?

May 25, 2021 Meirion Williams 0

The recent May Day bank holiday was a strange one for many. This oddity had nothing to do with the pandemic or the weather, but was due to the decision by the sporting fraternity to

Will a ban on betting sponsors have a major impact on West Ham?

April 14, 2021 Meirion Williams 0

Those of us of a certain age will remember the problems West Ham had back in September 2008. At the start of that season emblazoned on our shirts were two large letters, those being XL.

Fornals might not be the player we thought but can still be key

March 17, 2021 Meirion Williams 0

It is already pretty clear that Jesse Lingard was an inspired loan signing during the recent transfer window, but to allow this deal to happen, we had to permanently sign Said Benrahma. But what of

Big Sam left empty handed but others have had much more luck

February 19, 2021 Meirion Williams 0

There is one West Ham manager of recent times that really splits supporters opinions. Some will say he was a necessary evil, others will state that despite what he achieved at the club, he was

‘In my book, Stockport go into the fixture as big favourites’

January 6, 2021 Meirion Williams 0

When the fixture list is released there are a few things I invariably do. The first few are related to looking at that list to see if we have any games scheduled on important family

‘Thanks Lookman, but you are not the only one to look stupid’

December 9, 2020 Meirion Williams 0

They say that Christmas comes early every year and it’s also the time for giving – well that can be said for the end of November too. Firstly, the giving where West Ham allowed opponents

A fat chequebook won’t mask the lack of a scouting system

November 23, 2020 Meirion Williams 0

It is interesting to see how in a relatively quick time three recent signings have become some of the first names on the team sheet. In January we signed both Jarrod Bowen and, then on

lrons suffer positive tests as Moyes and Diop struck down

October 26, 2020 Meirion Williams 0

The magazine Private Eye has a regular column called Colemanballs. It was a term coined by the magazine to describe verbal gaffes perpetrated in sports. Well there was one absolute corker a few weeks ago:

Roberto departs after taking a special place in our history…

September 28, 2020 Meirion Williams 0

The definition of getting the monkey off your back is ‘to remove or solve a problem that has been difficult to get rid of or solve; to get rid of a problem or situation that

Affordable football questioned as fans bemoan broken promises

June 24, 2020 Meirion Williams 0

There have been numerous surveys conducted over the past few months which have been pretty damning and it is clear that there is currently an anti-board protest campaign being effectively run which means that anything

Articles by Meirion Williams

Will a ban on betting sponsors have a major impact on West Ham?

Fornals might not be the player we thought but can still be key

Big Sam left empty handed but others have had much more luck

‘In my book, Stockport go into the fixture as big favourites’

‘Thanks Lookman, but you are not the only one to look stupid’

A fat chequebook won’t mask the lack of a scouting system

lrons suffer positive tests as Moyes and Diop struck down

Roberto departs after taking a special place in our history…

Affordable football questioned as fans bemoan broken promises

The Last Word: Will Moyes suffer the same fate as Bilic and Pellegrini? Let’s hope not!

Forget Shakira’s hips, it’s really the numbers that don’t lie

Accounts lay bare the impact of COVID-19 on West Ham and others

Will any of our loan rangers ever get their first team chance?