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A student at the UK's top sports Uni, Loughborough University, Simon is a budding Pentathlete and an FA referee in his spare time. He studies English and Technical Journals for his degree.

Simon is a season ticket holder at the Valley, home of Charlton Athletic, and is a red red robin, through and through!

He is hoping that his articles on the laws of the game, and analysis of refereeing behaviour may highlight areas in the game which require improvement, or at the very least encourage some healthy debate!

Simon has quite a few football related projects on the go. one of his latest ventures is an attempt to get real footballers more recognised for their efforts on and off the pitch: and it starts with Chris Powell of Charlton Athletic: getting him a Knighthood!

For anyone so inclined to vote: http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Sir-C-Powell/

On that note, he's off to Charlton! COME ON YOU REDS!

Simon's Recent Articles

Valley Floyd Road, My Only Desire

Published 7 months ago
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Manager Roundabout 2008

Published about 1 year ago
272 reads 1 comments

Championship Roundup Week One

Published about 1 year ago
234 reads 4 comments

Return to The Front: Simon Martin

Published about 1 year ago
229 reads 7 comments

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Favorite Athletes

Steve Backley, Sebastian Coe
Favorite Sports Teams

Charlton Athletic, Crawley Town, New England Patriots.
All Time Sports Moment

Chris Powell of Charlton Athletic scoring at the Valley, 2006 - he looked to the heavens and cried "that was for Andrew".
Most Memorable Game Attended

Sunderland VS Charlton Athletic, 1997/98 Divison One Play-off final. Charlton won 7-6 on penalties after a Clive Mendonca hat-trick made it 4-4 in extra time.
Most Unbreakable Sports Record

Highest scoring score draw in English football: Charlton Athletic 6 - 6 Middlesborough (1st Divison, 1960). OR... Shortest serving manager, Leroy Rosenior, 10 minutes (Torquay United, 17 May 2007).
Pele or Maradona?

Pele - although I respect Maradona hugely, I fear his "hand of god" counts against his legend status.

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by John
about 1 month ago

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by Tim
3 months ago

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3 months ago

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by Tim
5 months ago

Always enjoy the chance to do an interview- please check it out if you get a chance! Thanks!

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/197232-br-exclusive-interview-dave-coulier-talking-stanley-cup-finals
by John
5 months ago

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by Carolina
7 months ago

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/148024-what-has-the-premiership-ever-done-for-england

If you get a chance take a look at my latest article and let me know what you think?

Thanks mate.
by Goutham
7 months ago

Hello bro..pls read my latest article and say what you feel about it..
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/147369-which-is-the-best-league-in-europe-serie-a-la-liga-or-premier-league
by Jersey Al
7 months ago

Here's my first shot at a "soccer" article: Would love to hear your comments:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/146452-us-mens-soccer-is-landon-donovan-really-the-best-we-can-do
by Carolina
7 months ago

So what do you think of Phil Parkinson then Simon?
by Goutham
7 months ago

hello bro.. pls read my new article and and say what you feel about it..
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/143439-are-we-stumped-out-by-cricket-an-overlook
by Dave
11 months ago

Hey Simon—Dave Mo here, a Bleacher Report Community Coordinator.

I've been spending time on our World Football pages and read a couple of your old articles. Really on-point analysis...you do good work.

Given that you haven't written in a while, I thought I'd check in and see if you're interested in picking up your coverage again. What do you say?

If not, it would be great if you could give me some feedback on why you decided to stop writing and what we could have done to better serve you. If you wouldn't mind, please shoot me a line at dmorrison@bleacherreport.com with any thoughts.

Thanks so much,

Dave Mo
by Ricky
about 1 year ago

Professional Football: The Chase of An Impossible Dream?

For every one of the 13 million people playing football unprofessionally in the UK, the possibility of professional contracts with professional clubs is a very real possibility for some. But of those with the talent to play our beautiful game, how many are chasing an impossible dream?

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/66021-professional-football-the-chase-of-an-impossible-dream

Check out my latest article, I'm sure you'll have an opinion!

Ricky
by Brad
about 1 year ago

Simon

Something fun about the weekend I thought you might like: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/60358-the-high-and-the-low-the-weekends-best-and-worst-in-the-premiership

Cheers, Brad
by Farooq
about 1 year ago

Hey,

Top 10 Stories Of The Weekend: Week 4

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/58039-top-10-stories-of-the-weekend-week-4

Check it out.

Farooq.
by Brad
about 1 year ago

Simon,

Great to have you back around these parts. My new installment of Great Managers is out. Check it out and let me know what you think: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/55716-fabio-capello-what-makes-englands-boss-great

Brad

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