Simon Martin joined September 2007

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Simon Martin

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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!

The Shortlist »

  • 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).

  • Ruth or Mays?

  • Unitas or Montana?

  • Pele or Maradona?

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

  • Pac 10, Big 12, Big 10, SEC, ACC, or Big East?

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128 days ago

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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

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188 days ago

Carolina Tiger said...

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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.

236 days ago

Goutham Babu said...

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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

236 days ago

Jersey Al Bracco said...

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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

239 days ago

Carolina Tiger said...

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So what do you think of Phil Parkinson then Simon?

242 days ago

Goutham Babu said...

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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

243 days ago

Dave Morrison said...

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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

349 days ago

Ricky O'Neal said...

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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

411 days ago

Brad Simkulet said...

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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

426 days ago

Farooq Ahmed said...

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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.

433 days ago

Brad Simkulet said...

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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

439 days ago

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