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Jim White

Jim White

Jim White writes a regular Sports column for the Oldie. His own sporting credentials are somewhat sketchy. Though he has run a couple of marathons. Slowly. And was once the coach of his son’s junior football team, an experience which he chronicled in his best-selling book “You’ll Win Nothing With Kids”.

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Football coaches could learn from rugby - Jim White
Pursuits | By Jim White

Football coaches could learn from rugby - Jim White

The pointlessness of football managers' pitchside exhortations is all the more evident in the absence of noisome spectators - Jim White
Fans make the game beautiful – Jim White
Pursuits | By Jim White

Fans make the game beautiful – Jim White

Sport loses meaning without support
Mandela the rugby coach
Pursuits | By Jim White

Mandela the rugby coach

Ahead of the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan, Jim White reveals how Nelson Mandela helped the Springboks win the 1995 final
Football's glorious summer
Blog | By Jim White | Jul 02, 2019

Football's glorious summer

The Lionesses will play the USA tonight in the Women's World Cup semi-final. After an already brilliant summer for English football, Jim White hopes their success can give the women's game the respect it deserves
Britain: a step too far for dockless bikes
Blog | By Jim White | Jan 11, 2019

Britain: a step too far for dockless bikes

Dockless bikes are on the out. Vandalism and Britain's unorthodox parking methods have seen OFO, a Chinese firm, withdraw their bikes from circulation, says Jim White

Roger Bannister, the fastest – and most polite – man on the planet
Blog | By Jim White | Mar 09, 2018

Roger Bannister, the fastest – and most polite – man on the planet

A great friend to the magazine, he charmed us all when he won Oldie of the Year
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