Well, here we are. After 365 days of hammering away at keys, pasting pictures from Google images and dealing with accusations of pomposity on Twitter, The Equaliser has arrived at its first birthday (a day of celebration shared with other such luminaries as Benoît Assou-Ekotto and The Undertaker) with arthritic fingers and only moderately impaired vision.
So, as I sit here eating non-existent slices of cake and blowing out metaphorical candles, I thought I’d take a minute to say thank-you to everyone who has visited and contributed to the site over the last year, not to mention those who have been sources of great encouragement and/or provided sage and timely advice on occasion.
The success of the blog has come as something of a surprise to me (I only set this up to practice my writing with little expectation that anyone but perhaps my parents and dyslexic Edward Woodward fans would find their way to this isolated corner of the world wide web), but I genuinely couldn’t be happier with the way things have turned out over the last twelve months.
That said, I don’t want the blog to rest on its laurels and I hope that The Equaliser’s second year of life will see a further improvement in the quality of the content provided. I honestly don’t know where I’m going with this, it’s just a hobby really, but I’ve got a few ideas as to how to keep things interesting, so as long as people continue to enjoy reading then I will be more than happy to write.
Again, thanks to all who visit and contribute, it’s you who make the blog what it is and I hope that things continue to go from strength to strength in the coming months.
All the best,
Chris
Happy Birthday Equaliser!
I always enjoy coming here and it’s a sign of how well you write that it has become so popular in such a short space of time.
Tremendous work and you’re certainly a writer headed for big things (if you want them!)
Cheers,
Andrew
Thanks to you Chris.
An absolute gem of a site that we’re really glad to have found and link to.
Keep up the sterling work and we’ll be back en masse.
Happy Birthday Equaliser!
HeadersandVolleys.co.uk
Many happy returns Equaliser.
One of the best sites around and always packed with well written, quality pieces. Long may it continue
Happy Birthday to one of my favorite English written blog.
Cheers from France
nico
happy birthday.
keep on….
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Keep up the good work!
Happy Equaliser. Most enjoyable & perceptive writing on our game! Keep it up! Greetings from the Philippines!
Happy Birthday,
If I have to name only one webpage THE page about football, it would be very hard not to name this one.
But first I thought you wrote about Lothar Matthäus who celebrated his 50th a few days ago.
Thanks for all the kind messages, here’s to another good year.
One of my favourites, keep up the great work.
i am an avid reader of the electronic media. Been searching for a website like this… ALAS!! was able to find it…..very refreshing ……i gain some great football knowledge.
so thanks to you…..and keep up the great work.
Happy birthday equaliser thanks for all the wonderful articles like Dixie Dean, my favourite footballer series, top 20 managers, and the others. Keep up the good work.
Rero, Lagos, Nigeria.
Well done Chris, a thoroughly enjoyable 12 months, here’s to the next 12!