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The Winger's Affliction

About Me

The Winger's Affliction is an ambitious work in progress by the renowned Romantic poet Nigel Long. It aims to explore and illuminate the many contradictions and curses that dog the play of the creative wide man. The author welcomes ideas and contribution by any football fan who has found himself both enthralled and frustrated by the mazy wizardry of the flankster.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Pat Nevin, Lord Byron, Jim Morrison's sister

My Blog

Verse of The Alchemist

There follows a contribution to the canon of The Winger's Affliction by Paul Henshaw, sonic alchemist and writer and creator of the songs on his wonderful new album Drat - check it out on his Myspace....
Posted by on Wed, 21 Jan 2009 11:22:00 GMT

Wider perspectives

The winger is an actor on a broader stage, waiting in the wings to appear and often languishing there unnoticed. Here we offer insights from writers and philosphers on the paradigm...
Posted by on Wed, 07 May 2008 02:35:00 GMT

Excerpt from Canto the First

Hot off the quill pen! Nigel Long has consented that the following excerpt from the first Canto of The Winger’s Affliction should be posted.   Read on, consider and dream, dear fr...
Posted by on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:43:00 GMT

First excerpt from The Wingers Affliction!

We are pleased to present the first extract from The Winger’s Affliction - The Prologue.   This sets the scene for the rest of the epic poem, and is the work not of the poet Nigel Long...
Posted by on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:41:00 GMT

Welcome to the Wingers Affliction

Welcome to the cloistered seminary where we ruminate on the mysteries of the angel or demon that is the winger! Firstly some parameters.   We are here to discuss the fortunes and perils of t...
Posted by on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 04:03:00 GMT