Geoff has published widely on French sport, radio and television, including: Football in France. A Cultural History (Oxford: Berg, 2003) (orders via Bloomsbury Publishers (originally Berg) or through amazon.com). The Tour de France, 1903-2003, published in 2003, a multi-authored book for the centenary, jointly edited with Hugh Dauncey. France and the 1998 World Cup: the national impact of a world sporting event, eds H Dauncey & G Hare (London: Cass, 1999, 232p.) Click for Geoff's 1998 World Cup photos Geoff edited in 2009 a book of poems by his old friend Barry Gooch: click for details. Geoff's contribution to FREE Blog on Football and European collective memory on European Cup Final 1960 List of Geoff's main publications since 2003 (Word) and academic publications in Newcastle University vault some give access to full text.

Geoff supports the Institut français d'Ecosse, Alliance française (Newcastle), Franco-Scottish Society (Edinburgh), The Scottish Poetry Library Edinburgh and Edinburgh West End Bowls Club [founded 1864: Edinburgh Top 10 Champions 2014]. He now works as a freelance translator in records management, sports studies, literature and general topics, is an occasional editor of poetry and continues to write academic articles, mainly on James Gordon Bennett and France. See below and his translation page, including a translation into French of a Records Management Guide. Click for Geoff's blog Englishman in Noo Yoik. See also an example of his taste in humour: Learn French with Eddie Izzard. Under construction: Links to learning other languages

Bob & Geoff Winners John Brown Pairs Trophy 2015

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Dernière mise à jour : le 28 juillet 2015
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