Nigel Marriott

Trophy Winners #2 – England Women’s Club Football 1992 to 2026

May 31, 2026 By Nigel Marriott

After 9 league titles in a row, Chelsea were finally knocked off their perch in 2025/26 by Man City who won their 2nd ever WSL title. Man City then went on to complete their first ever League & FA Cup double in English women’s football. Chelsea could console themselves by retaining the League Cup.

If you are new to the women’s game in England (especially following the Lionesses winning the European Championship in 2022), why not download my spreadsheet listing all trophy winners since 1992 to find out which teams are the GOATs of English women’s football?

UK Weather Tracker #111 – April 2026

May 5, 2026 By Nigel Marriott

April 2026 was the 4th sunniest and 7th warmest on record as well as 11th widest temperature range. However, my abnormality index was not impressed and rated the month as entirely normal.

Pay Gap Trends #9 – Employer Gender Pay Gaps in 2025 – The Numbers

April 8, 2026 By Nigel Marriott

The deadline for employers to submit their 2025 gender pay gap data has now passed. So what do the numbers tell us about what happened in 2025? How have these changed since 2024 and 2017 when employer gender pay gap reporting (GPGR) became mandatory? Read on to find out the answers and why I have concerns about the government’s plans to make it mandatory for employer to publish action plans to reduce their gender pay gaps.

UK Weather Tracker #110 – March 2026

April 3, 2026 By Nigel Marriott

The UK weather in March was the 10th warmest on record but otherwise unremarkable.

UK Weather Trends #40 – Winter 2026

March 6, 2026 By Nigel Marriott

Winter 2026 in the UK was warmer, wetter and darker than normal but not the extent I expected given the unrelenting days without the sun in January. So for those people in Aberdeen who went 46 days without seeing the sun, it could have been worse!

UK Weather Tracker #109 – February 2026

March 6, 2026 By Nigel Marriott

The UK weather in February was warm, wet and dark for this time of year. We also had the 2nd lowest range of temperatures on record with maximum and minimums across the 24 hours varying by only 4.5 degrees on average.

UK Weather Tracker #108 – January 2026

February 2, 2026 By Nigel Marriott

The 2026 calendar year in the UK began with a wetter January than usual but otherwise the weather in this month was unremarkable.

UK Weather Trends #39 – Annual Temperatures in 2025

January 6, 2026 By Nigel Marriott

The year 2025 was both the hottest and 2nd hottest year on record in the UK. Last year, I used a CUSUM Chart to conclude “if the calendar year average is greater than 9.48 degrees Celsius and the meteorological year average is greater than 9.33 degrees Celsius … (this will) signal an upwards trend change“. By co-incidence, the average 24-hour temperature across the UK in 2025 was 10.09 degrees Celsius for both the calendar (Jan to Dec) and the meteorological (Dec to Nov) years which is clearly higher than these thresholds. It’s only taken me four years of writing to conclude a new upward trend in UK temperatures has begun.

UK Weather Tracker #107 – December 2025

January 5, 2026 By Nigel Marriott

The 2026 meteorological year in the UK began with a warmer and less frosty December than usual but otherwise the weather in this month was unremarkable.

Trophy Winners #4 – The GOATs in World Snooker (Mens) – 1969 to 2025

December 9, 2025 By Nigel Marriott

Mark Selby has become only the 4th player in Snooker history to win 10 Triple Crowns after prevailing over Judd Trump in the 2025 UK Championship. Only Ronnie O’Sullivan (23), Stephen Hendry (18) & Steve Davis (15) have won more Triple Crown tournaments. Mark’s GOAThood is already confirmed as I wrote about last year but is he as dominant as the other GOATs (Greatest Of All Time)?