Dennis Amiss was my cricketing hero in the late 1960s and 1970s. A Warwickshire man through and through. Dad sometimes used to get home early from work and we would head off to Edgbaston for the evening session of a … Continue reading
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It is a farce. You train for years. You work. You sacrifice. You compete. You reach your goal of an Olympic final. Only to be competing against a Russian whose performance has been enhanced by a state-sponsored program of drug … Continue reading
There are plenty of words elsewhere about this astonishing man. This picture says more than any words I can write. If you want to read more: Muhammad Ali: fighter, joker, magician, religious disciple, preacher The Guardian From Cassius Clay to Muhammad … Continue reading
That moment! The Guardian’s Barnay Ronay is in glorious form in this wonderful commentary on Leicester’s Premiership winning party at the KingPower stadium yesterday. Twitter was alive; the city of Leicester was on the global map; Bocelli sand with Ranieri … Continue reading
To say Watford were poor is being kind. Crystal Palace had pace, height, strength and desire. Watford were occasionally easy on the eye. Unusually we had the greater share of possession. But we were devoid of ideas and pace in … Continue reading
Wembley – 24 April 2016 – FA Cup semi-final Quique Sanchez Flores is a nomad. The calls for him to stay at Watford for at least another season ignore the fact that Flores requested that a one year break clause … Continue reading
I am off to Heathrow on Saturday and onto Wemberley on Sunday (ok Wembley). Watford play Crystal Palace in the FA Cup semi final. It really is too close to call. The last time we played Palace at Wembley was … Continue reading
Picture: The Guardian Every picture tells a story. Jamie Vardy was clearly not asking referee Jon Moss for his autograph following his second-half dismissal against West Ham United on Sunday 17 April 2016. The tv replays suggest that among the … Continue reading