Tag: BBC
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Saturdays, cross of the stations and JV’s trickshots
While it is known only too well that repitition is one of the great foibles in this trade, it would always be contended that if a point still carries credence, it’s worth mentioning again. So we duly find ourselves back in the late 1980s or early 90s. Saturday afternoons in my brother-in-law Kieran’s family home…
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Some of the big guns are going to be de-commissioned at the first hurdle
Holders Liverpool will begin the defence of their FA Cup title against a Wolves side currently languishing at the foot of the Premier League table. Jurgen Klopp’s side will no doubt be keen to construct a good run in the venerated old competition. Not only for the obvious reason that they are the holders thereof,…
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Sports Wordle No. 12
Former Snooker player, permanent star. https://mywordle.strivemath.com/?word=rwijz
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Gordon and Gavin targeted in Panorama witch hunt
They say timing is everything. So it would be hard not to feel there was an ulterior motive at play with the timing of the broadcasting of the recent Panorama programme on BBC entitled Racing’s Dark Side. Coming as it did in the lead up to both Gordon Elliott’s return from suspension and the Galway…
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Voice of Motorsport Murray Walker passes away aged 97
Yours truly was asked several times over the years was there any sport which wouldn’t be viewed from this seat. The answer to said query has always been Baseball. And that, being honest is only down to not understanding the discipline in question. There are others which fall into the bracket of knowledge exists thereon…
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Life’s a Beach as Meath men make a splash
So here we are, another little example of how Covid-19 put paid to what once passed for ‘normal’ life. The last Thursday in January. Thyestes Chase Day in Gowran Park. Which means the annual outing for a busload from Brady’s of Dunboyne – and a van load from our yard – descending on the banks…