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Saturday, September 4th, 2010
[show_avatar email=rohan@hetoreahamstring.me.uk align=left] I wonder if Roy Evans knew exactly what he was unleashing when he sent Jamie Carragher on for his first team debut on January 8, 1997. Some 600 plus games - and legendary status amongst the Anfield faithful - later, ‘Carra’ today celebrated a well-deserved testimonial today ...
Posted in Football, Liverpool, Sport |
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
[show_avatar email=rohan@hetoreahamstring.me.uk align=left] Liverpool Football Club are, in the opinion of many observers, a club in crisis. A footballing institution driven into financial ruin by two American owners, a giant of British football reduced to seventh place in the Premier League last season.
However, in football as in other walks of ...
Posted in Football, Liverpool, Sport |
Monday, August 30th, 2010
[show_avatar email=rohan@hetoreahamstring.me.uk align=left] Popular culture would have it as one of contemporary society’s greatest sins, a constant theme in romantic comedy, soap opera and film. So quite how often do we forget anniversaries, not to mention birthdays and the like? And is it confined solely to the male gender, or ...
Posted in Danielle, Friends, Musing |
Sunday, August 29th, 2010
[show_avatar email=rohan@hetoreahamstring.me.uk align=left] Make no mistake about it, the reputation of cricket lies in tatters this morning after sensational revelations of ‘spot-fixing’ by the News of the World, relating to the current Test Match at Lord's, between England and Pakistan.
For clarity, it needs to be made clear that there is no ...
Posted in Cricket, Sport |
Thursday, August 26th, 2010
[show_avatar email=rohan@hetoreahamstring.me.uk align=left] It’s been an ever so slightly busy week!! A day of interviews in each of London, Manchester and Birmingham, followed eventually by a well deserved day of rest.
I could not describe myself as mentally or physically tired per se, but constant travelling and ‘getting yourself up’ for ...
Posted in Friends, Musing |
Friday, August 20th, 2010
[show_avatar email=rohan@hetoreahamstring.me.uk align=left] There are few paths that are as oft trodden as the sidewalk of Memory Lane. Of course, it has different connotations for all of us, and in most cases is a long road with curves aplenty, and the ability to haunt and inspire in equal dosage.
I have ...
Posted in Friends, Musing |
Tuesday, August 17th, 2010
[show_avatar email=rohan@hetoreahamstring.me.uk align=left] So often we relate life to imagery and words. I spoke about this with one of my closest friends this afternoon, and I am delighted to say that her ‘life song’ at the moment would probably be ‘Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday’.
My thoughts are somewhat more complex ...
Posted in Musing, You Tube |
Sunday, August 15th, 2010
[show_avatar email=rohan@hetoreahamstring.me.uk align=left] So the Premier League is up and running again, giving 9 months of hopes, fears and palpitations to fans, not only across the land, but globally. I suppose I always knew that English football had international appeal, having seen how much it meant to so many in South ...
Posted in Football, Liverpool, Social Media, Sport, Twitter |
Saturday, August 14th, 2010
[show_avatar email=rohan@hetoreahamstring.me.uk align=left] It was four short months ago that we heralded the start of another cricket season. Now with the exception of the Premier League run-in, the Champions' League Final, the Football League play-offs, and the small matter of the FIFA World Cup, I would love to say that ...
Posted in Cricket, Football, Liverpool, Musing |
Tuesday, August 10th, 2010
[show_avatar email=Rohan@hetoreahamstring.me.uk align=left] I ‘overheard’ a conversation on Twitter this evening, in which the extremely gifted Argentinian, David Nalbandian, was described as the best tennis player never to have won a Grand Slam tournament.
Whilst I think that Nalbandian is a terrific talent, I would personally have saved mention for Tim ...
Posted in Musing, Sport |
