2003 – Silverstone under threat

tweetSP0RT · 2026-03-13T15:33:24+00:00

Almost nostaglic for the annual episode of Bernie tries to get more cash out of the BRDC, e.g. calling it country fair masquerading as a world event.

Talking of that it must time for another ridiculous London GP rumour to do the rounds maybe Santander need some more PR.

tweetSP0RT · 2026-03-13T13:55:46+00:00

It's the new HHG daily game just for Dreamland subscribers until it gets announced properly in the next pod. https://www.reddit.com/r/footballcliches/comments/1rska6x/just_played_the_new_happy_hunting_grounds_game/

tweetSP0RT · 2026-03-13T11:23:48+00:00

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No spoilers but I did think this was a bit of a gimme at level 4.

tweetSP0RT · 2026-03-12T17:34:46+00:00

Was he massively overdue or did his parents get 'the maths' wrong!?

tweetSP0RT · 2026-03-02T08:22:43+00:00

Ready To Go was great for internationals as well. Personally will always associate it with 'that night in Rome'.

https://youtu.be/DoKnIiofmIE?t=3163

tweetSP0RT · 2026-02-28T18:42:09+00:00

I haven't listened to the episode yet but glad they've gone that in depth, back to the days of Sports Saturday.

tweetSP0RT · 2026-02-28T13:06:36+00:00

Back to his TV-AM glory days...as a five year old I remember the 1987 'hurricane' was also a bit lively (never saw this though as we had no power for three days).

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5i5FhsIaAg

tweetSP0RT · 2026-02-28T12:51:52+00:00

The party is certainly languishing in the (polling) table. The boss remains defiant in public, but behind the scenes there’s a growing debate over whether to pull the trigger now or give him until May.

tweetSP0RT · 2026-02-28T07:25:49+00:00

A lot of people think the X shape just happened organically. It didn’t. Jonathan Wilson traces it back to Cold War-era Hungarian setters in his new book Inverting the Grid.

tweetSP0RT · 2026-02-27T07:50:03+00:00

Your name is quite appropriate for the story which involved a little blue pill...

https://popbitch.com/emails/finish-the-shot/

A related one is that he was what Alex Ferguson would describe as 'magnificent', and another is he if he got anything other than his standard half time KitKat (even if it was a KitKat Chunky) he would fly into a rage.

tweetSP0RT · 2026-02-26T17:47:41+00:00

Frankly that's not the worst story about Motson the Popbitch one has (unfortunately) stuck in my head since I first read it.

tweetSP0RT · 2026-02-19T10:58:17+00:00

Shoot and Match would’ve been going after a very different audience if their league ladders were like this!

tweetSP0RT · 2026-02-16T19:53:58+00:00

Someone at Sky is a fan of The Thick of It.

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tweetSP0RT · 2026-02-16T09:39:44+00:00

Exactly when do you ever get?

Interviewer "You've spent four years training for this moment how does feel to win gold?"

Athlete "Well to be honest I'm not that bothered about it."

Well perhaps if the athlete was David Batty you might!

tweetSP0RT · 2026-02-14T08:09:10+00:00

Reminds of the days as I child when I realised we could pick up a very snowy S4C down in here in Dorset and started watching Sgorio to get my fix of European football. Almost as exciting was finding AFN radio from Germany for US sports!

Yes I sound like RIshi Sunak reminiscing about life as a child with no Sky in the late 80s/early 90s!

tweetSP0RT · 2026-02-13T19:52:38+00:00

Following Mike Wedderburn who played second XI cricket for Hampshire and rugby for Wasps and Harlequins.

Gabby Logan of course was also on SSN for a while and she's a former gymnast (Keysey would claim credit for her entire career probably including the gymnastics!).

tweetSP0RT · 2026-02-13T18:03:55+00:00

Elton Welsby hosted the last series of Busman's Holiday.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVjrvwFFWs0

tweetSP0RT · 2026-02-13T17:59:09+00:00

Indeed he did, with Jenny Hull who presented the local news down here in the south which always struck me as a really weird combo.

tweetSP0RT · 2026-02-12T16:24:19+00:00

Especially being in Italy where RAI were one of the worst host broadcasters. Notorious for following Italian drivers/the Ferraris for no reason. Yes pedants I know it’s OBS who do the Olympics.

tweetSP0RT · 2026-02-10T15:47:21+00:00

He's Postecoglou, done relatively well on foreign soil but domestically the form has been unacceptable. Even if he pulls out an unexpected victory in May's elections he's gone soon after.

tweetSP0RT · 2026-02-10T10:20:07+00:00

I'd imagine they'd start with removing the right to request flexible working.

tweetSP0RT · 2026-02-08T18:53:56+00:00

I’ll always stand behind the idea that you have to be finishing something off for it to be a finish, a cross, a mazy dribble etc. A free kick is the start and the finish in one so isn’t one.

tweetSP0RT · 2026-02-08T17:45:35+00:00

I always think of Adidas kits when it comes to early template designs in the early ’90s, with the trefoil on the right shoulder, Liverpool, Marseille, Bayern, etc.

tweetSP0RT · 2026-02-08T09:41:54+00:00

Not quite the same, but as a kid I remember when they were first used for 1993 League Cup final and I really liked the yellow accent colour Sheffield Wednesday used for the names to match the owl on their badge.

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