by admin | Jul 30, 2024 | Sports Articles
“Now, what I want is Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else and root out everything else. You can only form the mind of reasoning animals upon Facts: nothing else will ever be of any service to them.”...
by admin | Jul 30, 2024 | Sports Articles
A favourite piece of graffiti of a previous generation said, “Jesus saves” after which a wise crack had added “And Messi nets the rebound”. But then another similar piece of graffiti stated that “Jesus is the answer” to which someone else had added, “It depends what...
by admin | Jul 30, 2024 | Sports Articles
We tend not to associate poetry and sport; indeed, we will not be aware of many sportsmen quoting, let alone writing, poetry. However, in a previous article we noted that Alfred Lord Tennyson, the great English Romantic poet, had an impact much later on tennis....
by admin | Jul 30, 2024 | Sports Articles
In the 2023 FA Cup Final, Ilkay Gundogan scored for Manchester City within twelve seconds of the start of the match. Looking back over the thirty years of the EPL, one hundred and three goals have been scored in the first minute of a match with Chelsea and Everton...
by admin | Jul 30, 2024 | Sports Articles
Picture a glass of beer; that may well be a refreshing sight for some – indeed some might even be moved to go to the fridge at the very mention! Alternatively picture a cup of cappuccino. Both are inviting, no doubt welcome and appealing, while both have certain...
