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Blake Richardson has been editor of the T&A's sports page, both in paper and on the web, for some years now. A self-confessed football nut, he refuses to say which team he supports for fear of incriminating himself among fans of the T&A's football pages!
Posted at 3:42pm Tuesday 15th July 2008
It's the winning AND taking part that counts
I must admit to having a Victor Meldrew moment this week. On sifting through the daily bundle of letters, doodlings and party invitations my two children bring home from school every day, I was astonished to read a note about their sports day that summed up perfectly why we are a nation of sporting under-achievers.
Posted at 1:04pm Sunday 1st June 2008
Terry criticism is a crying shame
Refresh my memory. Who was it that missed the spot-kick for Chelsea that handed the Champions League trophy to Manchester United? John Terry wasn’t it? No, of course not, it was Nicolas Anelka, but for all the coverage Terry has received in the aftermath you would have thought he was the only Chelsea player to have messed up?
Posted at 9:07pm Monday 28th April 2008
Ferdinand is no thug
Compare and contrast my version of events at Stamford Bridge on Saturday with the News of the World’s.
Posted at 11:48am Sunday 23rd March 2008
England football's foreign invasion
This is the first year four teams from the same country have qualified for the last eight of the Champions League.
Posted at 8:56am Thursday 31st January 2008
Should Cole's private life be public property?
Who’d be a celebrity in this day and age? You can keep your money, fame and the adoration of star-struck fans, give me the quiet life any day.
Posted at 7:49pm Tuesday 11th December 2007
Hatton defeat good news for Witter
Bradford fight fans should not be too downcast at Ricky Hatton’s defeat by the phenomenal Floyd Mayweather Jnr.
Posted at 10:09am Monday 26th November 2007
Dolan sacking a baffling decision
Sitting pretty in fifth place in the UniBond League Premier Division, occupying one of the play-off places and well-placed for promotion to the Blue Square North; games in hand over two of the teams above them; only three defeats in 15 league matches; still in the League Cup and FA Trophy.
Posted at 6:16pm Monday 19th November 2007
Vote Calzaghe for Sports Personality of the Year
Joe Calzaghe is not wanting for much. He is the newly-crowned undisputed super-middleweight champion of the world, has got money to burn, a gorgeous wife and, according to my own trouble and strife, has a body to die for and a face like Adonis.
Posted at 1:36pm Sunday 4th November 2007
Premiership stars have earned their huge salaries
Bradford MP Gerry Sutcliffe has stirred up a hornet’s nest by branding the £130,000-a-week pay packet of Chelsea captain John Terry as "obscene".
Posted at 8:54am Monday 22nd October 2007
Best of British is never good enough
Some things never change. Another week, another rise in petrol prices, another front page story about Britney Spears’ spiral of decline and another glorious England sporting failure.
Posted at 12:29pm Sunday 7th October 2007
Epic Aussie defeat makes you proud to be English
David Campese! Rolph Harris! Ian Thorpe! Skippy! – can you hear me, Skippy! Your boys took one hell of a beating!
Posted at 8:57pm Sunday 23rd September 2007
McNamara not to blame for Bulls collapse
‘Gut-wrenching’ was Andy Lynch’s reaction to losing Friday’s elimination play-off to that team from across the Pennines.
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