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Sunday Times football writer since 1992. Former chairman of Sports Journalists’ Association. Supporter of Surrey CCC, The Arse and Welling United.

Joined December 2010
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No. On so many levels no. None of these 8 franchise teams have brought players thru the ranks. None own the stadiums they play in. Without county cricket there is no test cricket. The Hundred leeches off the established formats. It’s aim is making money. Nothing else.
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The Elephant & Castle shopping centre is now almost completely demolished. @UpTheElephant_
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Sir Alex Ferguson and @MarcusRashford are supporting the #TimesChristmasAppeal which is raising money for the charity @FareShareUK. @RSylvesterTimes & @aliceTTimes talked to the star striker and legendary former manager about growing up in poverty thetimes.co.uk/article/marcu…
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‘Sir Alex has announced that, in a joint fund of up to £2 million created with his close friend Sir Michael Moritz, a British philanthropist, they will “match every pound” of reader donations to FareShare through the Times appeal.’ Incredible ♥️ thetimes.co.uk/article/sir-a…
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“Behind every pass there must be a thought” - Dennis Bergkamp (via @msceducation) xitter.cf/msceducation/status/10…
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BREAKING Boris Johnson confirms cricket can return next week in latest U-turn mirror.co.uk/sport/cricket/b…
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The former Sundial restaurant in the shopping centre
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#Breaking The men’s county cricket season will start on August 1, the England and Wales Cricket Board has announced
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The @Elephancastle pub now taking bookings for 4 July
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Obit to an eagle: "You felt in awe of her every time you stood in her company.” Kayla delighted fans visiting #CPFC's Selhurst Park for a decade. She once stole a pie from a Millwall fan, and dive-bombed #CFC's Eden Hazard to leave him a gibbering wreck. theathletic.com/1882281/
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#RingforGrenfell @Southwarkcathed Full video of bell tolling 72 times - once for each person who died in Grenfell Tower fire - followed by two minute silence and bell sounding three times for third anniversary here: youtu.be/KmxPN2Nv7No
Agreement struck on TV fixtures independent.co.uk/sport/foot…
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Protest at the Elephant & Castle highlighting the number of empty homes, Airbnbs etc
🌻Life is more important than private profit. 🚨This is a public health and housing emergency! 🏠Tell Southwark Council to stop the demolitions and requisition empty homes. 📢We're supporting the socially distanced protest this Thursday, 6pm, Elephant and Castle.
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UK anti-racism charities and organisations you can support right now: - Black Lives Matter UK - Show Racism The Red Card - Runnymede - Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust - Stand Up To Racism - Southall Black Sisters - SARI Stand Against Racism and Inequality
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Wise and wonderful words
Houston Police Chief @ArtAcevedo: “Let me just say this to the President of the United States, on behalf of the police chiefs of this country: please, if you don’t have something constructive to say, keep your mouth shut.”
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– at Rugby, England
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Sadly this happened on Wednesday night. We are all ok and thankfully our alarm and residents of the crescent scared him off. Somehow we are not covered for the £2000 worth of damage caused. so if you can make an order in the coming weeks please do so. We need your help – at Leeds, England
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RT, share.. shame the BBC. 👇
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[Thread]1/ The hashtag "Scum Media" is trending in the UK as some people rally to defend #DominicCummings. With democracy constantly under attack, it's important to understand attacks on our media. I downloaded around 19000 tweets from 7030 accounts. Some findings 👉 #CumGate
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