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Legendary grappler. When the whole country stopped at 4pm on Saturday. RIP

For being offensive, even though a clear warning appeared on all promotional literature and outside the venue. What do punters expect Jimmy Tarbuck? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11110575/JK-Rowling-wades-Jerry-Sadowitz-row-comedians-Edinburgh-Fringe-cancelled.html

During this heatwave a bit of light relief. In person, who’s the ultimate definition of ‘cool’ you’ve met in your life? I will kick off with a funeral in Arundel in 1998, which was attended by the late Peter O’Toole. He’d previously turned up at the Church a week early by mistake and merely...

Every parents nightmare, and don’t blame his Mum and Dad at all for going as far as they have, in their minds hope trumps reality unfortunately it’s always the other way round. The only downside is, and it’s the world we live in, is the legal fight not just in the courts but all across the...

If a player, approaching 80, who played over 400 games for one club in the 1960’s and 70’s now has serious dementia issues, should it be classed as a ‘work place injury’? And who should be responsible for compensation, the specific club or the PFA? I know this question probably will annoy...

Flashed up on my Facebook memories this morning, for someone who has worked with bereavement and grief for 35 years, this was still one of the saddest days of my life, even now looking at my phone this morning I still ask the question, Why? A true friend and, I don't use this word lightly, an...

Paulie Cicero in Goodfellas, perhaps one of the most chilling performances of a Mafia capo regime. RIP

Not the cricketer..... Classy British actor, huge CV, leaves us aged 80. Was in The Omen and Ttianic as well as playing Heydrich in Holocaust on US Tv.

Rumoured to be signed this week, IMHO farcical, bordering on dangerous. Catchweight contests were normally the remit of Professional wrestling, this is clearly a gimmick which unfortunately a large part of the boxing fan base will buy into. The last catchweight contest Mr Hearn put together...

The makers of the new Albion documentary have asked me for some of the most funny/notorious GE covers from 1988-97. Unfortunately the hard copies are packed away up on in the loft, has anybody got PDF copies please?

Composer of one of the most iconic tunes of the last 60 years 94 years, take a bow Monty https://youtu.be/milCpGBouPc

38 years old, 13 professional defeats but still selling out the 02 against Pulev, after losing his last three fights. Don’t know what is really says about British boxing? Highlights it current popularity or bordering on farce? Surely if defeat 14 arrives this evening he will hang up his gloves?

ITV currently have got Peter Purves and Trisha Goddard debating about Steve Wright getting binned at 67 after 27 years on Radio 2 in favour of Scott Mills. Unfortunately all good things must come to an end, Wrighty has had an excellent run, I’m old enough to remember him joining Radio One from...

https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/20232331.former-albion-star-helps-families-amid-cost-of-living-crisis/ Wouldn't expect anything less from the man.:clap2:

The Albion signing who came in with huge expectation and left to a chorus of derision. Two spring to mind for me. Junior McDougald, Liam Brady announced his signing at the 1994 Gulls Eye Dinner at the Dudley Hotel, raved about him, saying he could turn out to be another Peter Ward. Jason...

In a reported £100million deal for the next 5 years of his career. Cynics might argue has he got 5 years left? If he were to lose again to Usyk, where does he go from there?

Talking over the Bank Holiday about football of yesteryear, and our Sunday lunchtime visit to Canvey Island in November 1995 came up. Firstly with Tony Millard giving a running commentary on the Remembrance Minutes Silence (clearly as Alan Partridge said 'Dead air is a crime') But the stick...

The excellent Bissouma thread has been side tracked to a degree so I thought I'd put it to the vote. It appears to be a two horse race, Mark Lawrenson or Vincente, but I will appease the younger fans on here by providing a CMS option:lolol:

Sat night poll. 👍 Having seen all the big 5, it’s got to be Jersey Boys for me, but I’m sure is an eclectic mix of opinions amongst the NSC thespians.

Attended a dinner in London night. One of the Comedian's gags was...… "I went to the Doctors last week and he said I've now got to have a pacemaker, so I've a got little Kenyan bloke comes everywhere with me now" As one of the organisers of the dinner I was approached at the end and told by a...