Today is the letter “F”
Football! Friday of last week saw the start of the 2016 European Championships in France. France, across the channel, but too far away for us, Scotland. Failed to qualify for yet another major...
View ArticlePredictions
Predictions – we all like to make them sometimes don’t we, particularly when it comes to sorting events or tournaments. So it’s no great surprise that long before the Fifa 2018 football world cup...
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So we’re now down to the last 16 in the 2018 Football World Cup in Russia – The group stages gave us moments of shock and surprise at some of the results, and others games thrilled us with the...
View ArticleChange of fortune
As some of you will know, I’m a big football fan, so if I’m home and there’s football in the telly, you’ll find I usually watch it. Well as few days ago I was watching a match involving Manchester...
View ArticleBig red sky
30 years ago today, the worst disaster in British sporting history happened during an FA Cup semi-final football match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest at Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield. With...
View ArticleTime for technology?
Technology is everywhere these days, and in many instances it helps make our lives that little bit easier. Here’s some examples: Turn on your house lights when you’re away from home. Speak...
View ArticleSPFL Predictions 2019/20
So the new Scottish Premier League got underway today. Do you think Celtic will retain the premiership title? who’s going to be relegated? Who do you think will win this year? – select one team in the...
View ArticlePremier league predictions 2019/20
So the new English Premier League got underway last night. Who’s going to be there or thereabouts for the title this year? Is it going to be the same two teams fighting for the title or is someone...
View ArticleWord Association #66 (sports edition)
I’ve done a few Word Associations with you over the last while, and today it’s time for another one – This time with the theme ‘Sports’! I’m sure we all have our favourite sports, or ones we’re not so...
View ArticleWord Association #71 (Christmas edition)
I’ve done a few Word Associations with you over the last while, but as you’ll see from the title this is another Christmas word association today, focusing more on your Christmas Day and the few days...
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