Tuesday, 11 February 2025

Game

 There is a really nice man who l meet at extended family gatherings like funerals and weddings. He is married to one of my late wife’s cousins. As well as being really nice( it is 06:18 and l can’t think of a better word, apologies) he is also really interesting to talk to . He has written articles and books on the history of football and is full of fascinating facts and anecdotes.

Anyway Sunday saw me tired and at a loose end on my own in the house, so l flicked channels and started watching “ The English Game” on Netflix about the history of football’s earliest days. I was hooked. The football stuff was fascinating and the rest a little less so. Here is a Guardian review-

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/mar/20/the-english-game-review-julian-fellowes-football-drama-is-an-own-goal

And the BBC

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-51574065

Probably the visit to the retro football shop in Madrid put me in a receptive mood. I have read quite a bit of cricket related sports history books on and off for years and have a life long interest in Rugby League which l put down to having a lovely uncle who was a keen St Helen’s fan , not to mention watching RL on the telly on Saturday afternoons with my dad and the wonderful Eddie Waring commentary!

So I will carry on watching the aforementioned series and think l shall investigate reading round the subject once my Spanish modern history book is finished.

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6 comments:

  1. rross11 February 2025 at 08:10

    Yeah, the English Game is quite interesting actually - particularly how the "mill owner" Oop North imports a couple of professionals from Scotland, to help overcome the gentlemen amateurs of the English teams. Some of the background drama is a bit Downton Abbey - but I don't actually mind that kind of thing anyway (probably from watching the original "Upstairs, Downstairs" on TV with my family in my distant youth!)

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    1. Anonymous11 February 2025 at 13:01

      I was a big fan of both the original and more recent Upstairs Downstairs.
      Alan Tradgardland

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  2. Anonymous11 February 2025 at 09:34

    So what are the chances of me getting you to support Inverness Caledonian Thistle???!!!
    Ronnie

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    1. Anonymous11 February 2025 at 12:59

      I used to have a Forres Mechanics tie! Does that count?
      Alan Tradgardland

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    2. Anonymous11 February 2025 at 19:40

      Wow! So impressed!!!! There can't be many of them around.
      Ronnie

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  3. Anonymous16 February 2025 at 00:03

    It’s interesting how no one has ever made a decent film or TV series about cricket but its literature is amongst the best on any sport.

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