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Thanks to Redcar Red for such a detailed report as ever. At last Boro got lucky with a nailed on penalty for City going in our favour. Generally a mat...

If only he’d asked me, I could have lent him my walking stick. I’m not going anywhere this week, but might need it next week.

I’ve just watched highlights of Boro’s last visit to Ashton Gate on the MFC website and it appeared to be a good match. I’d certainly take a repeat of...

ANTONIN LEOPOLD DVORAK 1841/1904 Dvorak was born in Nelahozeves a small Bohemian town near Prague in 1841 and the eldest of 14 children of which 8 s...

Next up Bristol City tomorrow and arguably one of the surprise pace-setters in the Championship this season. But what I’ve always found surprising is ...

Redcar Red Thanks for the report which most people seem to agree with. It just makes me wonder how you can produce such a long and precise report in...

I fail to see the point of any transfer windows at all especially in the current climate. On another point I see that the County Cricket clubs have re...

PYOTR ILYITCH TCHAIKOVSKY 1840/1893 Although Beethoven is my favourite composer I have to say Russian music excites me, and in my opinion there’s no...

When I visited Helsinki 10 years ago I visited the Olympic Stadium where Emil Zatopek won both the 10,000 and 5,000 gold medals in 1952 and where ther...

The pyramid system is already in a period of change. Two seasons ago we had 3 equal divisions at level 7(step 3) each of 24 clubs. We now have 4 equal...

I will as long as it keeps me occupied, although last night’s effort on Mussorgsky suddenly disappeared and it took me some time to recover it, meanin...

MODEST PETROVICH MUSSORGSKY 1839/1881 Mussorgsky was born in Karevo in Russia and his mother gave him piano lessons at the age of 6 years. At the ag...

I’m certainly in favour of reducing the Premier League to 18 clubs as long as the top 6 play in their own League in Europe and 4 are promoted from the...

Just how important the pyramid system is to minor football clubs can be gauged by the fact that the finals of the FA Trophy and FA Vase finals are now...

GEORGES BIZET 1838/1875 Georges Bizet was born in Paris in 1838 and registered as Alexandre César Léopold, but 18 months later his parents for some ...

I know Chartres Cathedral fairly well. The city used to be our penultimate overnight stay on the way to Calais for the Channel Tunnel and the followin...

CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS 1835/1921 Camille Saint-Saëns was born in Paris in 1835, his father being a French Ministry official who died of tuberculosis wi...

Early days, but it’s good to see Hartlepools top of the League with 3 wins from 3.

ALEXANDER BORODIN 1833/1887 Alexander Borodin was born in St Petersburg in 1833 as an illegitimate son of a 62 year old Georgian nobleman called Luk...

Scanning through the major European Leagues and the stages that the top clubs allow reserve teams to participate in their League structures I’ve come ...

JOHANNES BRAHMS 1833/1897 Johannes Brahms was born in Hamburg in 1833 and his ambition was to be a composer in the mould of Beethoven, but his paren...

If as I fear the season isn’t completed there will be no playoffs, no promotion and no relegation. The richest will survive with the possibility that ...

Are we confident that any football below the Premier League will still be played after Christmas? I still see players over-celebrating goals and some ...

I’m not sure, it didn’t seem as if he headed it with any confidence but they all count.

JOHANN BAPTIST STRAUSS 1825/1899 Johann Baptist Strauss commonly known as Johann Strauss II was the son of Johann Strauss I and born in St Ulrich ne...

Thanks for that information. Although familiar with the political situation about Bohemia through my hobby of philately in my youth and the involvemen...

BEDRICH SMETANA 1824/1884 Bedrich Smetana was christened Friedrich in Litomysl, east of Prague on the border of Bohemia and Moravia which was a turb...