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But then Leicester lose 3-0 at home to West Ham after scoring 5 at Manchester City. However that book you kindly sent me about the history of the Firs...
GIUSEPPE FORTUTINO FRANCESCO VERDI 1813/1901 Giuseppe Verdi was born in the small village of Le Roncole, near Busseto, Italy and from the age of 4 y...
I have a reputation of talking to anyone who will listen, as once on a cruise ship somebody said to me on a rare quiet moment “Quiet today, Ken!” to w...
Just a couple of statistical facts about Barnsley. They have conceded the first goal in 15 of their last 24 away league games and lost 14 of them, the...
There’s been plenty to read about concerning Neil Warnock in the Yorkshire Post this week as he approaches his 1,500th game in management this afterno...
RICHARD WAGNER 1813/1883 Richard Wagner was born in Leipzig, Saxony and from an early age had ambitions to be a playwright and at the age of 13 he w...
When Neil Warnock said in his press conference about wanting a player to drop into a hole I had a little chuckle to myself, but Werdermouth beat me to...
FRANZ LISZT 1811/1886 Franz Liszt was born in Doborjon, Hungary and was the next of the Romance composers and first performed publicly as a pianist ...
I had a telephone conversation with a cousin-in-law of mine who played in the 1970 Rugby League Challenge Cup Final mainly to check out his health pro...
ROBERT SCHUMANN 1810/1856 Schumann was born in Zwickau, Saxony and another composer of the Romantic era although he initially studied law but decide...
FREDERIC CHOPIN 1810/1849 Surely everyone loves the music of Chopin, but sadly he was another composer who died so young at the age of only 39. Chop...
JACOB LUDWIG FELIX MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY 1809/1847 Felix Mendelssohn (to give him his shortened name) was born in Berlin, the second of four childre...
I always look out for the results of Coventry and Blackburn, two clubs with less financial clout than Boro have had in recent seasons. Mogga didn’t d...
HECTOR BERLIOZ 1803/1869 Berlioz was born in Isere in south eastern France and as his father was a doctor it was expected that the medical professio...
FRANZ SCHUBERT 1797/1828 Schubert was born in a lowly suburb of Vienna where his father taught him to play the violin whilst his elder brother taugh...
Redcar Red I missed the first half (involuntary siesta time unfortunately) but woke up to listen to Radio Tees for the second half so thanks for bri...
I must say that Kevin Blackwell talks a lot of sense in his appraisal of allowing fans into football grounds if the protocol that Middlesbrough FC is ...
Some strange statistics about QPR this year. Each of their 8 victories in 2020 have come on the back of a draw or defeat in their previous match. Also...
A nice humorous prelude from Werdermouth or should that be a prologue as used in Frankie Howerd’s TV series of ‘Up Pompeii’,although perhaps before yo...
I think you must have been thinking of S O Else or maybe the two Chinese players We-Wun-Wonce or Ow-Long-Since.
GIOACHINO ROSSINI 1792/1868 Rossini was born in Pesaro on Italy’s Adriatic coast. His father was the town crier who blew a trumpet instead of ringin...
@grovehillwallah I’ve posted the classical music thread under Forum > Off topic but it was not my intention for it to be private. I must have pr...
@werdermouth Not particularly, it’s just a subject like any blog to keep me awake instead of falling asleep in front of the television. However my vi...
What hasn’t been taken into consideration during the lockdown is the fact that people living alone have become less active, especially the disabled li...
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN 1770/1827 Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany and I make no apologies for stating that I consider him to be my favourite compos...
Should draws be worth a point? In America they want to watch a proper result so play overtime in all their major sports. The same thing now seems to ...
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART 1756/1791 Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria and from a very early age showed prodigious musical ability even at the age o...
JOSEPH HAYDN 1732/1809 Joseph Haydn was born in the village of Rohrau in Austria, close to the Hungarian border and began his career as a scholar in...