31 December 2009 21:00
It has been one hell of a year, so much to
write about – good and bad. Here are the select few moments that stick in my
memory…
Jon Thaxton losing, first, his European
belt in controversial circumstances to Anthony Mezaache in February – and then...
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31 December 2009 15:12
So that was 2009 then.
Wasn't it great?
I really do mean that actually. I think we've had a
pretty good year of it sports-wise in this country.
Our footy team is doing well under Don Fabio (or
Postman Pat as my Mum calls...
posted by Jonathan Redhead with
28 December 2009 11:04
Happy Christmas to all – the Boxing Day win over Millwall certainly did the trick.
For those who wondered, yes – me and Sports Desk Pete did come up with the idea of a “Holty says chillax” T-shirt for Grant Holt.
You can see the finished article here....
posted by Michael Bailey - Sportsdesk with
23 December 2009 22:19
A Christmas present to you all - The Chillax montage.
Featuring Cody McDonald, Grant Holt in the background, soon followed by Adam Drury and Simon Lappin.
Enjoy - and Happy Christmas.
Listen to it by clicking here!...
posted by Michael Bailey - Sportsdesk with
23 December 2009 15:53
To think I had the gumption in my last blog
to state I hadn’t made an idiot of myself too often in this job.
Off the back of my poor memory ahead of the Southampton JPT match, Paul Lambert trooped into Tuesday’s presser for the Millwall
game openly...
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15 December 2009 10:12
I’ve managed to avoid making an idiot of myself for most of
my two years-plus in this job.
There was ditching my four bowls at Potters in front of a
few hundred pensioners and the odd dodgy photo, but nothing too bad.
And, with the banter that...
posted by Michael Bailey - Sportsdesk with
11 December 2009 15:37
It’s getting to the time of year when a Friday morning at Colney is a freezing place to be.
If anyone watches the player interviews we conduct during the prematch press conferences, you’ll probably see a collection of hands – some (the more fashion conscious...
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03 December 2009 16:49
As some of you may be aware; I had a little bit of local difficulty at Southend on Tuesday night. To cut a long story short, I wasn’t allowed in the press box, because I was wearing jeans.
A bit of a communications break down meant I had to cover the...
posted by Jonathan Redhead with
02 December 2009 11:07
I have a newfound respect for matchmakers – and no, not the mint chocolate things that come out at Christmas.
Ahead of the weekend’s Premier League Snooker at Hopton, my preview work included an interview with semi-finalist John Higgins – a boyhood Celtic...
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