Cricket as my Nan used to make the sandwiches at Lords for the likes of Brian Close, Ted Dexter,Mike Brearly and so on. As a child we used to play cricket in our street with cricket bats and balls that had been used in the test matches that were given to my Nan, christ how stupid we were as probably worth a couple of quid now.
So different in the 60s. Used to play football and cricket in the street. Remember smashing the window of a particularly nasty neighbour of ours hitting a six. You've never seen 20 odd kids run so fast!...
yep me too used to play a bit years ago for Avon Arrows in Bristol ( 2nd team only) and am a big Buffalo Sabres fan.
Thanks DT, you are actually 100% correct on all the above. It is an addiction and when I look back on the amount of money I've lost over the years it can get pretty scary (in the tens of thousands). Mostly now I've got it under control and try to keep away from Internet betting 'cos it's easier to type in £500 for a bet rather than physically hand over the cash. Part of it, I think, is that my late father was a successful gambler and its either in the genes or I was conditioned to it at an early age. Either way I've (mostly) got it under control now.. Thanks for you concern anyway mate, very much appreciated.
Its hurling for me. Fastest field sport in the World. I like pretty much all the other ones too. I'm not a cricket man though. Hey COL, you ever play a few frames of Snooker and then go into a pub and shoot some Pool?
My 2nd favourite sport is football. Test match cricket. Hot sunny Summers day, TMS on the radio, cold beer on the go - absolute bliss. (Not that 20/20 crap though.)
I was a good snooker player ( a couple of century breaks to my name) but I found it really hard to go from a table measuring 12' x 6' to a pool table. The angles were so different and I was forever going "in off". Also, I'd often pot 5 or 6 balls straight off, only for a wily pool player to nick it on the black.
As my name suggests, Judo is a 'sport' (martial art if you want to be correct ) that I do, and coach rather than watch alot of it - although the Olympics allowed me to watch it a bit more. Also into Golf, Rugby Union (Wasps), and have found myself following more of the Rugby League recently, and also Cricket (mainly during the Ashes though). But tbh I know a fair bit about most sports as im always watching SSN!
Sounds like American Pool that. I didn't think that was played in England. I always found my game to be a lot better coming from the big table. I wouldn't be as decent as you at Snooker. Got the half Century alright but I'd be pushing it just to get a break of 25+ most of the time. You ever play Billiards?
As a kid i would try anything, footie, rugby, cricket, hockey, tennis, athletics......played rugby to a decent junior club standard until my late 20's then gave up due to injuries....buggered up shoulder so couldn't tackle properly, knackered knee cartlidge and so on. Now my main activity is golf play off 11 handicap and that has improved since i had my hip done 3 years ago. Love listening to TMS for the test match cricket and so looking forward to this years back to back ashes series, have an ambition to be able to go to Aus and watch an ashes series, but that will be a few years down the line if i'm ever able to afford to retire....who said you should provide for your own retirement.....great idea except when value of plan crashes....sounds like another OT subject to discuss!!!!! Basically I'm just a sports junkie....
At the risk of being asked to hand back my passport and maple leaf flag, ice hockey would only be 4th for me. Behind football, rowing and that game is that is called football over here. I guess I might take a little more interest in ice hockey if I weren't a Toronto Maple Leaf supporter (also wear blue and white and last won the cup 1967)
999's what I want to know is, how can such a young bloke like you retire in 3 years time??? How did you manage that you jammy git My second favourite sport is GAA football and hurling. The Summers in Ireland wouldnt be the same without it. When your county is doing well, you are on such a high. The atmosphere at the matches is electric and there is usually great friendly banter between the fans, no trouble whatsoever. The players are all amateurs too which really makes the sport special. This afternoon, I watched my local GAA club Ballymun Kickhams win the All Ireland club semi final for the first time. They now go forward to play St Brigids from Roscommon in the final in Croke Park on St Patricks Day. That is a bit like Hayes Town getting to the FA Cup Final or something along those lines. Priceless to the local people around here and great for community spirit. The Autobahn pub will be hopping tonight.
Without wishing to be cruel Maple, I did hear one commentator describe them as the Toronto Make Believes...
It's really surprising as I was under the impression that the Toronto Maple Leaves and the Montreal Canadiens are probably the two most famous Ice Hockey teams in the world based on their history...
They probably are except that Montreal has won a number of Stanley Cups in the 46 seasons since Toronto last won it. I am old enough to remember 4 Toronto Stanley cup wins but none since 67. I don't understand why the Air Canada Centre (and Maple Leaf Gardens) before it is sold out for all of their games - most nights there is a good team on the ice and for the last several seasons that club has rarely been the Leafs. But we are one of the few bona fide large masket cities in Canada so we continue to be a storied franchise. And I believe that the Leafs still have the second highest number of Stanley Cups after Montreal (and my guess is Detroit is next)
Was definitely cricket in my younger days (in primary school was captain of both football & cricket teams). Now absolutely no interest in cricket - F1 motor racing for me, really enjoyed going up to Montreal for 13 straight Grand Prix races.
