Mike Weston and Martin Green were swimming against the tide as they tried to prepare England for the inaugural World Cup in New Zealand and Australia. Weston (Chairman of Selectors) and Green (coach) had started building up to the tournament a year before the event.
Friday, 27 September 2019
Thursday, 19 September 2019
Book review: Tony Knowles - Heart Breaks
“He broke a million hearts on and off the table.” The
words of Phoenix Club owner Brian Potter, as he opened his new Tony Knowles
suite, were funny because they were true. So accurate in fact, that the title
of Gareth McGinley’s new book on the snooker star of the 1980s is spot on.
Friday, 13 September 2019
1989 Ashes: An A to Z of humiliation
Failing to regain
the Ashes in 2019 hurt, but nothing can compare to the 1989 series that
provided an A to Z of humiliation.
They may have been billed as the worst Australian team to
tour England, yet in David Boon the tourists at least had a drinker to contend
with the best. Reportedly drinking fifty-two cans of lager on the flight
over, Boon had to be carried off the plane.