Quote me happ Forward THINKING y
“I would be very surprised if this game finished 0-0.” John Salako commentating on the MK Dons-Walsall game. It was 1-0 at the time!
“He’s hit the beans on toast, Jeff!” Paul Merson brings a bit of Cockney rhyming slang to the the commentary on Soccer Saturday.
“We expect Toulouse to win.” 5 live’s Nick Mullins. Well, which is it?!
“The defender is called... Shitov. If you’re going to smirk, you might as well go to bed now.” Clive Tyldesley during the England- Belarus match.
“... first blood to Harlequins.” Ian Robertson commentating on the ‘Bloodgate’ club.
“Pepe Reina must be tearing his hair out.” Graeme Souness after Liverpool concede yet another goal from zonal marking.
“Bresi was new to Twitter and he’s a Yorkshire fast bowler - putting an electrical gadget in his hand was never going to be a good combination!” England spinner Graeme Swann after team-mate Tim Bresnan makes a twit of himself for swearing on his networking page.
“I’m on the moon.” Golfer Michael Jonzon after winning the Castello Masters.
“Man City will be aiming to finish in the top four this season, but anything other than that will be a bonus.” Alan Shearer on MOTD.
“I don’t think it struck his arm, it was more his elbow.” Joe Royle during Wolves v Arsenal.
“It is nice to be out on the golf course, you can only rearrange the furniture at home so many times.” Ryder Cup star Paul Casey abandons feng shui on his return from injury.
“I’d like to play in Australia. I wanted to go when I was 16 but my mum wouldn’t let me, so I went to work in Woolworth’s instead.” Freddie Flintoff - finally big enough to do what he wants.
“If you hide behind cliches, we’ll be dead and buried by January.” Falkirk defender Darren Barr brilliantly launches a ban on cliches.
“The match started five minutes late due to the minute’s silence beforehand.” BBC radio commentator on Premier League match
More at
www.bbc.co.uk Dates for your diary
JANUARY 1st - Happy New Year!
3rd to 7th - South Africa v England, 3rd Test, Newlands, Cape Town (
www.cricketworld.com)
14th to 18th - South Africa v England, 4th Test, Wanderers, Johannesburg (
www.cricketworld.com)
17th to 21st - BTME (Harrogate Week), Harrogate International Centre (
www.harrogateweek.org.uk)
20th to 21st - LAMMA show, Newark & Nottm Showground, UK (
www.lammashow.co.uk)
FEBRUARY
6th-7th - Rugby Union, RBS 6 Nations, Lansdowne Road, Twickenham Stadium, Murrayfield (
www.rbs6nations.com)
10th to 11th - GCSAA Golf Industry Show, San Diego, USA (
www.golfindustryshow.com)
12th to 28th - 2010 Winter Olympics, Vancouver, Canada (
www.vancouver2010.com)
13th-14th - Rugby Union, RBS 6 Nations, Millennium Stadium and Stade de France, Stadio Flaminio (
www.rbs6nations.com)
25th to 28th - FEGGA conference, Vienna, Austria (
www.fegga.org)
27th-28th - Rugby Union, RBS 6 Nations, Stadio Flaminio, Millennium Stadium and Twickenham (
www.rbs6nations.com)
28th - Football, Carling Cup Final, Wembley Stadium (
www.wembleystadium.com)
28th - Bangladesh v England, First One Day International, Mirpur (
www.cricketworld.com)
Jumping on the photocopier ... They are copying our bandwagon
With perhaps an aim for both clubs to fiancé a full time professional groundsman
... and eventually eradicated to a point where they do not cause physical damage
... thus keeping his own eye on their activity
The dream of winning the game on Saturday is a possibility
Proofing that effective aeration reduces compaction
... we are scrumping and saving MARCH
2nd - Bangladesh v England, First Second Day International, Mirpur (
www.cricketworld.com)
5th - Bangladesh v England, First One Day International, Chittagong (
www.cricketworld.com)
9th - Pitchcare training course, Essential Management Skills, St. Albans (
www.pitchcare.com/training/)
13th-14th - Rugby Union, RBS 6 Nations, Stade de France, Croke Park and Murrayfield (
www.rbs6nations.com)
16th to 19th - Horse Racing, The Cheltenham Festival (
www.cheltenham.co.uk)
19th - STRI PGA training course, ‘The Business of the Environment’, PGA National Training Academy, The Belfry (
www.stri.co.uk/en/training/)
20th - Rugby Union, RBS 6 Nations, Stade de France, Croke Park and Murrayfield (
www.rbs6nations.com)
26th - Rugby Union, RBS 6 Nations, Millennium Stadium (
www.rbs6nations.com)
28th - Football, Johnstone's Paint Trophy, Wembley Stadium (
www.johnstonespainttrophy.com)
APRIL
3rd - English cricket season begins (
www.cricketworld.com)
To add your event to Forward Thinking please email details to
ellie@pitchcare.com and don’t forget that you can add it to Pitchcare’s online calendar yourself! Simply log on to
www.pitchcare.com, select ‘Calendar’ in the Home drop down button on the top banner and click on “Add event’ at the top of the page.
Okay, we give in. If you can’t beat him, join him. Another selection of impressive (or should that be depressive?) word juggling from our disclaimed editor!
It’s a bit like watching Theory Henry Steve Wembley at the Welch Stadium
... against such teams as Presto, then known as Presto Roves
There’s another way of skinning a cat
Well, it’s a case of how much is a piece of string?
And this one (from the IOG)
The Lifetime Achievement Award of the Year
You can now follow Loz on Twitter -
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