Preface
Cricket A Cricket First
Rugby League The Wrong Ground – But a Good Game Nonetheless
Cricket Good Company and Chance Encounters
Rugby League Sevens Heaven
Baseball Let’s Go Blue Jays
Rugby League The Wolfpack and the Cheesy Dog
Rugby Union Virtutem Petamus – and Other Thoughts
Football Difficult Times at Rugby Park
Rugby Union A Tough Pool
Football A Tradition Maintained
Rugby League International Sevens Played in the Park
Health Concussion
Journalism A Prisoner of His Time?
Football Better Times at Rugby Park
Rugby Union A Keen Contest on a Dreich Afternoon
Rugby Union Nationality
Football 700-Plus Year After Edward I – A Two-All Draw
Football Even Better Times at Rugby Park
Basketball Funding Priorities
Cricket The Mist at the Boundary Edge
Cricket The Pensieve in the Attic
Rugby Union The Conductor of the Orchestra
Cricket Below Average
Rugby League Geoff Gunney MBE
Rugby League Oystercatchers and Blue Plaques
Rugby League A Long Time Between Visits
Football Millennium Square
Cycling Two Wheels Good – Part 1
Cycling Two Wheels Good – Part 2
Football/Rugby League A Unique Sporting Career
Football Geographical Shifts
Family History/Football Hier Stehe Ich
Rugby Union Another Tough Pool
Football Recreation Park
Rugby Union/Rugby League The Double Lions – Part 1
Music Tie-less in Vienna
Football And the Football World Title Holders Are…
Rugby League Cumbria Versus Serbia
Football Test of Skill and Character
Rugby Union/Rugby League The Double Lions – Part 2
Rugby Union The Grizzled European Campaigners
Snooker Ebbs and Flows
Football Kings, Queens and Poets
Food and Drink Bacon Sandwiches
Rugby Union Game Management
Rugby League “The Parksider”
Cricket The Circle of Cricketing Life
Horse-Racing In the Black
Cricket Held in the Moment
Shinty A Local Rivalry
Rugby League Imperious Saints
Cricket/Arthur Louis Aaron VC For Valour
Football Number One in the Rankings
Rugby League Elimination and Second Chances
Cricket In the Stars?
Football Lest We Forget
Sport on Television Personality Tests
Football Degrees of Latitude
Rugby Union/Rugby League From RM Kinnear to the Super 6
Rugby Union Arresting Decline
Rugby Union “Let’s Keep It Up, Otley”
Rugby League The Return of Sonny Bill
Rugby League A Classic Encounter Re-visited
Sport: Economic Impact The Coronavirus: Economics, Questions and Priorities
Cricket The Football Stand
Watching Sport: General The Coronavirus Provides a Reminder
Politics Losing the Changing Room
Cricket The Rest of the World
Sport on Television Soul Limbo
Olympic Games Citius, Altius, Fortius – Part 1: Mexico City 1968
Olympic Games Citius, Altius, Fortius – Part 2: Munich 1972
Women’s Football Unfinished Business at Petershill Park
Olympic Games Citius, Altius, Fortius – Part 3: Moscow 1980
Cricket The 1954 Vintage – Part 1
Rugby Union/Rugby League Risks and Probable Outcomes
Sport: General The 1954 Vintage – Part 2
Rugby League From Light Blue to the Red, White and Blue
Sport: General The Icing and the Cake
Sport on Television Memorable Lines
Sport: General The Coronavirus: One Year On
Cricket The Test Match World Title
Cricket Edging Up and Down
Family The Man Sitting Next to Me
Rugby Union The First Rugby International
Cricket/Rugby League Shuffling into Retirement
Football An Ordinary Spectator Returns
Cricket A Day in Scarborough
Cricket Cricket-Watching Resumed – Part 1
Cricket Cricket-Watching Resumed – Part 2
Rugby League A Fair Outcome
Women’s Football A Commitment Made Good (Partly)
Cycling Queen’s Drive
Cricket Batsmen and Batters
Rugby League Same Time Next Year (Perhaps)
Badminton Twins’ Success at the Emirates Arena
Rugby Union Reversal of Fortune
Cricket Cricketing Role Model
Rugby League The Eagles and the Acorn
Rugby League Wonderful Exploits in a Far-Away Land
Boxing Southpaws
Football/Rugby Union Plan B
Cricket Shane Warne at Headingley
Cricket Five Steps to WG Grace
Cricket/Rugby League Dual Sportsmen
Cricket Insult to Injury
Sport/General Match Programmes
Cricket A More-than-useful Outfit
Rugby League Even Longer Times Between Visits – Part 1
Rugby League Even Longer Times Between Visits – Part 2
Football Welcome to Glasgow
Rugby League Nos illuc in fine
Football Splendid Dribbling Skills
Valediction The Flame
Notes
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
Index
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