Senior writer turned commissioning editor @TheAthleticFC. Previously spent 20 years at the Guardian and Observer newspapers
Joined March 2010
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“Why Vince? I’ve waited all my life to talk about this…”
🎶Billy Corkhill, Vince Hilaire
Freddie Flintstone and Fred Astaire🎵
An interview with Jon Marsh (@deepoking) of The Beloved on Hello, #CPFC and how a Palace icon ended up in a cult hit song
theathletic.com/2708716/2021…
Quite enjoyed Josh Inglis walking off in time with the music as Thriller blared away inside Newlands...
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The West Indies' 3-0 thrashing of England in the sun-drenched summer of 1976 was about much more than mere cricket and sport.
For the Windrush generation and their children, it fuelled a source of immense pride.
@paul_newman66 speaks to cricketers, broadcasters, musicians and community leaders about how a touring cricket team inspired a generation of Black Britons.
🔗 nyti.ms/4srDzFK
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15 years ago today, the epic @pitchowners SGM where the club's attempt to buy back the Stamford Bridge freehold was defeated by CPO shareholders at a highly charged meeting.
Those supporters who were there are unlikely to forget it
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The summer of 76 and how West Indies inspired a generation of black Britons. A piece at the end of Black History Month with thanks to Michael Holding, Sir Trevor McDonald, Maxi Priest, Eddy Grant and others…free to read
nytimes.com/athletic/7729079…
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I haven’t posted here for ages, but I want people to share my wife’s GoFundMe if possible. She has been wonderful in the most important roles in life – as a mother, grandmother and a teacher. Please donate if you can. Thanks
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Matt Renshaw spent three and a half years out of the Australian Test side, reinventing himself as a white-ball player.
But, in his second match back in the fold and operating in the tourists' middle order, the Queenslander made Australian Test history in Durban this week.
@benjonescricket explains how — free to read ⬇️
bit.ly/4yWJt4o
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Only five other players in Test history can match what Matt Renshaw achieved in Durban. This was an historic performance that should kick start his second act - but if it doesn't, he'll always have "the Renshaw game".
Free to read on @TheAthletic 🚨
nytimes.com/athletic/7689091…
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‘My mantra now is never give up. Find a way. That was another Shane Warne saying. Keep fighting.’ A very open and emotional interview with Shaun Udal on his battle with Parkinson’s and loss
nytimes.com/athletic/7668170…
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It was supposed to be a clash of the titans in front of a hostile crowd reminding Australia about Sandpaper-gate. Instead South Africa rolled out the red carpet in front of empty stands nytimes.com/athletic/7686019…
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A tale of two Australian left-handers and a ‘Sliding Doors’ moment for Matt Renshaw and Nic Maddinson
nytimes.com/athletic/7677307…
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Australia have been a brilliant Test side, but the absence of overseas achievements taints their legacy. The next 12 months gives this group of ageing legends one last shot at greatness.
But are they still capable of taking that chance?
nytimes.com/athletic/7664994…
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It was a seemingly innocuous email, sent on a Wednesday morning in January 2017, that started everything.
Arriving in the inbox of a senior official at Manchester City, it appeared to have been sent by an employee from European football’s governing body, UEFA, and contained a link to a financial compliance report.
The City official clicked the download button. That was all it took.
It was not a genuine email from UEFA but a successful phishing attempt by Portuguese hacker and activist Rui Pinto. City’s servers were breached, allowing Pinto to retrieve thousands of emails and documents from the club’s systems.
This week, almost 10 years on from Pinto’s first email, the Premier League announced that an independent panel had found City guilty of all but one of the charges against them, as The Athletic first revealed last Friday.
📝 @jwhitey98: nyti.ms/4z5sgoL
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Cricket has repeatedly reflected the tensions between India and Pakistan since independence from British rule in 1947.
If both win their respective Asian Games semi-finals on Thursday, it could crop up again in Saturday’s final.
This is the box-office rivalry that has become increasingly difficult to separate from the political tensions that so regularly erupt between the two countries.
📝 @64MohsinKamal
🔗 nyti.ms/47parFp
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In part two of an exclusive interview, Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish (@CEO4TAG) talks to @MattWoosie about:
▪️ Why Selhurst redevelopment has been slow progress "but it will get done"
▪️ Sympathy for Holmesdale Fanatics' frustrations in a "heavily-regulated society"
▪️ "We are putting on a global show and not everybody wants the same things all the time"
▪️ Urging fans to give Oliver Glasner a "fantastic reception" when he returns with Forest
Free to read: bit.ly/4hsqaIr
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Steve Parish interview pt2
🏟️ Seeking funding & design tweaks for Selhurst work
🎭 "Putting on a show" with the atmosphere
📣 "Disappointment" at HF stepping back but "room for both"
🔴 Academy as a business
🔊 Welcoming Glasner back as a friend
#CPFC
nytimes.com/athletic/7625756…
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🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Manchester City found guilty on virtually all charges relating to breaches of Premier League financial regulations. #MCFC expected to appeal against verdict issued by independent commission. Sanctions undecided, process ongoing @TheAthleticFC nytimes.com/athletic/7049721…
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In part one of an exclusive interview, Steve Parish (@CEO4TAG) talks to @MattWoosie about:
🚨 Remaining on 'high alert' after a summer of change
🇫🇷 "When you consider everything Pierre Sage’s had to cope with, he’s done really well"
🅱️ Transfer strategy, and the praise heaped on Brighton, Brentford and Bournemouth
🦅 Raising the roof for Jean-Philippe Mateta and Ismaila Sarr
🔗 nyti.ms/4yX9qAm
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Mark Wood is an Ashes winner. He has claimed an ODI World Cup and a T20 World Cup, and retires from international cricket with over 250 wickets to his name and a career to be envied by all but a very privileged few.
If you look at the highest speeds recorded across Tests for England, Wood isn’t just top of the list — he is the list. The nine fastest performances in an England Test shirt over the past two decades are by Wood.
But, more than that, he departs as England’s fastestever bowler — and one of the most popular players to ever pull on an England shirt.
📝 @benjonescricket
🔗 nyti.ms/47fyhDq
Middlesbrough and the meaning of football in troubled times
A difficult but powerful read by @mwalker2771
nytimes.com/athletic/7593140…
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🐌 Scoring too slowly
🏏 Rogue Dukes balls
💥 Bazball chaos
🇦🇺 Tonning up in Oz
Joe Root is one of the great problem solvers - he'll have to solve the LBW issues to pass Sachin, but this isn't his first rodeo.
Free to read on @TheAthletic
nytimes.com/athletic/7584244…
