Surely thats more like hurling or shinty is not? I played hockey regularly, albeit many moons ago, and I don't recall ever picking it up and hiting it. If he'd have lifted it from the halfway line and hit the bar that would have been impressive!
Although I was too young to remember this happening (3 at the time), I like to think I'm pretty clued up on sports and sporting history, so I cannot believe I've never heard of this tragedy until today. Even my missus had, and she's not really into football (although she is Scottish).
Very sad...
Oz Clarke
This f**king cold I've had, that won't go away after 3 bloody weeks!
The fact that this whole country (except Next, DFS, etc) shuts down for nigh on two bloody weeks over Christmas, just when I need a heating engineer!
Scrambled egg, fried egg, boiled egg, poached egg (hate the texture of the white!). Don't mind omlettes or quich/flan etc though!
Oysters and mussels
Offal except for liver
Artichokes
any "blue" cheese
If you have an iPhone a good app is the Pocket Universe app. Basically you point your phone at the area of the sky you want to check and it will give you a map and names of the stars/planets you should be able to see.
People who clap the pilot when a plane lands!
Do the same people clap when the bus driver stops at the bus stop. Both are doing the job they are paid to do!
Otley (W Yorks) to Bath for the Rugby a couple of seasons back.
Icy conditions but Bath management were adamant it would still be on, as pitch was covered and blowers were on it.
Driving across M62, and down M6 and M5 I was getting updates from the missus from the internet. They kept putting the...
shes probably an anarchist, so doesn't agree with getting a job working for someone else, although is happy for the government to help feed and home her. Hope the coppers gave her a sound kicking!
Remember helping clear snow of the Goldstone pitch in the early-mid eighties, for a cup game I think (can't remember exactly), so must have been pretty cold then.
Coldest game I remember was away at Wigan in about 92/93 when I lived in Manchester. Snowed during the game, last time I saw an...