Recent content by Farnorth

What do we want from next season’s fixtures? more wins!

I have a cheeseboard that was originally a tip-up seat from the old West Stand, salvaged when the stand was demolished about 25 years ago. As that stand was in use for about 70 years, I sometimes wonder how many ar*eholes have rested upon it! It’s still a lovely piece of wood.

Lord Nelson was 5’ 6” tall His statue in Trafalgar Square is 16’ 6” high That’s Horatio of 3:1

Lance Armstrong was stripped of his titles, but they weren't given to the runners-up. Tour de France records just show 'no winner' for the seven years he supposedly came first

I thought this programme was very well done, uplifting even. It's always difficult for a film-maker to build tension when the outcome is known to be good news, but this documentary succeeded in doing just that.

Get into the them! F**k ‘em up,

Get in!

The next goal will be crucial….

on the board would be Jasper Carrot

Gary Neville, champagne socialist

I thought Barry Keoghan (aged31) looked too old to portray a first-year student at university. A younger actor would have been more believable.

I’m enjoying Mr Bates vs the Post Office on ITV. It’s very well made, and also shocking at the same time. The Post Office management have a lot to answer for.

There’ll be a vacancy at Old Trafford soon!

At least he gets through the questions at a decent rate. You could make a cup of tea while Jeremy Paxman was asking one In his last couple of series. Could do without the touchy-feely ‘did you enjoy it’ stuff

I recall Toss taught French word order, when conjugating vowels, using the traditional 1-2-3-5 football team formation as a model. An imaginative way of teaching bored schoolboys!