Earning his Spurs - Pitchcare
Earning his Spurs - Pitchcare
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Quote me happy<br />
“For the first nine holes I thought I was playing<br />
with a square ball.” Sandy Lyle after <strong>his</strong><br />
second round 86 at The Masters.<br />
“They were far the better team, we were lucky<br />
to get nil. We had our pants pulled down and<br />
our backsides slapped.” Tony Pulis on Stoke’s<br />
humiliating 7-0 defeat by Chelsea.<br />
“There are some of the best players in the<br />
world in the Premier League and certainly<br />
some of the best managers in the world, and<br />
don’t forget there is also the Wolves and Mick<br />
McCarthy.” Comment from WBA’s manager<br />
Roberto Di Di Matteo.<br />
“Tried on a pair of Speedos ...<br />
absolute budgie crushers ... a<br />
definite NO!” David ‘Bumble’<br />
Lloyd on Twitter whilst in the<br />
Caribbean for the Twenty20<br />
World Cup.<br />
“He steals half a couple of<br />
inches.” BBC Oxford commentary as Adam<br />
Chapman prepares to take a free-kick in<br />
Oxford’s 1-0 win against Wrexham.<br />
“The referee looks at <strong>his</strong> w<strong>his</strong>tle.”<br />
Commentator Dave Woods, at the end of the<br />
first half of extra-time in the Liverpool-<br />
Atletico game.<br />
“Tina, Tina, give us a wave!”<br />
Wolves fans take the mickey<br />
out of David James’ afro at<br />
Portsmouth.<br />
“The boss just said ‘If you win<br />
tonight you’ll be immortal for<br />
the rest of your lives’.”<br />
Rangers legend Derek<br />
Johnstone on a TV<br />
programme about Rangers’<br />
1972 Cup Winners’ Cup<br />
victory.<br />
“You could say Watson’s contribution has been<br />
elementary.” Mark Lawrenson talking about<br />
Wigan’s Ben Watson on 5 live, during their 8-<br />
0 defeat to Chelsea.<br />
“Pietersen is on the charge and on the pull!’<br />
‘Bumble’ again whilst commentating on the<br />
England-Pakistan T20 match. Watch out<br />
ladies!<br />
“I’d rather do that than build chicken sheds<br />
no-one wanted!” Blackpool boss Ian Holloway<br />
after taking <strong>his</strong> side to the play-off final,<br />
having been out of football for a year, when<br />
he tried <strong>his</strong> hand at building hen houses.<br />
More at www.bbc.co.uk/sport<br />
... and state of the art Hoover cover<br />
Drainage is never far from the front of<br />
their minds<br />
Once the flood water has resided ...<br />
The Eurostar was good - it took you right<br />
across<br />
... the <strong>his</strong>toric town of Le Mans, home of<br />
the Plantagents dynasty - Kink Henry II<br />
Samuel Johnson, later to become the<br />
famous Dr Johnson ...<br />
He needs to pull <strong>his</strong> ideas up<br />
Forward THINKING<br />
Dates for your diary<br />
JULY<br />
5th - Cricket, Twenty20<br />
International, Pakistan v<br />
Australia, Edgbaston<br />
(www.cricketworld.com)<br />
8th to 11th - Golf, Barclays<br />
Scottish Open, Loch Lomond GC<br />
(www.europeantour.com)<br />
11th - FIFA World Cup Final,<br />
Soccer City, Johannesburg, South<br />
Africa (www.fifa.com/worldcup/)<br />
15th to 18th - Golf, 139th Open<br />
Championship, Old Course, St.<br />
Andrews, Scotland<br />
(www.opengolf.com)<br />
25th - Polo, Cartier International<br />
Day, Guards Polo Club, Windsor<br />
(www.guardspoloclub.com)<br />
29th to 2nd August - Cricket,<br />
England v Pakistan, 1st nPower<br />
Test, Trent Bridge<br />
(www.cricketworld.com)<br />
AUGUST<br />
6th to 10th - Cricket, England v<br />
Pakistan, 2nd nPower Test,<br />
Edgbaston (www.cricketworld.com)<br />
8th - Football, FA Community<br />
Shield, Wembley Stadium<br />
(www.thefa.com)<br />
12th to 15th - Golf, US PGA<br />
Championships, W<strong>his</strong>tling Straits,<br />
Wisconsin, USA<br />
(www.europeantour.com)<br />
28th - Rugby League, Carnegie<br />
Challenge Cup Final, Wembley<br />
Stadium (www.therfl.co.uk)<br />
31st to 3rd September - BASIS<br />
Course in Amenity Horticulture<br />
Dr Johnson I presume?<br />
Our Laurence gets defiantly kinky, and is rather impressed with the Eurostar’s ability to<br />
get from England to France - ce qui sera sera!<br />
I shall defiantly be calling back to see<br />
the course in all its glory<br />
... exporting products and services both<br />
to the UK and abroad<br />
... although faulty finished products are<br />
rare and unheard of<br />
It is most commonly known by most<br />
people ...<br />
... is there anything else you don’t know<br />
about?<br />
You can now follow Loz on Twitter -<br />
http://twitter.com/pitchcareloz<br />
Week 1, STRI, Bingley<br />
(www.stri.co.uk/en/training/)<br />
SEPTEMBER<br />
2nd to 5th - Burghley Horse Trials,<br />
Burghley House, Lincolnshire<br />
(www.burghley-horse.co.uk)<br />
5th - Cricket, England v Pakistan,<br />
Twenty20 International, SWALEC<br />
Stadium, Wales<br />
(www.cricketworld.com)<br />
7th to 8th - Four Oaks Trade Show,<br />
Macclesfield, Cheshire<br />
(www.fouroaks-tradeshow.com)<br />
7th to 9th - IOG SALTEX, Windsor<br />
Racecourse (www.iogsaltex.co.uk)<br />
15th to 18th - GaLaBau<br />
international trade show,<br />
Nuremburg, Germany<br />
(www.galabau.info-web.de/en/)<br />
20th to 22nd - GLEE, NEC<br />
Birmingham<br />
(www.gleebirmingham.com)<br />
22nd to 23rd - SalonVert trade<br />
show, Saint-Chéron (Essonne),<br />
France (www.salonvert.com)<br />
27th to 1st October - BASIS<br />
Course in Amenity Horticulture<br />
Week 2, STRI, Bingley<br />
(www.stri.co.uk/en/training/)<br />
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