VALE DAVE HADFIELD
You may remember him as George Dunkerley, but I remember him as Dave Hadfield from Bolton, a magnificent sports journalist and a friend, who was always entertaining company. Dave’s great […]
You may remember him as George Dunkerley, but I remember him as Dave Hadfield from Bolton, a magnificent sports journalist and a friend, who was always entertaining company. Dave’s great […]
NOVEMBER 2006 This post is different from the ‘classic’ Flashbacks on my website, in that is largely an extract from my diary. It is meant to give readers a look […]
Spectators in ‘The Threepenny Stand’ at The Boulevard, Hull were regarded as some of the most knowledgeable and quick witted in the game of rugby league. They could make life miserable […]
FLASHBACK NOVEMBER 2010 Australian fullback, Billy Slater described the 2010 Four Nations final at Suncorp Stadium as a ‘dogfight’, with the Kiwis walking away with bragging rights again, just two […]
TRAVEL Recently, a mate asked how many times I had been to Britain and/or Europe, and when I answered ’20’, he said I should write a book. I’m not in […]
TRAVEL Recently, a mate asked how many times I had been to Britain and/or Europe, and when I answered ’20’, he said I should write a book. I’m not in […]
Travel “What could be more romantic?”, I said to my wife, Marie, as she contemplated a wedding anniversary lunch with me; a fellow rugby league writer; a rugby league fan/war […]
Fraser Island, Hinchinbrook Island, Moreton Island, Kangaroo Island, Mornington Island, Straddy – I’d heard of them all. But Maria Island! Where the hell is that? That’s what I thought, when […]