Blue is the Colour
9642-football: WE ARE CHAMPIONS OF ENGLAND!Sorry, had to get that out, and probably should have done so a few months ago. In any case we are now at the start of a new campaign and we have to start all again and time will tell if Chelsea can go back-to-back. They have the team for …
The Season has (Nearly) Landed.
9642-football: Charles Dickens opened the Tale of Two Cities, with the immortal line “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times”. I cannot help that for a football fan, and premiership fan in particular this seems particularly apt. The off season ironically always seems busier than the regular season. The lack …
New Podcasts
So Number Nine and The Fool have got together and recorded another podcast - a football one this time! The recorded material is very long (over an hour) but for today I have edited and put up just the first 20 odd minutes of it where Number Nine and The Fool discuss the top 4, …
New Cricket Podcasts
So NumberNine and I have recorded a new podcast, the parts of which can be found over in the Cricket section. The only thing left is to say GO THE BLACK CAPS
Now It All Starts
Windies are a team I don’t fear if we chase our batter will be able to knock off any score against their bowlers, but if they chase it is a different story. Their lower-middle order shown a lot of resilience and so a big score is not beyond them. I think the Tigers gave NZ …
Grading The Opening
9642cricket: If we are giving marks and we are, here are my grades for the teams over the opening round of games Black Caps – A+ no troubles with the bat, everyone contributed, fielded very well, and tight bowling to back up the batting performance Australia – A+ faced a fiery spell at first but …
The mystery of the sporting rivalry
When India meet Pakistan and England take on Australia, despite all the complex historical baggage, on the field all they are doing is playingThe mystery of the sporting rivalry
#NZvSL has Started
9642cricket: I hope you are following the game wherever you are, and don’t forget to follow our live tweets on twitter #9642Cricket with Number Nine reporting from the ground and The Fool on the couch in his living room
A Word from the Editor
Welcome dear readers & listeners, it has been a long time since I posted here but I thought I should make a note of the changes that have happened on this site. First I have changed the structure of the site slightly (ass you will see if you pay attention to the web addresses as …

