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Patrick Barclay, Chief Football Commentator Peter Ridsdale was once the most popular chairman in football. That was before chasing the dream was added to the list of banned sports. Ridsdale, whose business career had grown alongside that of Sir Ralph “five times a night” Halpern, did much to make Leeds United sexy. They reached the semi-finals of the Champions League with players they could not afford: how delightfully fin-de-siècle! Then the money ran out and the club’s fortunes collapsed. Suddenly Ridsdale was the lone fool who had let it happen. No longer was he fêted on the terraces. Just as millions of profligates with their swelling loans — “well, it’s only plastic, isn’t it?” — were to blame the Government when the credit boom went bust, the fans turned on Ridsdale for having given them what they wanted. This left... [read full story]
PHOENIX bounced back from their worst performance of the season to win a top-of-the-table thriller in Altrincham last night. Tony Hand’s men just didn’t turn up in Romford on Saturday losing 8-3 to the team propping up the...
Andy Murray has marked the beginning of London's hosting of the ATP Tour Finals with a 6-3 3-6 6-2 win over US Open champion Juan Martin del Potro. The Briton withstood a ferocious comeback by Argentine Del Potro, who lost the...
Nov 22 (Reuters) - ATP World Tour Finals men's singles result from London on Sunday. Group A 4-Andy Murray (Britain) beat 5-Juan Martin Del Potro (Argentina) 6-3 3-6 6-2 Group A P W L F A Pts 1. Andy Murray 1 1 0 2 1 1 2. Roger...
Bates Mill, Huddersfield Richard Barrett's Opening of the Mouth was given its UK premiere at Bates Mill by the Australian ensemble Elision. This 75-minute sequence of overlapping movements is built around a series of poems by...
