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  1. SpursDisciple

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    Little boy with big job to do
     
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    So many more books:
    John le Carre is an author I greatly enjoy, particularly the Karla set - The Honourable Schoolboy stands out. Farenheit 451. I once read War and Peace and at the risk of sounding pretentious, bits of it left a lasting effect on me. Others have reminded me of the likes of Animal Farm, Vulcan 607...I used to have a soft spot for Andy McNab’s early novels as well as an easy read by the pool. There are more that will come to me.

    Someone mentioned The Warriors which is a film I do love, and also one that provided the greatest fancy dress costume I’ve ever made (walking down a street in Newcastle dressed as the Baseball Furies with my mates, accompanied by shouts of “Warriors! Come out to plaaaaaaay!”) When it comes to TV, big fan of Spooks back in the day, loved the first season of True Detective but haven’t returned for 2 and 3, enjoyed Game of Thrones (also read all the books). Luther was great. Mindhunter was excellent. Twin Peaks is also a favourite. Currently working through Money Heist/Casa de Papel.

    I also managed to get through all of this without mentioning Harry Potter, which I basically grew up reading and watching the films of. Not my first choice compared to some of the aforementioned work but rereading/watching it does twig something sentimental in me.
     
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  3. The Changing Man

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    10 More 'sitcoms' all of which could have been in the top 10!

    Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads
    Friday Night Dinner
    My Hero
    Goodnight Sweetheart
    Shelley
    Cradle To The Grave (based on Danny Bakers brilliant memoirs all 3 of which could have been amongst my books)
    Police Squad
    Sykes
    Dinnerladies
    Allo Allo

    And how I missed Dave Allen out of both sketch shows and comedians I really don't know
     
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    10 favourite places

    London
    Sorrento
    York
    Salzburg
    Rome
    Amsterdam
    Lake District
    Crete
    Cromer
    Madeira
     
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    10 Commentators (sport)

    Richie Benaud
    Brian Moore
    Barry Davies
    David Coleman
    Jonathan Agnew
    Hugh Johns
    Rob Hawthorne
    Henry Blofeld
    Murray Walker
    Brendan Foster
     
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    Oh God...how did forget about father Ted? <doh>
     
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    More than anything else, Blackadder Goes Fourth really needs to be called out for recycling half the plots from Blackadder II and thinking nobody would notice
     
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  8. Alfie Conn

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    10 favourite players (not best)

    Gazza, Sheringham, Ginola, King, Lennon, Berbatov, Bale, Modric, Van Der Vaart & Son
     
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  10. Alfie Conn

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    Top Ten Favourite places
    N17 White Hart Lane <party>
    London
    West wittering as the sun is going down and cooking fish on a bbq with lots of cool beers in the box with my family and dog
    Bali
    Sea fishing in ilfracombe
    La Rochelle
    New York in winter
    Santorini watching the sun set with Mrs Conn
    The boozer 4pm on a Friday when you're meant to knock off at 5.00
    Sunrise on the peak of helvellyn early summer
    Cycling down the coastal path of Northumberland
    Long weekends in Brugge , Beer,mussles and chips
    Winning away at the library , any time,anyhow ,any score
    Fantasy time , watching a young Joni Mitchell backed by CSN&Y sitting round a fire in the desert
     
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    Top 10 signings I thought would be the bollocks, but ended up just being bollocks

    1. Gilberto
    2. Helder Postiga
    3. Paulinho
    4. Dean Richards
    5. Giovani Dos Santos
    6. Ben Thatcher
    7. Nicola Berti
    8. Vincent Janssen
    9. Lewis Holtby
    10. Etienne Capoue
     
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  12. Alfie Conn

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    Ten small things that please me

    Opening a fresh packet of coffee or popping the foil on a coffee jar
    Top deck front seat of the bus
    Impromptu phone calls from the grand kids
    The dog knowing when you've had a crap day at work, they just know
    Finding a kit Kat that is all chocolate, no wafers
    Warm summer evenings
    The smell is fresh mown grass
    Unplanned session in the pub with mates
    Sissoko hitting the back of the net and not the Roof of the stand
    The smell of a pair of new shoes
     
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  13. "Thanks for that Brian"

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    =====TRUE FACT ALERT=======

    Dave Allen was my mate Yid Andy's godfather. Whilst they were all working as a Butlin's Redcoats, he introduced Andy's mum and dad.

    He was in bits when he died.

    =====TRUE FACT ALERT ENDS=====

    A true genius........Dave Allen, in case there's any confusion.
     
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  14. Alfie Conn

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    My Ten Songs This Week
    Long December. Counting Crows
    Hurt. Johnny Cash
    Iris. The Goo Goo Dolls , just this one track , cant abide anything else they do
    Electioneering. Morgan Heritage
    Redemption song. Marley or Strummer
    Fishermen's Blues. Water Boys
    The Poacher. Ronnie Lane
    Downtown Train. Tom Waits
    So What. Miles Davis
    Love supreme. John Coltrane
    This is just for this week , I am always looking for my next favourite band or song
     
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  15. Alfie Conn

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    One of my Dads favourite comedians , just him a chair,drink and a fag and a mutual dislike for organised religions
     
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    Favourite stand ups
    Max Miller
    Greg Davies
    Sara Pascoe
    Jon Richardson
    John Robbins
    Frank Skinner
    Rob Newman
    Stuart Francis
    Jeremy Hardy
    Mark Steel
     
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  17. "Thanks for that Brian"

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    To be that exposed on stage, you have to be unbelievably good, as there's nowhere to hide.

    It seemed effortless and natural for him...which means that it was anything but. He was very hard working and honed his material to perfect precision.
     
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  18. Alfie Conn

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    So used to look forward to people like Dave Allen on Saturday nights Parkinson show , Billy Connolly, David Niven, Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan, Peter O'Toole, Peter Cooke, they could all hold an audience captive with just the one joke and the telling of it . Parkinson would just let them hold court but it would not be allowed today because the chat shows are all about the hosts ego, just imagine the likes of Oliver Reed or Keith Moon let loose on TV after a session the MSM would be in meltdown
    I watched the last leg last week and Miriam margolyes made a joke about Boris and these so called " edgy comedians " absolutely **** themselves
    Well done Miriam
     
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    Ahhh....the days when MOTD showed 2 games in sufficient depth to be worthwhile and a 1 hour chat show had a maximum of 3 guests and usually no more than two.

    Proper legends got the whole hour to themselves.

    I miss that level of detail and intelligence in what passes for television these days...and when someone like Billy Connolly made his first appearance EVERYBODY was talking about it. It was a shared experience that was the talk of Monday mornings.
     
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  20. Alfie Conn

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    Nivens joke about the pissed crab or Billy's one about the bum as a bike rack ........
     
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