Sporting nostalgia turns a bit ‘nymphy’ as fly fishing fills live sports void 
By Mary Hannigan IE Source: irishtimes 6/7/2020
Mary Hannigan
Credit: Eye Ubiquitous/Universal Images Group via Getty Images
When you find yourself whiling away some of your Saturday evening by watching Peter Crouch attempt to kick a teabag into a cup, you know that it’s a very good thing that there is now some light at the end of our no-live-sport-on-telly tunnel. Crouchie meant well, he was doing his best to entertain us in his new BBC show Save Our Summer, but to be honest, it’s going to take more than watching someone attempt to kick a teabag into a cup to fill our summer sporting void.
 

German football has helped no end, of course, and fans of British horseracing were in clover last week when it returned to their screens, but other than that we’ve largely had to make do with nostalgia.

Like on Channel Four on Sunday afternoon when they showed the entire 1966 World Cup final, with guest Zoomy appearances from the likes of Geoff Hurst and Glenn Hoddle. (Glenn, incidentally, has a chandelier in his kitchen). Unlike Geoff, Glenn didn’t play in the game, mainly because he was only eight at the time, although that silver lockdown beard he’s now sporting makes him look like he might have appeared in the 1930 decider.

“I don’t want to spoil the result,” Gabby warned Geoff before chatting to him, but he then went on to reflect on his hat-trick which hinted at an England victory, thereby ruining the entire viewing experience for any viewer who didn’t know the result. And that might be the majority because, as we know, they don’t talk about it much.

 
Continue...

News Id SourceStampcountry
3351Fangs, beady eyes and slime: Massachusetts angler hauls in rare invasive fish in Cantonwcvb2021-09-01US
3352Naval Officers Left Shocked By Fish With The Body Of A Shark And The Face Of A Pigbrobible2021-09-09US
3353These popular tuna species are no longer endangered, surprising scientistsnationalgeographic2021-09-04US
3354Illegal anglers caught using cruel fishing lines that cause 'lingering death'staffordshire2021-09-07UK
3355Man builds ‘workshop’ to save fish Taiwan News2021-09-14TW
3356Angler equates catching record fish to reeling in ‘a large moving log’usatoday2021-09-10US
3357Angler’s unusual catches include a bizarre, world-record fishusatoday2021-09-09US
3358What's behind all of the dead fish along Lake Erie?wkyc2021-09-07US
3359Why some fish are 'junk,' others are protected. Study points to bias against native speciesbakersfield2021-09-16US
3360Catch of a lifetime as fisherman reels in two fish on one hookabc-72021-09-21US
3361Рыба-вампир использует оригинальный способ перемещения в водеhightech2021-09-21US
3362Fish kill hits Biscayne Bay as high heat, still waters worsen pollution impactsmiamiherald2021-09-07CA
3363Industrial fishing harbor plan raises a stink in Sierra Leonemongabay2021-09-07SL
3364Climate change comes for a favorite summer pastime: fishingnationalgeographic2021-08-27US
3365Spooky spectral fish on show at west Japan aquarium's yokai-themed exhibition until Oct. 31jsonline2021-08-30US
3366Sex that moves mountains: Spawning fish can influence river profilesWSU News2017-10-19US
33675-Year-Old Boy Catches Eel In Chicago River During “Chicago Fishes” Eventchicago.cbslocal2017-10-19US
3368Teach the Kids to Fishhakaimagazine2017-10-19US
3369Правительство готово разрешить рыбакам-любителям продавать свой уловrg2021-09-20RU
3370Team of super sleuths help RVCA investigate Adrains Creekthestar2021-03-21CA
3371Eels trailing string arouse suspicion people illegally fishing for themodt2021-08-31NZ
3372Snail darter fish no longer endangeredaol2021-08-31US
3373Catching a gar is one of freshwater fishing's most exciting challengesPratt Tribune2021-09-02US
3374Worm-infested fish washing up on shorelines of two Colorado lakesouttherecolorado2021-09-02US
3375Fish farm has 60 days to fix net pens outside Seattle as 1 million Atlantic salmon move inseattletimes2017-10-09US

215 216 217 134 of [218 - pages.]