logo
Find us on
Twitter Facebook LinkedIn
Skip Navigation Links
logo 9/21/2024 7:00:26 PM     
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
4626Fish, yabbies and aquatic life dead after 'toxic' herbicide treatment in irrigation channelabc2021-01-22AU
4627В Приморье заложили краболов и сдали рыбодобывающий заводrg2019-11-28RU
4628Рыбакам разрешат потрошить улов на бортуrg2021-02-04RU
4629Fossil fills out water-land leapbbc2008-06-25UK
4630Rare fish 'back from the brink'bbc2008-07-07UK
4631Tilapia Contains Potentially Dangerous Fatty Acid Combination; 'Exaggerated Inflammatory Response'Underwatertimes2008-07-10US
4632Tennessee man reels in monster catchWZTV 2021-01-25US
4633Caring grandmother finds a giant fish in the road and stops at nothing to save itTrainee Reporter2021-01-22UK
4634‘Everybody’s worst nightmare’: Bering Sea fishermen on edge after COVID-19 closes second plantKUCB - Unalaska & Nat Herz. AKPM - Anchorage2021-01-22US
4635Poaching on River Trent up as people catch fish to eat during lockdownstaffordshire2021-01-22UK
4636Passionate local angler says 'fishing is not just for boys and men'orilliamatters2021-01-21CA
4637Unknown sumo champion-class fish species found off Shizuokaasahi2021-01-26JP
4638B.C. wild salmon in short supply: reportctvnews2008-06-16CA
4639School Of Robofish Provides Basis For Underwater Robot Teams; 'Don't Need Oxygen'Underwatertimes2008-06-06US
4640‘Extremely rare’ fish sold at auction for $3,425usatoday2021-01-25US
4641A Montana Sampler: 5 Unique Fisheries in 5 DaysMontana Angler2021-02-01US
4642Researchers Document Rapid, Dramatic 'Reverse Evolution' In The Threespine Stickleback Fishunderwatertimes2008-05-15US
4643Biologist takes B.C. Liberals to court to save wild salmonstraight2008-05-06CA
4644Researchers Develop Glow-in-the-dark Fish Powered By Artificial SugarUnderwatertimes2008-05-04US
4645Henry County man hauls in over 20,000 pounds of fishwbbjtv2021-02-01US
4646No sex for all-girl fish speciesbbc2008-04-23UK
4647Angler catches heavyweight carpbbc2008-04-18UK
4648I caught a fish bigger than me... honestly!Liverpool Echo2008-04-18UK
4649Maryland Angler Snags State Record 5-foot-long Blue Catfish; 'We Needed A Larger Net'Underwatertimes2008-03-26US
4650Galway fish farm no longer allowed to bathe diseased salmon in lake wateririshtimes2021-01-18IR

214 215 216 185 of [217 - pages.]