Posts by LegBreak

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  • Hard News: Veitch,

    I thought his worst experience is when that evil media went public about what he’d done (and always owned up to) ?

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 1162 posts Report

  • Hard News: Veitch,

    And it’s interesting that Graham Henry has come out praising Veitch for not climbing into him after the World Cup failure.

    Probably not relevant to this debate, but it shows he’s rubbish as a journalist too.

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 1162 posts Report

  • Field Theory: You'll Never Walk Alone,

    The Taylor report certainly changed English football.

    But probably not as much as the Bosman ruling.

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 1162 posts Report

  • Hard News: Of Monsters and Old Boys,

    Mark,

    You may be the first ever person to equate Scots with Collegiate and Christs.

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 1162 posts Report

  • Field Theory: You'll Never Walk Alone,

    Note how the decline of violence at English football matches coincided with Millwall’s relegation.

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 1162 posts Report

  • Hard News: Doing anything Thursday?,

    I've always wanted to try both of those places. My partner won't let me until I'm seventy and become of age again.

    You don’t need to wait that long.

    Valentine’s is perfect for 8 year-old birthday parties.

    (Disclaimer: I enjoy a good beetroot salad)

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 1162 posts Report

  • Hard News: Doing anything Thursday?,

    75 test was the first match in NZ to be televised in colour. Not that it was easy to tell.

    Matches from the UK before that were screened here in colour.

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 1162 posts Report

  • Hard News: Doing anything Thursday?,

    Geoff; I’m pretty sure I read somewhere that was still a record for NZ viewership...

    And in these days of extra choices, I can’t really see it being beaten.

    BTW, to be pedantic, pretty sure the test in 84 was in Australia. Better viewing time for general public.

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 1162 posts Report

  • Hard News: Doing anything Thursday?,

    First test to be televised live was in 72 from Eden Park v the Woeful Wallabies. (Or were they the Awful Aussies?; can’t remember).

    PJ Montgommery did the commentary, Keith Quinn did the pre-match sideline bit. Yup; TVNZ has come a long way alright.


    First live test via satellite was later that year v Wales in the Keith Murdoch match.

    Those satellite matches from the 70s were most memorable for the fact that the feed often dropped out.

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 1162 posts Report

  • Hard News: For Good Friday,

    The paranoid, disenfranchised, fundamentalist fringes of the "big" religions are over-represented in murderous rampage stats.

    Is that a compromise?

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 1162 posts Report

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