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MARVELLOUS LINARES! LINARES VS CROLLA II – A Review.

Posted on March 26, 2017 by SCARFMAN

Last night I went to bed gutted that Manchester’s very likeable Anthony ‘Million Dollar’ Crolla, failed in his rematch with Jorge Linares, for the WBA, WBC Diamond and Ring Magazine Lightweight World Championships. There wasn’t any hard luck story here … Continue reading →

Posted in BOXING, EMOTION, ENTERTAINMENT, POPULAR CULTURE, SPORT, TELEVISION, TV, TV REVIEW, UK TV, Uncategorized | Tagged #CROLLA, @SCARFMANANDY, ADAM SMITH, ANNA WOOLHOUSE, ANTHONY CROLLA, BOXING, BOXING ANALYST, BOXING PRESENTING, BOXING WRITING, CARL FROCH, DAVID HAYE, DEFEAT, ED ROBINSON, EDDIE HEARN, EMOTION, entertainment, FINAL BELL, FROCH, HOMETOWN HERO, JOE GALLAGHER, JORGE LINARES, KATE ABDO, LINARES, LINARES VS CROLLA II, MANCHESTER, MANCHESTER ARENA, MANCUNIANS, MARVELLOUS, MILLION DOLLAR CROLLA, MR NICE GUY, popular culture, SCARFMAN, SKY BOXING, SKY SPORTS, SPORT, SPORT TV, SPORTS WRITING, TELEVISION, TELEVISION REVIEW, THE SWEET SCIENCE, TONY BELLEW, TV, tv review, TV SPORT, VENEZUELAN | Leave a comment

‘HE’S A MAN, WITH A PLAN….HE’S MISSTRA KNOW-IT-ALL’! GARY NEVILLE : THE PUNDIT – A review.

Posted on January 18, 2017 by SCARFMAN

As this documentary on Sky Sports 1 about Sky Sports football pundit Gary Neville finished, I was in two minds about what I thought about it. Part of me thought it had been an enjoyable, relatively interesting twenty-five minute journey … Continue reading →

Posted in COMEDY, documentary, ENTERTAINMENT, POPULAR CULTURE, SPORT, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TV, TV REVIEW, UK TV, Uncategorized | Tagged @SCARFMANANDY, banter, BARNEY FRANCIS, BRITISH TELEVISION, BRITISH TV, BSKYB, COMEDY, entertainment, EVERTON, FLY ON THE WALL DOCUMENTARY, football, FOOTBALL BANTER, GARY NEVILLE : THE PUNDIT, GARY NEVILLE DOCUMENTARY, HE'S MISSTRA KNOW-IT-ALL, JAMIE CARRAGHER, LIVERPOOL FC, Manchester United, MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL, popular culture, SCARFMAN, SHOWING OFF, SKY ORIGINALS, SKY SPORTS, soccer, SPORT, SPORTS DOCUMENTARY, STEVIE WONDER, TELEVISION REVIEW, THE ARTS, tv review | Leave a comment

FOREVER YOUNG : The Story of Adrian Doherty, Football’s Lost Genius! A review.

Posted on January 8, 2017 by SCARFMAN

This book was interesting, moving, but at the same time it has to be said that it also had shades of blandness in places. The latter aspect could have been easily remedied by it being about one hundred pages shorter. … Continue reading →

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THE ANT AND DEC OF FOOTBALL…….SORT OF! ‘Class of ’92: Out of Their League. Series 2, episode 1 review.

Posted on August 31, 2016 by SCARFMAN

Television sports documentaries do not get much better than this. I loved the first series last year and thoroughly enjoyed the recent opening episode of series two. It focuses on the goings on at semi-professional football side Salford City FC, … Continue reading →

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Trott and Kenny cycle into the record books and even more into our hearts! Day 11 review of the Rio Olympics on BBC1,BBC2.

Posted on August 19, 2016 by SCARFMAN

Just before the 2016 Olympics in Rio started I had almost zero appetite for watching them on the telly. Here in Britain the football season was just about to commence and the build up to these Rio games had been … Continue reading →

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“WHO MAKETH THE MAN HERE? AM I IN CHARGE OR IS MY ARSE IN CHARGE”? ‘THE MOANING OF LIFE 2’, episode six review.

Posted on December 12, 2015 by SCARFMAN

One of my TV highlights of 2015 has without doubt been the second series of Sky One’s The Moaning of Life. I would even go as far to say that I think this is the best thing that Karl Pilkington … Continue reading →

FANTASTIC FRENETIC FURY, SHOCKS THE WORLD BY DETHRONING CLUELESS KLITSCHKO!

Posted on November 30, 2015 by SCARFMAN

When I think of greatest upsets in sport that I have seen in my lifetime so far, then there are a few that immediately spring to mind. Little Wimbledon Football Club beating the mighty Liverpool in the 1988 FA Cup … Continue reading →

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DREAMS DO COME TRUE FOR ANTHONY ‘MILLION DOLLAR’ CROLLA!

Posted on November 27, 2015 by SCARFMAN

“YEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSS HE’S DONE IT, HE’S DONE IT. BRILLIANT, BRILLIANT, BRILLIANT, ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT” (me/Andy Lloyd, Nov 21st, 2015). At around 11.30pm last Saturday, I yelled these words above out loud in the comfort of my living room. In all likelihood I … Continue reading →

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MY LYMPHOEDEMA IS IMPROVING AND ALL I HAVE DONE IS………..EXERCISE MORE!

Posted on October 29, 2015 by SCARFMAN

“Lymphoedema is a chronic condition that causes swelling when the lymphatic system is not able to drain fluid properly”.(Google search). “Lymphoedema is a swelling that develops as a result of an impaired lymphatic system. This may be as a result of … Continue reading →

Posted in ANXIETY, cellulitis, DEPRESSION, DIABETES, EMOTION, FAMILY, HEALTH, LYMPH GLANDS, LYMPHOEDEMA, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, NHS, OCD, skin infection, TRUE STORIES, Uncategorized | Tagged #LYMPHGLANDS, #MENSHEALTH, 2015, ABUSE, ABUSE IN STREET, ABUSE IN STRERT, ANGRY, ANKLES, anxiety, APPEARENCE, ARM CRAMPS, ARMS, BACK PAIN, BAD LUCK, BIG TUMMY, blog, BLOG WRITING, BLOGGING, BODY, BODY CRAMPS, BODY IMAGE, BODY SHAPE, BONES, BUILT UP FLUID, CELLULITIS, CHARACTER, CHEEKY KIDS, CHRONIC BACTERIAL PROSTATITIS, CHRONIC ILLNESS, CHRONIC PAIN, CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN, COMPRESSED DISC, COMPRESSED NERVE, COMPRESSION, COMPRESSION GARMENTS, COMPRESSION STOCKINGS, CORE, CORE MUSCLE EXERCISES, CORE MUSCLES, CORE STABILITY, CRAMPING UP, CRAMPS, CRISIS, DAMAGE, DEPRESSED, DEPRESSION, DETOX, DIABETES, DOCTORS, DRAINAGE, DREAMS, EMOTION, ENGLAND, ENVY, EXERCISE, EXERCISING, Family, FAT, FIGHTER, FITNESS, frustration, future, GENITAL URINARY SYSTEM, GP, HAND CRAMPS, HANDS, HANDS CRAMPING, Health, HEALTHY, HOPE, ILIOPSOAS, ILIOPSOAS PAIN, ILL, ILLNESS, IMPAIRED, IMPAIRED LYMPHATIC SYSTEM, KEGEL KEGAL EXERCISES, KIDS, LEG LYMPHOEDEMA, LEGS, LIFE, LIFE LONG HEALTH CONDITION, LIFE LONG HEALTH PROBLEM, LOWER BACK PAIN, LOWER LEG LYMPHOEDEMA, LUMBAR SPINE, LYMPH GLAND, LYMPH GLAND EXERCISES, LYMPH GLANDS, lymphatic drainage, lymphatic fluid, lymphedema, LYMPHODEMA, LYMPHOEDEMA, LYMPHOEDEMA SUPPORT NETWORK, MALE HEALTH, manual lymphatic drainage, medical, MEDICAL CONDITION, MEDICINE, MENS HEALTH, mental health, mental illness, MIND, MISDIAGNOSIS, MLD, MOTIVATION, MUSCLE, MUSCLES, MUSCOSKELETAL, NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, NHS, NORTH ENGLAND, O.C.D, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, OVERWEIGHT, PELVIC FLOOR, PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLES, PELVIC GIRDLE PAIN, PELVIS, physio, physiotherapy, POISONING FEELING, positivity, PRIMARY LYMPHOEDEMA, PROSTATE, PROSTATE ILLNESS, PROSTATE INFECTION, PSOAS, PSOAS PAIN, PUFFY ANKLES, PUFFY LEGS, RANDOM ABUSE, REHAB, SCIATIC NERVE, SCIATIC PAIN, SCIATICA, SECONDARY LYMPHOEDEMA, skin, SKIN INFECTION, SKIN RASH, Social Media, SOCKS, SPONDYLOLISTHESIS, SPORT, STOCKINGS, STRENGTH, STRONG, SUFFERING, SWOLLEN ANKLES, SWOLLEN FEET, SWOLLEN LEGS, TEARS, TILTED PELVIS, TOXIN BUILD UP, TOXINS, TRAUMA, true stories, TRUE STORY, TUMMY, TUMMY MUSCLES, TYPE ONE DIABETES, UK, UNCATEGORIZED, UNFIT, UNSTABLE CORE, UNSTABLE PELVIS, UPSET, WALK, walking, weight, WHAT IS LYMPHOEDEMA, WORRY | Leave a comment

I WILL ALWAYS BE A SOFT, SENSITIVE AND EMOTIONAL MAN. I AM SO GLAD THAT I AM TOO…….WELL, MOST OF THE TIME!

Posted on October 11, 2015 by SCARFMAN

I will always be a SOFT, SENSITIVE and EMOTIONAL MAN. This is a fact of life that I do not mind one bit. Well OK, at times I wish was a bit harder, bit rougher around the edges but that … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: SPORT

MARVELLOUS LINARES! LINARES VS CROLLA II – A Review.

‘HE’S A MAN, WITH A PLAN….HE’S MISSTRA KNOW-IT-ALL’! GARY NEVILLE : THE PUNDIT – A review.

FOREVER YOUNG : The Story of Adrian Doherty, Football’s Lost Genius! A review.

THE ANT AND DEC OF FOOTBALL…….SORT OF! ‘Class of ’92: Out of Their League. Series 2, episode 1 review.

Trott and Kenny cycle into the record books and even more into our hearts! Day 11 review of the Rio Olympics on BBC1,BBC2.

“WHO MAKETH THE MAN HERE? AM I IN CHARGE OR IS MY ARSE IN CHARGE”? ‘THE MOANING OF LIFE 2’, episode six review.

DREAMS DO COME TRUE FOR ANTHONY ‘MILLION DOLLAR’ CROLLA!

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