Category Archives: SPORT

First time I’ve touched my golf clubs in over twenty-five years #OCD #Recovery

Posted on April 12, 2022 by SCARFMAN

“I’m thinking of taking up golf!” This is what my big sister said to mum and me, as she drove us back from the cemetery last Saturday afternoon (it was my late dad’s birthday). I almost choked in stunned amazement … Continue reading →

Posted in ANXIETY, EMOTION, OCD, SPORT, Uncategorized | Tagged GOLF, mental health, OCD, RECOVERY | Leave a comment

Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story {2021} – A review

Posted on December 1, 2021 by SCARFMAN

‘Captain Marvel’ supreme, this is a must watch for all sports fans. Bryan Robson, arguably the greatest ever captain of Manchester United Football Club. A hero with no ego, this documentary about his life is both a joyous and emotive … Continue reading →

Posted in documentary, EMOTION, ENTERTAINMENT, POPULAR CULTURE, SPORT, THE ARTS, Uncategorized | Tagged BRYAN ROBSON, CAPTAIN MARVEL, DAN WALKER, football, GARY LINEKER, GRAEME SOUNESS, Manchester United, mufc, NEWCASTLE UNITED, ROBBO: THE STORY OF BRYAN ROBSON, SIR ALEX FERGUSON, SPORT, SPORT DOCUMENTARY | Leave a comment

Sir Alex Ferguson: Never Give In – A Review.

Posted on June 10, 2021 by SCARFMAN

Sir Alex Ferguson: Never Give In – A Review – The rare glimpse of a genius! Dramatic, pulsating, and insightful. These are the best three words that accurately describe this new football documentary on the life of Sir Alex Ferguson. … Continue reading →

Posted in documentary, EMOTION, ENTERTAINMENT, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, POPULAR CULTURE, SPORT, TRUE STORIES, TV REVIEW, Uncategorized | Tagged football, Manchester United, NEVER GIVE IN, SIR ALEX FERGUSON, SPORTS DOCUMENTARY | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in BOOKS, COMEDY, ENTERTAINMENT, READING, SPORT, THE ARTS, TRIBUTE, Uncategorized | Tagged ACCIDENT IN HOLLAND, APPRENTICESHIP FOOTBALL, BOB DYLAN, BOOK, BOOK REVIEW, books, COMEDY, entertainment, football, FOOTBALL BOOK, FOREVER YOUNG : THE STORY OF FOOTBALL'S LOST GENIUS, FOREVER YOUNG BY OLIVER KAY, Grief, HOLLAND, INJURY IN FOOTBALL, MALCOM MCLAREN, MAN UNITED, MAN UNITED BOOK, MANCHESTER, Manchester United, MANCHESTER UNITED BOOK, MEDICINE IN FOOTBALL, NORTHERN IRELAND, NORTHERN IRELAND SPORT, NORTHERN IRELAND TROUBLES, OLIVER KAY, reading, SCHOOL FOOTBALL, SPORT, SPORTS BOOK, STRABANE, THE ARTS, THE DOC, TRAGEDY WITHIN FOOTBALL, tribute, YOUTH FOOTBALL | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in BBC1, documentary, EMOTION, ENTERTAINMENT, POPULAR CULTURE, SPORT, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TV, TV REVIEW, UK TV, Uncategorized | Tagged ANT AND DEC, ANTHONY 'JONNO' JOHNSON, BABS GASKILL, BBC, BBC1, DEACON BLUE, DOCUMENTARY, DREAMS, EMOTION, EMOTION IN DOCUMENTARIES, entertainment, FOOD INSPECTORS, football, FOOTBALL DOCUMENTARY, GARETH SNEDDON, GARY NEVILLE, GEMMA MORELY, HEART, HYGIENE FOOD STANDARDS, JIM BIRTWHISTLE, MAN UNITED, MANCHESTER, Manchester United, MANCUNIAN SENSE OF HUMOUR, MANCUNIANS, MOOR LANE, music in documentaries, NEIL DIAMOND BLUE JEANS, NICKY BUTT, NORTHERN SENSE OF HUMOUR, OUT OF THEIR LEAGUE, OUT OF THEIR LEAGUE EPISODE 1, PAUL SCHOLES, PHIL NEVILLE, popular culture, RYAN GIGGS, SALFORD CITY FOOTBALL CLUB, SEMI-PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL, SENSE OF COMMUNITY, SPORT, STEVE HOWSON, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, THE CLASS OF 92' OUT OF THEIR LEAGUE SERIES 2, THE FA CUP, TV, tv review, UK TV, WORKING CLASS, WORKING CLASS ASPIRATION | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in BBC1, EMOTION, ENTERTAINMENT, POPULAR CULTURE, SPORT, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TRUE STORIES, TV, TV REVIEW, UK TV, Uncategorized | Tagged ANDY LLOYD TV REVIEW, ANY TINKLER, BBC 2, BBC DEFENCE, BBC OLYMPICS COVERAGE, BBC TELEVISION, BBC1, BBC2, BECKY SMITH, BRITISH CYCLING, BRITISH TELEVISION, CHRIS BOARDMAN, CLARE BALDING, cycling, DRAMA OF SPORT, EMOTION, entertainment, GREAT BRITAIN, GYMNASTICS, HANNAH MILLS, JASON KENNY, KATY MARCHANT, KEIRIN, LAURA TROTT, MATT BAKER, MEN'S SPRINT, NILE WILSON, PATRIOTISM, popular culture, RIO OLYMPICS 2016, SAILING, SASKIA CLARK, SCARFMAN, Scarfman_, SIR CHRIS HOY, SPORT, SPORT ON TV, STRICTLY, TEAM GB, TELEVISION, TELEVISION REVIEW, THE ARTS, TV, tv review, TV SPORT REVIEW, UK TELEVISION, UK TV, WOMEN'S OMNIUM, WOMEN'S SPRINT | Leave a comment

ENGLAND BATTERED, DEEP FRIED AND THEN GOBBLED UP BY FOOTBALLING MINNOWS ICELAND!! England vs Iceland – A review.

Posted on June 28, 2016 by SCARFMAN

Last night quite rightly could be argued as the worst night EVER in the history of English football. In the Allianz Riviera stadium in Nice, England were sent home from Euro 2016 after giving the most abject of abject displays … Continue reading →

Posted in EMOTION, ENTERTAINMENT, POPULAR CULTURE, RANT, SPORT, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TRUE STORIES, TV, TV REVIEW, UK TV, Uncategorized | Tagged BBC FOOTBALL, british media, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, capitulation in sport, CHICO, CHICO TIME, COMEDY, DANNY DYER, DAVID JASON, ENGLAND FOOTBALL TEAM, ENGLAND V ICELAND, England v Iceland a review, ENGLAND VS ICELAND, ENGLISH FOOTBALL, English media, EURO 2016, euro 2016 france, EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS, football, FOOTBALL PUNDITS, football review, FOOTBALL TELEVISION COVERAGE, GARETH SOUTHGATE, GARY NEVILLE, GEOFFREY BOYCOTT, GLENN HODDLE, HARRY KANE, HEAD AND SHOULDERS, IAN WRIGHT, ICELAND FOOTBALL TEAM, ICELANDIC, INTERNATIONAL SPORT, itv, ITV FOOTBALL COVERAGE, JOE HART, kane, KEN BARLOW, LEE DIXON, LOTHAR MATTHAUS, MARCUS RASHFORD, PENALTY, popular culture, rant, RAY LEWINGTON, rooney, ROY HODGSON, sir david jason, SLAVEN BILIC, soccer, SPORTING UPSETS, SPORTS REPORTING, SPORTS REVIEW, SPORTS WRITING, STEVE DAVIS, TELEVISION, TELEVISION FOOTBALL COVERAGE, TELEVISION REVIEW, THE ARTS, THE ENGLAND FOOTBALL MANAGER, UK TV, UK TV REVIEW, WAKEFIELD, WAYNE ROONEY | Leave a comment

“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 →

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