Tag Archives: SPORT

I DON’T LIKE CRICKET OH NO, I LOVE IT…………BUT FEEL INCREDIBLY SAD EVERY TIME I THINK ABOUT THE DEATH OF PHILLIP HUGHES!

Posted on December 6, 2014 by SCARFMAN

As that classic Bobby Cliff song goes, “I don’t like cricket on no, I love it”, and this perfectly sums up my feelings towards this great game. I can’t quite remember exactly where or when I first fell in love … Continue reading →

Posted in CRICKET, death, EMOTION, grief, HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH, social media, SPORT, Uncategorized | Tagged Australia, cricket, Grief, pain, phil hughes, phillip hughes, phillip hughes death, sad, sean abbott, SPORT, sporting deaths, test cricket, tragedy, tribute, world cricket | Leave a comment

A FEMALE COPPER HELL-BENT ON REVENGE, SIX PREGNANT HORMONAL WOMEN ABOUT TO DROP ANY SECOND….AND A ARMY MEDIC WHO I WISH HAD NOT PASSED HER MEDICAL EXAMS! This is my review of some of the programmes I have enjoyed and also endured, on British Television in 2014.

Posted on November 18, 2014 by SCARFMAN

HAPPY VALLEY(BBC 1). ‘AMAZING ACTING AND WONDERFUL WRITING…..MY FAVOURITE THING ON TV IN 2014’! Writing earlier this year in the Radio Times, Jack Seale proclaimed how up to that point Happy Valley was the “drama of the year so far”. … Continue reading →

Posted in BBC, BBC ORIGINAL DRAMA, BBC1, COMEDY, death, documentary, DRAMA, EMOTION, ENTERTAINMENT, FOOD, FOOD TV SHOW, grief, HAPPY VALLEY, ITV1, LAST TANGO IN HALIFAX, MELODRAMAS, POPULAR CULTURE, REALITY TV, SALLY WAINWRIGHT, SARAH LANCASHIRE, screenplay, SIT-COMS, SOAP OPERA, social media, SPORT, STRICTLY COME DANCING, TELEVISION, THE AMERICANS, THE ARTS, THRILLERS, TV, TV REVIEW, twitter, UK TV, Uncategorized | Tagged #BBCDRAMA, #HAPPYVALLEY, #TVREVIEW, 2014, 2014 TV REVIEW, ACTING, ARTS, BBC, BBC1, BOXING, BRITAIN'S GREAT WAR, BRITISH TV TELEVISION, BUMBLE! THE DAVID LLOYD STORY, CARL FROCH VS GEORGE GROVES, COMEDY, COMMON, CORONATION STREET, CORRIE, CRIME DRAMA, DANCING ON ICE, DOCUMENTARIES, DRAMA, entertainment, FROM THERE TO HERE, GRANTCHESTER, HAPPY VALLEY, IN THE CLUB, ITV1, LAW AND ORDER UK, LIKE THAT, LONG LOST FAMILY, MANCHESTER, MANCHESTER DRAMAS, MOUNT PLEASANT, OUR GIRL, OUR ZOO, PREY, REALITY TV, REVIEW 2014, RINGSIDE, RYAN GIGS :A UNITED LIFE, SALLY WAINWRIGHT, SARAH LANCASHIRE, script writing, SKY LIVING, SOAP OPERA, SPORT, STELLA, STRICTLY COME DANCING, TELEVISION, TELEVISION REVIEW, TELLY, THE AMERICANS, THE ANTIQUES ROADSHOW, THE DRIVER, THE GREAT BRITISH BAKE OFF, THE VOICE UK 2014, THE WIDOWER, thrillers, TOMMY COOPER:NOT LIKE THIS, TRYING AGAIN, TUMBLE, TV, TV CRITIC, TV REVIEWS, WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?, WORLD WAR ONE, WOULD I LIE TO YOU?, writing | Leave a comment

RIDICULOUS REFEREEING, DIABOLICAL DEFENDING……AND INFURIATING SEXISM!

Posted on September 23, 2014 by SCARFMAN

A LOOK BACK AT MY SUNDAY, RUINED BY UNITED’S POOR SHOW AND THEN CROWD SEXISM AT CITY! As a massive Manchester United fan since being a small boy, I had been looking forward all week to watching them play on … Continue reading →

Posted in ANXIETY, COMEDY, EMOTION, POPULAR CULTURE, RANT, SPORT, TELEVISION, TV, TV REVIEW, Uncategorized | Tagged banter, Chelsea, enterainment, FA, football, Football Association, football match review, Leicester city, Man City, MAN UNITED, MAN UTD, Manchester United, media, mufc, press, rant, rascism, SEXISM, soccer, SPORT | Leave a comment

Super Sexy Scarfman vs Mr Crafty Crappy Cellulitis…………….ROUND 4, LETS GET IT ON!

Posted on August 11, 2014 by SCARFMAN

An unique boxing take on my battle with cellulitis! Harry H : Welcome fight fans here on MEDICAL CONDITION FIGHT NIGHT TV, this is your host Harry Hay fever here alongside Vernon Vasectomy, in deepest rainiest North Manchester, England, … Continue reading →

Posted in cellulitis, COMEDY, EMOTION, HEALTH, LYMPH GLANDS, LYMPHOEDEMA, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, NHS, POPULAR CULTURE, RANT, screenplay, skin infection, SPORT, TELEVISION, Uncategorized | Tagged allergies, ANTIBIOTICS, BOXING, CELLULITIS, ciprofloxacin, clarithromycin, COMEDY, comedy writing, Health, humour, mental health, OCD, screenplay, script, script writing, skin, SKIN INFECTION, SPORT | Leave a comment

Sex, stirrups, and second rate storytelling – ‘Taking he Fall’ by A.P.McCoy – A Review.

Posted on January 3, 2014 by SCARFMAN

A review of Taking the Fall by A.P.McCoy – As indicated by the headline, there is too much sex and not enough gripping storytelling. I was left feeling greatly underwhelmed sadly. So, what is the book about then and who are … Continue reading →

Posted in BOOK REVIEWS, BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, LITERATURE, POPULAR CULTURE, READING, SPORT, TAKING THE FALL BY A.P MCCOY, THE ARTS, THRILLERS, Uncategorized | Tagged #apmccoy, #bookReview, #HORSES, #RACEHORSES, #TAKINGTHEFALL, A.P McCoy, A.P.MCCOY BOOK REVIEW, BOOK, BOOK CRITIC, book reviews, CRITIC, DEMENTIA, DEMENTIA IN FICTION, DERBY DAY BY DJ TAYLOR, DUNCAN CLAYMORE, Family, fiction, FICTION SEX, FICTION THRILLERS, horse racing, horse racing book, JOCKEYS, LITERARY REVIEW, literature, McCoy, NATIONAL HUNT RACING, NH JOCKEY, OLD AGE, PLOT, popular culture, RACE HORSES, RACING, reading, REVENGE FICTION, REVIEW TAKING HE FALL, SEX, SPORT, SPORT BOOK, SPORT BOOK REVIEW, sport books, TAKING THE FALL, TAKING THE FALL REVIEW, THE ARTS, the grand national, THRILLER, thrillers, WRITER | 1 Comment

RING GIRLS DON’T TITILLATE ME, THEY INFURIATE ME!!!!

Posted on June 23, 2013 by SCARFMAN

A blog about how Ring Girls belong to a bygone sexist era and I thus question the sexism still pervading boxing and mixed martial arts! So, I turn on my facebook this morning and see a photo from some MMA … Continue reading →

Posted in BOXING, EMOTION, ENTERTAINMENT, MIXED MARTIAL ARTS, POPULAR CULTURE, RANT, social media, SPORT, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TV, TV REVIEW, UFC, Uncategorized | Tagged #RINGGIRLS, AMERICAN TELEVISION, ARIANNY CELESTE, BOXING, BOXING COVERAGE, BOXING REVIEW, BRITISH TELEVISION, COMBAT SPORTS, CRINGE RING GIRLS, EMOTION, entertainment, facebook, FEMALE ATHLETES, FEMALE BOXING, FEMALE GAZE, FEMALE GAZE WITHIN SPORT, FEMALE SPORT, FIGHTERS, FIGHTS, GAY, HETEROSEXUALITY, HOMOSEXUALITY, KATIE TAYLOR, MALE GAZE, MALE GAZE IN SPORT, MEN ARE NOT SEX OBSESSED, MIXED MARTIAL ARTS, MMA, MMA COVERAGE, MMA REVIEW, MMS, OUT DATED RING GIRLS, PATRONISING MEN, PATRONIZING MEN, PLAYBOY, PLAYBOY MAGAZINE, popular culture, rant, REVEALING PHOTO, REVIEW, RING GIRLS, RING GIRLS DON'T TITILLATE ME THEY INFURIATE ME, RING GIRLS IN BOXING, RING GIRLS IN MMA, RONDA ROUSEY, SEX 24 7, SEX IN SPORT, SEX OBSESSED MEN, SEX OBSESSION, SEX SELLS, SEXISM, SEXISM IN BOXING, SEXISM IN COMBAT SPORTS, SEXISM IN MMA, SEXISM IN SPORT, SEXIST, Social Media, SPORT, SPORT CRITIC, SPORT REVIEW, SPORT TV COVERAGE, SPORT WRITING, SPORTS, STRAIGHT MEN, TEAM GB, TELEVISION, TELEVISION REVIEW, THE ARTS, TV, TV CRITIC, tv review, ufc, UFC COVERAGE, UFC REVIEW, WOMENS BOXING | 9 Comments

“HOORAY FOR HAROLD LLOYD” A Tribute to my late Father!

Posted on June 16, 2013 by SCARFMAN

“HOORAY FOR HAROLD LLOYD” – A tribute to my late Father on Father’s Day, and a message of solidarity to others missing their Dads today too! For my first blog I wanted to write about something very dear and personal … Continue reading →

Posted in ANXIETY, COMEDY, COMPLIMENT, CRICKET, death, DEPRESSION, EMOTION, FAMILY, FATHER'S DAY TRIBUTE, grief, HAROLD LLOYD, HEALTH, mens health, POPULAR CULTURE, SPORT, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TRIBUTE, TRUE STORIES, TV, UK TV, Uncategorized | Tagged #FAMILYGRIEF, #FATHERSDAY, AMERICAN HAROLD LLOYD, anxiety, BBC2, BRITISH TELEVISION, COMEDY, compliment, CORONATION STREET, cricket, dad, DAD TRIBUTE, death, DEPRESSION, DYING, EMOTION, Family, FAMILY GRIEF, father, Father's Day, FATHER'S DAY TRIBUTE, Grief, HAROLD LLOYD ACTOR, Harold Lloyd Silent Movi, HAROLD LLOYD TV SHOW, Health, HOORAY FOR HAROLD LLOYD, humour, LIKE FATHER LIKE SON, LOSS, LOVE CRICKET, loving soon, MANCHESTER CITY, Manchester United, memories, MENS HEALTH, miss, MISSED LOVED ONE, MISSING A FATHER, MISSING A LOVED ONE, MISSING MY DAD, missing somebody, MOURNING, MUM, popular culture, sense of humour, SILENT MOVIES, SOLIDARITY, son, son's tribute, SON'S TRIBUTE ON FATHER'S DAY, SPORT, SPORTING FAMILY, TELEVISION, THANK YOU DAD, THE ARTS, tribute, TRUE STORY, TV, TV IN 80S, UK TV, UNCATEGORISED, UNCATEGORIZED | Leave a comment

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Tag Archives: SPORT

RIDICULOUS REFEREEING, DIABOLICAL DEFENDING……AND INFURIATING SEXISM!

Super Sexy Scarfman vs Mr Crafty Crappy Cellulitis…………….ROUND 4, LETS GET IT ON!

Sex, stirrups, and second rate storytelling – ‘Taking he Fall’ by A.P.McCoy – A Review.

“HOORAY FOR HAROLD LLOYD” A Tribute to my late Father!

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