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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 →

Posted in ANXIETY, BOXING, COMPLIMENT, EMOTION, ENTERTAINMENT, HEALTH, mens health, NHS, POPULAR CULTURE, SPORT, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TRIBUTE, TRUE STORIES, TV, TV REVIEW, UK TV, Uncategorized | Tagged #BOXINGWRITING, #CROLLA, #EDDIEHEARN, @ANTHONY_CROLLA, @GALLAGHERSGYM, AGAINST THE ODDS, AMIR KHAN, ANDY LLOYD, ANTHONY CROLLA, ANTHONY MILLION DOLLAR CROLLA, anxiety, ARTHUR ABRAHAM, ASSAULT, ATTACK, ATTACKED, ATTEMPTED BURGLARY, BARRY HEARN, belief, BELOW THE BELT, BETTER PREPARED, BOLTON, BOXER ATTACKED, BOXING, BOXING COMMUNITY, BOXING JOURNALISM, BOXING PROMOTER, BOXING PROMOTION, BOXING REPORTING, BOXING REVIEW, BOXING TRAINER, BOXING WRITING, BRAIN SCAN, BRITAIN, BRITISH BOXING, BRITISH TELEVISION, BRITISH TV, BROKEN ANKLE, BROKEN ANKLE IN TWO PLACES, BURGLARS, BURGLARY, CHAMPION, CHEERS, COMBAT SPORTS, CONCRETE SLAB, CRIME, CROLLA VS PEREZ, crolla vs perez 1, crolla vs perez 2 rematch, CROLLA VS PEREZ II, CT SCAN, DARLEYS PEREZ, death, DECISION, DISAPPOINTMENT, DISASTER, DRAW, DREAM, DREAMS, EDDIE HEARN, EMOTION, ENGLAND, entertainment, FAILED TO MAKE TEN COUNT, FAIRY TALE, FIGHT, FIGHT NIGHT, FITNESS, FORGIVENESS, FRACTURED SKULL, GALLAGHERS GYM, GALLANT LOSER, GARETH A DAVIES, GBH, GERMANY, GREATER MANCHESTER, HAVE A GO HERO, Health, HEARTACHE, HEARTBREAKING, HERO, HIGH STAKES, HIT BY CONCRETE SLAB, HOPE, HUMAN INTEREST STORY, INCATEGORIZED, J.M.BARRIE, JAN 23RD 2015, JOE GALLACHER, JOE GALLAGHER, JOURNALISM, JUBILATION, KEVIN MITCHELL, KNOCK OUT 5TH ROUND, LEFT HOOK TO THE BODY, LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD, LUCKY TO BE ALIVE, MALE HEALTH, MAN UNITED, MANCHESTER, MANCHESTER ARENA, MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS, MANCHESTER PHONES 4U ARENA, Manchester United, MANCHESTER UNITED FAN, MANCUNIAN, MATCHROOM SPORTS, MENS HEALTH, MENTAL STRENGTH, MIGHT NEVER BOX AGAIN, MILLION DOLLAR, mindset, MOSTON, NEIGHBOURS, NEW MOSTON, NHS, NICE GUY CROLLA, NORTH WEST, NOV 21ST 2015, NOVEMBER 2015, OLD TRAFFORD, OLDHAM, PAUL SMITH, PAUL SMITH BOXER, PAUL SMITH JNR, physio, POLICE, popular culture, positive thinking, POST FIGHT, PRIDE OF BRITAIN], PROMISE, rematch, REVIEW, RICHARD ABRIL, ROYAL OLDHAM HOSPITAL, SACRIFICE, SAUERLAND BOXING, Scarfman_, SKY, SKY NEWS, SKY SPORTS BOXING, SKY SPORTS NEWS, SKY TELEVISION, SPORT, SPORT REVIEW, SPORT WRITING, SPORTS, SPORTS PERSONALITY, SPORTS REPORTING, SPORTS WRITING, STADIUM FIGHT, STRONGER, TELEVISION, TELEVISION REVIEW, TELLY, THE ARTS, THE TELEGRAPH, TRAUMA, TRAVESTY, tribute, true stories, TRUE STORY, TV, tv review, UK TELEVISION, UK TV, UNCATEGORISED, WBA, WBA WORLD LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPION, WBO SUPER-MIDDLEWEIGHT BELT, WELL WISHES, WORLD BOXING ASSOCIATION, writing | 2 Comments

A CRACKING START, THEN A BLAND MIDDLE…BUT IT ENDED WELL! ‘Mount Pleasant’ series 5 review.

Posted on November 17, 2015 by SCARFMAN

A few weeks ago the fifth series of the SKY TV comedy-drama Mount Pleasant came to an end. As a big fan of the show, I thought I would share with you some my feelings about this latest series. I … Continue reading →

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“I SHOULD HAVE HAD A SHAVE, HE’S GOING TO START A FIRE IN A MINUTE IF HE KEEPS RUBBING”! ‘The Moaning of Life 2’. Review of episode 4.

Posted on November 11, 2015 by SCARFMAN

The topic Karl looked at in this episode was ‘the body’, and yet again I thought it was utterly brilliant entertainment. I laughed all the way through it. I smiled all the way through it. The time watching it just … Continue reading →

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“SHE’S WALKING AROUND BALD NOW COS OF ME” – ‘The Moaning of Life 2’. A review,episode 2.

Posted on October 19, 2015 by SCARFMAN

MY FAVOURITE KARL PILKINGTON FUNNY LINES IN THIS EPISODE. “It’s her hair lets look after it. She’s walking around now bald cos of me”. 2. “Been a good day really. Got hair and a bag of Haribos”. 3. “Basically it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in COMEDY, documentary, ENTERTAINMENT, POPULAR CULTURE, REALITY TV, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TV, TV REVIEW, UK TV, Uncategorized | Tagged #KARLWITHHAIR, #themoaningoflife2, #THEMOANINGOFLIFE2EPISODE2, #TRAVELDOCUMENTARY, #TVREVIEW, =KARLPILKINGTON, AN IDIOT ABROAD, ATLANTA, BALD, BALDNESS, blog, BRITISH TELEVISION, BRITISH TV, BRITISH TV REVIEW, COMEDY, COMMUNICATION, DANCING, DANCING SHOES, DNA, DOCU, DOCUMENTARY, entertainment, FLY ON THE WALL DOC, GENDER, gender identity, HAIR, humour, idenity, IDENTITY, KARL PILKINGTON, LIFE, LOOKALIKES, LOOKING LIKE A WOMAN, MANCHESTER, MEXICO, moaning, MRS DOUBTFIRE, PILKINGTON, popular culture, REALITY TV, SALE, SIR ELTON JOHN, SKY ONE, TELEVISION, TELEVISION REVIEW, THE ARTS, THE MOANING OF LIFE 2, TRAVEL, TRAVEL DOCUMENTARY, TRAVEL SHOW, TRAVEL SHOW PRESENTER, TV, TV BLOG, TV CRITIC, TV PROGRAMME, tv review, TV SHOW, UK, UK TELEVISION, UK TELEVISION REVIEW, UK TV, UK TV REVIEW, UNCATEGORISED, US, WHISTLING, WIG, WIGS, WISTFUL | Leave a comment

“I CAN’T SORT OF CONTROL THEM INDIVIDUALLY, THEY’RE NOT EYEBROWS….THEY’RE ARSE CHEEKS”! ‘The Moaning of Life 2’ ep1 – A review.

Posted on October 16, 2015 by SCARFMAN

“What is art?” This was a question first asked almost a hundred years ago by artist Marcel Duchamp’s ‘Fountain’ urinal piece. What does Marcel have in common with Karl Pilkington? Well in this first episode of The Moaning of Life … Continue reading →

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COMEDY, ROMANCE AND SOME DOWNRIGHT THUGGERY……CORRIE BACK ON FORM! Coronation Street – A Review.

Posted on August 23, 2015 by SCARFMAN

In recent times life has been pretty boring and bland on the famous cobbles of Coronation Street. Take away the big fire in the flats a few months ago and nothing else much has happened in the past year or … Continue reading →

Posted in COMEDY, EMOTION, ITV1, POPULAR CULTURE, STEVE MCDONALD, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TV, TV REVIEW, UK TV, Uncategorized | Tagged ACTING, AIDAN CONNOR, ALAN HALSALL, ALISON KING, BAD BOY, BEAR GRYLLS, BEN PRICE, BETH, BETHANY PLATT, BRITISH SOAP OPERA, BRITISH TELEVISION, BRITISH TV, CALLUM, CAMPING, CARLA CONNOR, CLAIRE KING, COMEDY, CORONATION STREET, coronation street review, CORRIE, CRAIG, CRAIGH, EMOTION, enterainment, ERICA, FAMOUS COBBLES, FIZ, HOPE, itv, ITV1, JASON GRIMSHAW, KIRK, LUCY FALLON, MANCHESTER, NICK TILSLEY, PADDY McGuinness, popular culture, ROMANCE, RYAN THOMAS, SARAH HARDING, SARAH-LOUISE PLATT, SEAN WARD, SINEAD, SOAP, SOAP OPERA, SURVIVAL, TELEVISION, TELEVISION REVIEW, THE ARTS, THUGGERY, TINA O'BRIEN, TODD GRIMSHAW, TONY, tv review, TV SOAP, TVEMOTION, TYRONE, UK TELEVISION, UK TV, UNCATEGORISED, WEATHERFIELD | Leave a comment

‘CLASSY CAMPBELL AND ROBUST ROSE REIGN SUPREME IN HULL’!

Posted on August 2, 2015 by SCARFMAN

If I can go all Jeremy Clarkson on you for a moment, then in car terms you would have to describe boxers Luke Campbell and Brain Rose as two very different vehicles. I would describe Campbell as an old Ford … Continue reading →

Posted in BOXING, ENTERTAINMENT, POPULAR CULTURE, SPORT, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TRUE STORIES, UK TV, Uncategorized | Tagged #EDDIEHEARN, #lukecampbell, ANTHONY CROLLA, BOXER, BOXER LUKE CAMPBELL, BOXING, BOXING REVIEW, BOXING TELEVISION, BRIAN ROSE, BRITISH BOXING, CARSON JONES, CRAVEN PARK STADIUM, DRAMA, EDDIE HEARN, EMOTION, FIGHTING, FORD CAPRI, HULL, HULL CITY, IAN JOHN LEWIS, JEREMY CLARKSON, LIGHTWEIGHT, LIGHTWEIGHT BOXING, LOCAL DERBY, LUKE CAMPBELL, MATCHROOM, OLYMPIAN LUKE CAMPBELL, popular culture, REVIEW, ROVER, SKY SPORTS, SKY SPORTS BOXING, SPORT, SPORTING DERBIES, SPORTS, SPORTS REVIEW, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TOMMY COYLE, tv review, UK, UK SPORT, UK TELEVISION, UK TV, WBC BOXING | Leave a comment

INFORMATIVE, INSIGHTFUL AND INVOLVING…LOUIS THEROUX AT HIS BEST! ‘Louis Theroux : Transgender Kids’. A Review.

Posted on April 10, 2015 by SCARFMAN

When documentary film maker Louis Theroux educates, entertains and also emotively covers a certain subject, then I think you will pretty hard pressed to find a better documentary. This is what he indeed did last Sunday on BBC2 when he … Continue reading →

Posted in ANXIETY, BBC, DEPRESSION, EMOTION, FAMILY, FRIENDSHIP, grief, HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH, POPULAR CULTURE, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TRIBUTE, TRUE STORIES, TV, TV REVIEW, UK TV, Uncategorized | Tagged ANGUISH, anxiety, BBC, BBC2, BRITISH TELEVISION, BRITISH TV, CHILDREN, CONTROVERSIAL, debate, DOCUMENTARY, EMOTION, EMPATHY, entertainment, Family, GENDER DYSHORIA, Grief, Health, humour, IDENTITY, LOUIS THEROUX, LOUIS THEROUX TRANSGENDER, mental health, popular culture, PREJUDICE, SADNESS, SANS FRANCISCO, SELF, SEX CHANGE, SURGERY, SURGICAL INTERVENTION, TEENAGE, TELEVISION, TELEVISION REVIEW, THE ARTS, TRANSGENDER, TRANSSEXUALS, TV, tv review, UK TELEVISION, UK TV | Leave a comment

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

A CRACKING START, THEN A BLAND MIDDLE…BUT IT ENDED WELL! ‘Mount Pleasant’ series 5 review.

“I SHOULD HAVE HAD A SHAVE, HE’S GOING TO START A FIRE IN A MINUTE IF HE KEEPS RUBBING”! ‘The Moaning of Life 2’. Review of episode 4.

“SHE’S WALKING AROUND BALD NOW COS OF ME” – ‘The Moaning of Life 2’. A review,episode 2.

“I CAN’T SORT OF CONTROL THEM INDIVIDUALLY, THEY’RE NOT EYEBROWS….THEY’RE ARSE CHEEKS”! ‘The Moaning of Life 2’ ep1 – A review.

COMEDY, ROMANCE AND SOME DOWNRIGHT THUGGERY……CORRIE BACK ON FORM! Coronation Street – A Review.

‘CLASSY CAMPBELL AND ROBUST ROSE REIGN SUPREME IN HULL’!

INFORMATIVE, INSIGHTFUL AND INVOLVING…LOUIS THEROUX AT HIS BEST! ‘Louis Theroux : Transgender Kids’. A Review.

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