He was great.

LOVE this.

No former sports people are better in the commentary box than ex snooker players. Taylor, Henry, Parrot, they’re all so good at explaining the game tactically. Way better than football pundits.

Goosebumps.

The snooker is switching to a thing called BBC4. Do I have that?

Me in Dunnes Stores Cornelscourt just now.

I'm watching The Thick of It for the first time in a while. I hadn't realised it was so old. Oliver Reeder is explaining what Twitter is.

I'm going to start channelling Malcolm Tucker by shouting, 'YOU WILL SEE ME AGAIN!' when I'm leaving shops, the bank, the post office, etc. I'll let you know how I get on.

1. Maradona v England.
2. Maradona v Belgium.
3. Negrete v Bulgaria.
4. Laudrup v Uruguay.

🚨New Episode Alert🚨
Join Conor Heffernan and Johnny Cooper this week as they interview Roddy Collins about his playing career, managerial stints, and the current Irish setup. We were delighted to speak with the 'Rodfather'. Enjoy!

Link: bit.ly/44hmT7Z

It's not a million miles off the BBC theme tune for its 1978 World Cup coverage, written by Andrew Lloyd Webber. youtube.com/watch?v=2c__vA…

Remarkable that John Higgins is still in the World Snooker Championship after he was murdered five years ago

Ah, lads.

Paul Howard Do you want to know something even more distressing? Most of the Golden Girls were in their early to mid 50s.

John Higgins is the age that Ray Reardon was when I first started watching snooker. Which is five years younger than I am now. God, I feel old now

De Bruyne getting Grealish hair has been one of the most unexpected twists in this PL season.

Not quite as entertaining as Sir Harry Paget Flashman’s account but I really enjoyed this book.

I think I’m on the record as saying that 3-0 away from home is the most dangerous lead in football.