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Richard's Reports: Raiders of the lost arts - The dangers of instant fame
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Friday, 12 December 2014. Raiders of the lost arts - The dangers of instant fame. THERE WAS a time when to be famous you actually had to have a talent. Weird, I know. You needed to have something to offer. Then you had to work hard to develop your skills and if you were lucky you got your break and fame and fortune followed. But not any more. Chant; spat out, along with his pint of lager, in an almost incomprehensible drone. He has become what the tabloid press now like to dub an 'internet sensation....
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Richard's Reports: The bizarre case of winning but losing - is it time to scrap the away goals rule?
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Wednesday, 18 March 2015. The bizarre case of winning but losing - is it time to scrap the away goals rule? I'VE SAID it before and I'll say it again; the away goals rule is the most ridiculous rule in football. What makes a goal scored in one stadium more worthy of one scored in another? Simply because some men in suits at UEFA have said so? In fact the more I think about it the more I feel the Champions League is just a complete waste of time and money. I yearn for the good old days of the European...
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Richard's Reports: Its a muddy Hell for York as Richmond reach last four
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Sunday, 26 January 2014. Its a muddy Hell for York as Richmond reach last four. NORTH RIDING SENIOR CUP QUARTER FINAL. RICHMOND TOWN 3 YORK CITY 0. By Ricky Butler at Earls Orchard. Highlights of this match can be viewed here. RICHMOND TOWN reached the semi final of the North Riding Senior Cup on Saturday with this incredible victory over Skybet League Two club York City on a mud-bath of a pitch at Earls Orchard. Richmond prepare for what was the biggest game in the club's history. We are quite a tough t...
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Richard's Reports: Old Trafford...only more nightmares for us!
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Sunday, 13 March 2011. Old Trafford.only more nightmares for us! I have never really enjoyed going to Old Trafford. Maybe it is because I loathe everything the club stands for and hate giving them my money, maybe it is because I loathe all the glory hunting fans who attach themselves to the club or maybe it is just because we rarely seem to score there let alone win. Perhaps it was because of the Arsenal scarf in the back window or the fact that Emerson was wearing his yellow away top or perhaps he had j...
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Richard's Reports: Party like it's (not) 1983
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Thursday, 4 September 2014. Party like it's (not) 1983. I HAD NOT been to Leicester since the old days of Filbert Street so as soon as their promotion to the Premier League had been confirmed, this was one of the first away days I had pencilled in. But it has lost its soul along the way. As the cries of 'Buy a f* king striker' rang out from the away end following this rather uninspiring 1-1 draw against a hard working but limited opponent, I began to realise that the biggest change has been to the pe...
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Richard's Reports: December 2014
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Friday, 12 December 2014. Raiders of the lost arts - The dangers of instant fame. THERE WAS a time when to be famous you actually had to have a talent. Weird, I know. You needed to have something to offer. Then you had to work hard to develop your skills and if you were lucky you got your break and fame and fortune followed. But not any more. Chant; spat out, along with his pint of lager, in an almost incomprehensible drone. He has become what the tabloid press now like to dub an 'internet sensation....
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Richard's Reports: May 2015
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Friday, 22 May 2015. A draw is as good as a win.sometimes. An away day at Old Trafford. MAN UNITED AWAY. For every football fan it is one of the highlights of the season. And even though we have rarely got a result there over the years, it still remains my favourite away trip. In the end all that was a stake was the booby prize of avoiding the Champions League play-off. A win would guarantee us third place while even a defeat would not be a disaster with two potentially winnable home games to come. Havin...
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Richard's Reports: Away grounds part 2 - Villa Park and my encounters with Paul Merson
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Wednesday, 5 June 2013. Away grounds part 2 - Villa Park and my encounters with Paul Merson. The famous facade to the Holte End. As I remember it; Villa Park in the 1980s. I made my third trip to Villa Park in a little over two months for our league visit in the December. Back on the Witton Lane Terrace, I saw us win 3-0 on the way to our first title for 18 years. The highlight was a magnificent 30 yard chip at the Holte End from my hero Rocky. My next visit was exactly a year later and was our last matc...
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Richard's Reports: Summertime - A season to relax or a time to panic
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Friday, 26 July 2013. Summertime - A season to relax or a time to panic. SUMMERTIME and the living is easy. At least that is how the song goes. For a football manager, however, summertime is far from easy. Take Arsene Wenger for example. The club announce that they have trillions to spend in the transfer market and can now compete with all the big hitters around Europe so the media go into meltdown linking the club with everyone from Higuain to Rooney and even Suarez. While the other top clubs have all c...
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Richard's Reports: Carlisle...the greatest away trip of all?
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Sunday, 12 December 2010. Carlisle.the greatest away trip of all? I have been lucky enough to be given the opportunity of reporting on the Dagenham and Redbridge away matches for the official club website this season, and my latest assignment was to cover the trip to Carlisle United on Saturday. After a nice Scottish lunch we turned around, headed back over the border and were outside Carlisle's Brunton Park ground at 2.15pm, leaving us plenty of time to get prepared for the work ahead. Within five minut...
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