Freelance sports journalist - writer & broadcaster of football & speedway. Amongst others work for talkSPORT, Eurosport, British Speedway Press Office etc
Truly sensational meeting at @TheAces this afternoon. Best finish I’ve seen for a long time. Belle Vue win it on th… https://t.co/sIj0UwfqWW Mon May 29
Shoot outs are cruel. But the reality of playoffs is it’s a second chance for the teams finishing 4th, 5th and 6th.… https://t.co/x6tWGNzEl8 Sat May 27
@Motorsport Isn’t it good to have a venue that’s genuinely different to the others? All of the new ones that come o… https://t.co/yUIyB9O18W Sat May 27
@69_simo No I’m busy on an Italian job! Sat May 27
@KeithRGrimley It was definitely one of the worst games I’ve ever seen. Sat May 27
RT @SpeedwayGB: 𝗟𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀, 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗮, 𝗔𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡! 🎬💥
Top-flight newcomers @SpeedwayLions take on 2022 runners-up @TigersSpeedway in the first televi… Mon May 22
@PaulENealon Quite probably, although at the time of sacking Lampard, they didn’t know it was going to be Dyche - s… https://t.co/0cTfDUGoAQ Sat May 20
@Si_81 Very occasionally I can produce something that’s almost insightful! Sat May 20
Congratulations to Nottingham Forest and Steve Cooper on staying up.
Sticking with the manager was the correct mov… https://t.co/PAppOVffzG Sat May 20
@HighwaysWMIDS It’s a shame this couldn’t have been done at the same time as the smart motorway “upgrade” took plac… https://t.co/WfE6AnmMpX Sat May 20
@adam_ellis299 Congrats on the SEC wildcard 👏👏 Fri May 19
RT @SpeedwayEuro: 👇 Check out the roster for the upcoming season of the TAURON Speedway Euro Championship! 🏁
@TauronPE #speedwayeuro #Hell… Fri May 19
@ianbrannan @SpeedwayLions I’m sure Stewart will offer the occasional opinion if you try hard enough! Fri May 19
@mythman666 @speedwaystarmag @OfficialComets Great job 👏 Thu May 18
@AndyStevenson81 I was in a PA announcers box at Birmingham Speedway… with the Skygo on! Wed May 17
RT @talkSPORT2: FULL-TIME: Middlesbrough 0-1 Coventry City ✅
Coventry are in the Championship play-off final! 👏
They will face Luton for… Wed May 17
RT @Coventry_City: OH MY WORD! 💥 https://t.co/ESa2XYUnQP Wed May 17
RT @Coventry_City: The King Continues! 👑
🤝 Mark Robins has agreed terms on a new four-year contract to remain with the Sky Blues.
#PUSB Wed May 17
@jeffdavies170 @TobiaszMusielak @Simon_Stead Some great racing tonight and Tobi is one of the best visitors to Monmore Green. Mon May 15
@Paul_Burbidge @zmarzlik95 Don’t forget his spell with the Brummies! Sun May 14
Ten years since the original Deeney Day!
Forever grateful to @kaydee1230 for putting me on this game!… https://t.co/0dKPJLh1xH Fri May 12
RT @watchspeedway: 🚨 𝙇𝙄𝙑𝙀 𝙏𝙊𝙈𝙊𝙍𝙍𝙊𝙒!
🏆 It's almost BSN Series semi-final time! @SpeedwayScunny face @glasgowtigers at the Eddie Wright Race… Thu May 11
RT @Coventry_City: AAAAND BREATHE! 😅
City book their place in the #EFLChampionship play-offs with a draw at Middlesbrough. Get in.
#PUSB… Mon May 08
At St Andrews this afternoon for Birmingham City v promoted Sheffield United - all the goals on the last day of the… https://t.co/SWwOaJ82ly Mon May 08
@talkSPORTDrive @talkdants @JasonBourne1986 @talkSPORT Made it to Hull but only just in time Sat May 06
@talkdants @JasonBourne1986 @talkSPORTDrive @talkSPORT I normally time my arrival at a service station in time for… https://t.co/QgZJiaOc7q Sat May 06
It finished Hull 1 Swansea 1 here at the MKM, the end of Swansea’s outside play-off chances. https://t.co/hsMCwKOLQZ Sat Apr 29
At the MKM Stadium this afternoon for @talkSPORTGD - Swansea with 6 wins in 7 looking to continue an unlikely play-… https://t.co/GX9JRamKY7 Sat Apr 29
@BroadcastMoose @WestHam Strong team that night! https://t.co/9Gmcwi2Png Wed Apr 26
Looking forward to some Long Track action this season… 👎 https://t.co/AqIQNfgmoC Mon Apr 24
@rguest92 Can I bring the goal horn on Wednesday? 😂 Sun Apr 23
My test happened one minute early. Can I get a refund? Sun Apr 23
@mrgeoffpeters There’s always time for Tottenham to kick off Sun Apr 23
Watching the Spurs performance seems a very appropriate time for the government disaster alert test. Sun Apr 23
Not a bad weekend all in all. https://t.co/5jH7PU6Mlx Sun Apr 23
What the Baggies really need now is a goal scoring goalkeeper. Sun Apr 23
@garypatchett I think for a neutral it’s best to keep as many teams involved as possible 😂 Sun Apr 23
Belter from Cirkin. Now let’s hold it at 1-1. Sun Apr 23
Utterly ludicrous penalty decision at The Hawthorns. Sun Apr 23
Lovely 1-1 draw between PNE and Blackburn thanks to Hyam’s late strike into the wrong net! Sat Apr 22
Coventry 2 Reading 1.
Dare to dream - #ccfc were superb for long spells here. https://t.co/U3CYD3fyIK Sat Apr 22
Teams on the field for a huge game at the CBS Arena #COVREA https://t.co/JXN1pf1x9J Sat Apr 22
@SiParkes68 @talkSPORTGD Pie and chips! Sat Apr 22
Stage is set at the CBS for a huge game between Coventry and Reading. Updates to come on @talkSPORTGD… https://t.co/Vs9oQjK2un Sat Apr 22
Quiet afternoon in the sunshine! https://t.co/YsWROHku0c Thu Apr 20
There’s always time for Coventry Time https://t.co/bq8CpaGVrn Wed Apr 19
RT @Coventry_City: BEN WILSON!!!!!! https://t.co/zusPdKWprz Wed Apr 19
RT @mjmarr_star: The news speedway will no longer be welcome at Monmore Green is devastating for Wolverhampton speedway supporters and a di… Tue Apr 18
Hopefully time for enough pressure to be applied from both local authorities and supporters to overturn this appall… https://t.co/AEI0B6kiOv Mon Apr 17
@thelordbruton @transportgovuk Yes, but I could see what was ahead: it was clear. I could even see the national spe… https://t.co/a6HxoOyQnt Sun Apr 16
@transportgovuk Could you also sort out overheard warning speed limits? So often they show 50 for no reason, then a… https://t.co/jGVikD5cWV Sun Apr 16
@kaydee1230 @JohnTemple4 A career changing moment, never forgotten! Sun Apr 16
Easter 2021 #CCFC were hammered 3-0 at QPR and it could have been six. Looked like they were heading down. What a d… https://t.co/Y4Kfhmhnku Sat Apr 15
Dare to dream #PUSB https://t.co/Wuu5BgZzVP Sat Apr 15
Blackpool 1 Wigan 0 - scrappy game, Seasiders still have a chance of survival, looks all up for Latics now. https://t.co/pqjCYJoOfR Sat Apr 15
At Bloomfield Road today for a Championship basement battle which may well be a League One fixture nest season. Bla… https://t.co/gitVsZCvyL Sat Apr 15
RT @95_reynolds: Remembering everyone's good friend Nige a year since his sudden passing.
As a young Bees fan, this is my favourite sporti… Sat Apr 15
I’m in Blackpool today.
Nige used to love taking his kids here, and without fail he’d tell his favourite, terrible… https://t.co/nrLfmNQFa1 Sat Apr 15
One year on and it’s still hard to believe and impossible to understand.
A colleague for the best part of 20 year… https://t.co/Ucws8e1lTL Sat Apr 15
@rguest92 The big worry was when he suggested me at No.1. Thu Apr 13
RT @CurtisSport: 🏍️ @SpeedwayLions v @PboroPanthers
🏆 Premiership
🗓️ Thursday 13th April
GRAB your copy of the raceday programme tracks… Thu Apr 13
Frustrating goal-less draw at Carrow Road. Norwich 0 Rotherham 0 , a far better point for the Millers. https://t.co/MGSsFPstxC Mon Apr 10
Absolutely filthy day right across East Anglia but here and ready alongside @alvinmartin58 for Norwich v Rotherham… https://t.co/QvtfMZEZ99 Mon Apr 10
Who saw that coming? Leeds 1 Palace 5! https://t.co/RuiYYwIP5U Sun Apr 09
Vital clash in the relegation battle at Elland Road this afternoon. Updates of Leeds v Crystal Palace into the… https://t.co/ppOlMuLAy4 Sun Apr 09
It’s a big win for Wolves, 1-0 against Chelsea with a stunning goal from Nunes. Not sure what to say about Chelsea! https://t.co/dWikFX6Jc6 Sat Apr 08
Teams warming up at a sunny Molineux, getting set for Wolves v Chelsea @talkSPORTGD #GoalsAsTheyGoIn https://t.co/ArMBUfMhIU Sat Apr 08
Emphatic 4-0 win for Ipswich against Wycombe. Hard to see a team in this sort of form not going up. https://t.co/A3xBLouln3 Fri Apr 07
@JonesStevejon38 @ipswichspeedway @IpswichTown All part of the weekend plan! Fri Apr 07
Here come the teams at Portman Road #IPSWYC https://t.co/amvOmwdAcT Fri Apr 07
Decided to bring most of the office with me to Portman Road today. https://t.co/c1Uh3CtYRy Fri Apr 07
Portman Road is today’s venue for Ipswich v Wycombe, a big game in the League One promotion chase. Updates on the w… https://t.co/ofJroLgP5T Fri Apr 07
No doubt there is a feel-good factor about @ipswichspeedway this season, rarely do you go somewhere and find everyo… https://t.co/YJVxWRcKHX Fri Apr 07
RT @sid_lambert: 29 years ago today at Highfield Road:
Peter Ndlovu, Wimbledon, and a left foot like a traction engine…
https://t.co/LIa… Mon Apr 03
Something’s not quite right. Normally managers get sacked at the *start* of the international break - not one game… https://t.co/rIXReugk9C Sun Apr 02
Truly spectacular Indycar race at Texas. A great day of live sport! Sun Apr 02
And another stoppage time failure in the second half of West Ham v Southampton.
If it’s a minimum of 3 minutes sto… https://t.co/Qw3QmeZ7x2 Sun Apr 02
Complete stoppage time failure at West Ham v Southampton.
Stoppage time played was 2:53 taking out injury to KWP du… https://t.co/Zy90XLlcwm Sun Apr 02
@Hunsy1969 Because you only see the final version now. They’d been playing with lines you couldn’t see for the previous 3 minutes. Sun Apr 02
@JasonBourne1986 Who do you want in?
Mark Robins isn’t available. Sun Apr 02
@Ian_Had196 I’m OK with the red flag for Magnussen if they judged there was too much debris, but don’t see why the… https://t.co/qdd2bjHVua Sun Apr 02
Would love to hear F1 explain why the need to red flag the race after the final incident.
Could have continued unde… https://t.co/XluSlVrqSG Sun Apr 02
Don’t get the idea that there’s no reference point for the order because they haven’t gone through a sector. There… https://t.co/mGOWW3Wu6z Sun Apr 02
Unnecessary safety car in Saudi followed by unnecessary red flag in Melbourne. Sun Apr 02
Paul Heckingbottom says “when you get three points at this stage of the season you make it that bit harder for ever… https://t.co/O64H8LRfBC Sat Apr 01
Huge win for the Blades here at Carrow Road. Norwich 0 Sheffield United 1 and visiting fans singing “there’s only o… https://t.co/e1bjsgsG7R Sat Apr 01
Time for the run-in. Play-offs and promotion on the line at Carrow Road, Norwich v Sheffield United. Goals and upda… https://t.co/PlBUnIc5HG Sat Apr 01
A quick look around Carrow Road ahead of Norwich v Sheffield United this afternoon. https://t.co/IEjfTkEhzK Sat Apr 01
@GavinCaney I was going to come and listen in as well! Mention of Edwin got a big round of applause at Pboro on Mon… https://t.co/kLULPzkbqn Wed Mar 29
RT @SpeedwayGB: Welcome back to British racing, Emil! 😱
Heat 4️⃣ action from the Showground.
🔴 Niels-Kristian Iversen
🔵 Jordan Jenkins
⚪️… Mon Mar 27
RT @PTAlanSwann: How well will Panthers do in the 2023 Premiership? Leading speedway journalist @daverowe01 has assessed the runners and ri… Mon Mar 27
Good day at Posh yesterday and another bonus was picking up a copy of @peterboroughtel . Many local papers still do… https://t.co/MoKSMQArb2 Sun Mar 26
Big day on @talkSPORTGD live from Peterborough’s Weston Homes Stadium with @talkdants in the chair. Big thanks to… https://t.co/dKRbPdme0a Sat Mar 25
First meeting of the season. Big well done to @TigersSpeedway and @CurtisSport for turning around last night’s pres… https://t.co/OK7W4rIxOw Thu Mar 23
RT @EFLwhatthe: "Keep your eye on Coventry"
What The EFL's @adrianjclarke explains why the Sky Blues are with a great chance of gatecrash… Thu Mar 23
Always good to chat to Rob, as indeed it is with all the team bosses. https://t.co/RytLzArnMl Thu Mar 23
RT @PTAlanSwann: Crowd-pleaser backing new-look @PboroPanthers to challenge for Premiership honours. It all starts tonight. From @daverowe… Thu Mar 23
RT @PTAlanSwann: Two-page @PboroPanthers preview in the PT tomorrow. All the hard work from @daverowe01 #speedway Wed Mar 22
What a game at Barnsley. How on earth does the centre-half score on the counter in the 96th minute for a team who are 3-2 up? Tue Mar 21
Had an enjoyable day yesterday at @PboroPanthers press day. Rebrand is always going to divide opinion but got to sa… https://t.co/UUrDnTzehK Tue Mar 21
Remembering Nigel on what would have been his 53rd birthday. He’d have been loving the positivity about the new spe… https://t.co/MINEYCNvCB Tue Mar 21
Disappointing for everyone that @robsonracing Farewell meeting at @RedcarBears has had to be postponed yet again. C… https://t.co/0SREq6jEcz Sun Mar 19
Points shared at Vicarage Road after a feisty 1-1 draw… result really suits neither. https://t.co/ErbMZbzbLw Sat Mar 18
Here come the teams at Vicarage Road. #WATWIG https://t.co/Z4LzagiNOQ Sat Mar 18
Chris Wilder keeping things realistic when considering job security as Watford manager. https://t.co/niO1FtHqFi Sat Mar 18
Standing by at Vicarage Road ready for Watford v Wigan. Time running out for both to achieve their aims for this se… https://t.co/c9Z5PrISQE Sat Mar 18
@BBCMOTD @JohnBennettBBC An incredible amount of football, but will the football be incredible? Tue Mar 14
RT @SpeedwayEuro: The representatives of FIM Europe and One Sport are proud to announce the extension of the contract to organize the SEC s… Sat Mar 11
@StewartBell23 Down south for football for the time being! Sat Mar 11
@StewartBell23 Interesting times, could mean big changes ahead. Hope the weather is good for next Sunday! Sat Mar 11
Reading 0 Millwall 1 - fair to say that one won’t live long in the memory, but it’s a key win which takes Millwall… https://t.co/wDF7XYkxRz Sat Mar 11
Team news is in at the SCL Stadium for Reading v Millwall. Updates to come @talkSPORTGD #GoalsAsTheyGoIn https://t.co/VtlMXHAZRl Sat Mar 11
@SiParkes68 Smallmead is still there, it’s a football car park. Shocking waste. Another set of fans who were told t… https://t.co/HbJ9UMF71F Sat Mar 11
Here’s a look around the Select Car Leasing Stadium where I’m here today for Reading v Millwall. TalkSPORT as ever… https://t.co/4ygVWJdyPz Sat Mar 11
Looks like Saturday could be a busy day for the World feed! Fri Mar 10
Dramatic day in football headlined by Stoke v Blackburn. Fri Mar 10
RT @johncrossmirror: Premier League matches WILL follow World Cup example and get 100mins in crackdown on time wasting… not many things tha… Fri Mar 10
All very quiet and civilised this afternoon. https://t.co/OLzAhNx7j1 Wed Mar 08
RT @Chivsy123: Could my speedway followers retweet this please. First UK meeting of the season with a great field too
Early bird price of… Wed Mar 08
Stoppage time failure at Brentford v Fulham.
Min 8 mins signalled, but the game was stopped 89:30-90:58 for substit… https://t.co/7hxGNg3zMC Mon Mar 06
Final score Nottingham Forest 2 Everton 2 - highly entertaining, competitive game, and a fair result. https://t.co/kzwAFRcU7J Sun Mar 05
Team news here at the City Ground … will Everton score? https://t.co/iVtDQwaeKg Sun Mar 05
All set for a big day at the City Ground - Forest (25) v Everton (21) - could be vital in the relegation scrap. Upd… https://t.co/PS4hkNUlAX Sun Mar 05
RT @PolitlcsUK: 🚨 | BREAKING: Matt Hancock asked when the government should "deploy" the next COVID variant to "frighten the pants off" the… Sat Mar 04
Luton 1 Swansea 0. Hatters hold on here despite a bad-tempered end to the game which saw dismissals on both benches. https://t.co/1OHnr5XvLD Sat Mar 04
Chilly day at Kenilworth Road. Getting set for Luton v Swansea, KO 3pm @talkSPORTGD #GoalsAsTheyGoIn https://t.co/wHJTQ1JAWT Sat Mar 04
This must be the best kit West Brom have ever worn. And a great relief to everyone watching from the gantry at the MKM tonight! Fri Mar 03
@Hunsy1969 @sandsegan Boyzone well and truly trumped by Amazulu in Round 2. Only got 15 on those though. Fri Mar 03
@sandsegan @Hunsy1969 I got 27. Sounds like they were determined to avoid a tie break! Fri Mar 03
@sandsegan @Hunsy1969 We’ve had two of them this week already! Fri Mar 03
@sandsegan @Hunsy1969 Standing by to score 39 Fri Mar 03
@andypovey If one of those games was against Coventry, can we have the three points added to our total instead? Thu Mar 02
RT @ProfKarolSikora: Who knew that so much of the 'infallible' lockdown science was just a PR exercise?
Lots of us actually. Thu Mar 02
@officialgtfc @EmiratesFACup Congratulations, brilliant scenes in the away end. Wed Mar 01
Lots of positive stuff going on at the moment. Big-name riders coming back to the UK and strong teams. Good luck to… https://t.co/gB08YQxDBk Wed Mar 01
Well that was a low quality scrap. Positive, we didn’t lose at Deepdale for once. #ccfc Tue Feb 28
Hoping the red button will do the trick tonight. After all this must be our 79th attempt to win a game at Deepdale. #ccfc Tue Feb 28
@SkySportsF1 I’d say he was out-and-out favourite last year, especially once it became clear in testing how much trouble Merc were in. Tue Feb 28
@Hunsy1969 Round 1 had some horrible questions today and tough bonuses. Tue Feb 28
Swansea with the world’s loudest goal celebration music and announcement. Mon Feb 27
@LJC123 @nklindt @oakes_pe @Sparky160384 That’s been happening for the last few years. If it’s an unsatisfactory st… https://t.co/4Tupk5O2ol Sun Feb 26
@nklindt @oakes_pe @LJC123 @Sparky160384 Reason for that could be to avoid any possibility of an accident with trac… https://t.co/MISTyexeYJ Sun Feb 26
@Hunsy1969 Presumably because he couldn’t then give yellow. So it was a case of hedging bets - had to give the red… https://t.co/lMh1mkiLiG Sun Feb 26
Birmingham 0 Luton 1 - a Carlton Morris header settling a scrappy game in the Hatters’ favour. https://t.co/1nlfVNdm0j Sat Feb 25
Here come the teams at St Andrew’s #BIRLUT https://t.co/geyxPBgnxa Sat Feb 25
Short trip across the A45 today to St Andrew’s for Birmingham v Luton. Updates on @talkSPORTGD #GoalsAsTheyGoIn https://t.co/oU04ygL8KL Sat Feb 25
Very sad, one of the iconic voices of football commentary when I was growing up. https://t.co/9r2C1VBwrB Thu Feb 23
Stoppage time failure at Watford v West Brom.
Minimum of 6 minutes indicated.
6mins 2secs played.
Time ball in play… https://t.co/siKYg9sL4d Mon Feb 20
RT @rosenthal_jim: With huge sadness we announce Dickie Davies passed away this morning. So proud of his 20 years of World of Sport, 3 Olym… Sun Feb 19
So as it turns out I saw both of Neil Critchley’s first and last games in charge of QPR, all in the space of two mo… https://t.co/jgJs5aEoGD Sun Feb 19
Interesting chat on TV ahead of Manchester United v Leicester. Hard to believe there’s actually two teams playing a… https://t.co/F4PFhdIlNE Sun Feb 19
Full time Boro 3 QPR 1 - all the action and goals after the break, Boro closing in on Sheffield United for the seco… https://t.co/1NAIE5KEd8 Sat Feb 18
Teams out at an expectant Riverside. Bad news for commentators is QPR wearing their home kit. https://t.co/zdrLi0wfhw Sat Feb 18
Here at the Boro, I can offer a little solace for QPR fans with the information that although they’ve only won 1 in… https://t.co/yLduri4LeY Sat Feb 18
@Hunsy1969 Looked worse in slow motion, didn’t go right through with the studs. 60-40 yellow-red, not sure VAR would overturn either way. Fri Feb 17
@AndyWarren_ @thegas90 @TonyIncenzo Must be down to current form of a team who were “definitely” going up this season. Thu Feb 16
@TonyIncenzo Coventry 1 Millwall 0
GYOKORES Thu Feb 16
Coventry deserved 1-0 winners here despite a late Millwall rally. Top class goal from Gyokores won it. https://t.co/1FSJ6ZaeeU Tue Feb 14
Had to battle my way through several red traffic lights (once they’d changed to green) but completed another long j… https://t.co/JdhZHyOUxF Tue Feb 14
What’s the point in using the foam spray if you aren’t going to bother enforcing it? https://t.co/nAn9oEazsl Mon Feb 13
Is this a new rule? As soon as a third player approaches the referee, he gets booked? Would be nice if that was made public. Sun Feb 12
Jesse Marsch to Southampton would be an interesting appointment, especially as it’s Leeds v Southampton on Feb 25. Sun Feb 12
Another stoppage time failure at Elland Road. Minimum of 4 minutes was signalled, but due to VAR checks and substit… https://t.co/bES4Omr2oo Sun Feb 12
Didn’t make the highlights show but it’s a great save https://t.co/YJCfr268Nx Sun Feb 12
Very short statement from Southampton. No ‘thanks and all the best for the future’ Sun Feb 12
Very competitive game at the CBS - Coventry 1 Luton 1. Fair result just about, refereeing was interesting. https://t.co/sQUxSi27JL Sat Feb 11
Stage set at the CBS Arena on the mildest matchday for some time. Looking forward to Coventry v Luton with updates… https://t.co/QyhiG3m6wq Sat Feb 11
Why on earth couldn’t the Albion goalie have played like this last week? Fri Feb 10
@MarkWilsonRadio Always interesting to compare the initial “appointment” statement in these cases! Wed Feb 08
Very short statement from Huddersfield after a very brief managerial tenure - seems fair to assume it didn’t work out! Wed Feb 08
@talkdants @kiss @ftfc Kiss and Captain Pugwash on the same setlist! Tue Feb 07
@stevemogs72 Wolves were very good and the third goal gets better every time I watch it. Mon Feb 06
@sdy3r Should do especially with a top manager. I’d say Bournemouth and Southampton will go, but picking a third is tough! Sat Feb 04
@sdy3r Composure of Neves to finish after that run was outstanding Sat Feb 04
@69_simo No that would have been somewhat inappropriate! Sat Feb 04
Jurgen Klopp tells me he “cannot explain” the first 15 minutes and “it’s not allowed” @talkSPORTGD #WOLLIV Sat Feb 04
Wow. Wolves 3 Liverpool 0. Fabulous performance from Wolves, but how bad were Liverpool in the first half? https://t.co/OhOg1ITHqI Sat Feb 04
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