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On the third day of TBIR Christmas – The best non football day out

28 Dec 201228 Dec 2012
Wow. This was an incredibly difficult one to come up with a top ten, let alone a top three. In a year where we went Olympic (and Paralympics don't forget)…
Olympics

Seven and the rampant tiger

11 Sep 201214 Sep 2012
I wasn't the only person who threw myself head first into the Olympics and Paralympics, searching out daily availability for tickets and willing to see everything and anything.  Brian Parish,…
Olympics

The Olympic Diary – Day Eight – Eton Mess

13 Aug 201220 Aug 2012
So after ten different events in eleven venues it was time to head to our final Olympic session. With only two more days available before we headed to our pre-season…
Olympics

The Olympics Diary – Day Seven – It’s all about the Newtonian counter-reaction

13 Aug 201213 Aug 2012
Legacy is a very popular word at the moment. It has become the political hot potato despite the fact the Games still haven’t finished. During the last week the one…
Olympics

The Olympic Diary – Day Six – It’s like Croydon on a Saturday night

12 Aug 201213 Aug 2012
My name is Stuart and I am addicted to pressing F5. There I have admitted it. Whether it be on my laptop, my desktop PC at world, my iPad or…
Olympics

The Olympics Diary – Day Five – Jumptastic

11 Aug 201212 Aug 2012
There are subtle differences between the types of fans you get at different sports. Your basic Football fan is very different to your club Rugby fan. Your County Cricket fan…
Olympics

The Olympics Diary – Day Four – Going Six Up

10 Aug 201212 Aug 2012
"Earls Court will be transformed into a spectacular venue for the hosting of the Olympic Volleyball competition" After the excitement of the Beach Volleyball on Monday, I was unsure about…
Italy…

The Olympics Diary – Day Three – The Fast and The Furious

10 Aug 201211 Aug 2012
Fourteen years ago to the day I stood in front of my close friends and family and agreed to wed the Current Mrs Fuller. Despite her claims yesterday that going…
Olympics

Here comes the girls

9 Aug 201214 Aug 2012
Mike Miles brings us his adventures from the Olympics. Like countless thousands of others I applied for Olympic tickets. The usual suspects: athletics, swimming, tennis, ladies beach volleyball. And what…
Olympics

The biggest game ever in women’s football

9 Aug 201214 Aug 2012
Taking a break from our Olympic Adventures, The Daggers Diary head to Wembley for the most watch Women's football match ever - The Olympic Final. After all of the worries…
Olympics

The Olympic Diary – Day Two – New balls please

9 Aug 201211 Aug 2012
I hate tennis.  I must be one of the few people in this country who will not watch one single minute of the Wimbledon championships.  On the day when Andy…
Olympics

The Olympic Diary – Day one..It wasn’t about the football

8 Aug 20129 Aug 2012
I have to admit.  I was an Olympic skeptic.  In the run up to the start of the games I doubted our transport system could cope (especially after the disastrous…
Olympics

The Boys from Brazil – part 2

29 Jul 201222 Jan 2014
After the edge-of-your-seat excitement of the Blue Brazil yesterday in Scotland it was time for the second part of our Boys from Brazil weekend bonanza. A late night flight to…
European Football…

Early doors

27 Jul 201229 Jul 2012
And so 7 years and 3 weeks since we were awarded the games, the London Olympics is upon us. How could anyone in Great Britain not be excited by the…
Olympics

Ready as they will ever be?

17 Jul 20121 May 2014
So after months of suspense as to who will be lining up in July to represent Team Great Britain in the Olympic Football tournament, the main focus of the "big…

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