Ham salad rolls and diluting orange.

This week is a kind of anniversary. I’ve realised that, gulp, 52 years ago I attended my first County Championship Cricket match. When you’re 9, new experiences come along regularly, so I don’t suppose I had any reason to recognise that Lancashire v Notts at Southport & Birkdale CC on July 19th 1961 would be

Hearing the Family Whistle

So why do I have tears in my eyes as I sit down to write about the death of Lawrie Reilly, Hibs and Scotland football legend, and member of the Famous Five forward line? Well, let’s be honest. Men of a certain age have a tendency to over sentimentalise sport, and, anyway, my emotions are