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Sporting Event of the Weekend

by Eddie 28.06.2010

The news today is buzzing with stories about England’s defeat by Germany in the World Cup. This means that many people are unaware of the most spectacular sporting incident of the weekend which took place at the European Grand Prix. Any other weekend, Mark Webber’s crash would have made the front page headlines. The most [...]

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You Can’t be an Evangelist if You Don’t Like the World Cup

by Eddie 25.06.2010

Let me admit straight away, that I’m not a great football fan; I’ll also admit that the title to this post is just a little hyperbolic! Football as a Conversation Starter Now, I may not be a great football fan, but there are many, many people who love the game and who like to talk [...]

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A Tale of Two Blunders

by Eddie 13.06.2010

You may have noticed that there is a football competition going on at the moment. Last night, England played against the United States; for me and thousands of others the game was an affair of two big mistakes. Firstly, ITV cut away to adverts and I missed the England goal, then the England goalie made [...]

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The Latest Must Have Bible!

by Eddie 14.04.2010

You might be tempted to think that this is a belated April Fool’s joke! Featuring exciting and inspiring full-color inserts with photos of and insights from stock car racing’s finest personalities, the NIV Thinline Bible: Stock Car Edition is sure to be a motorsports fan’s favorite Bible. Motor Racing Outreach, a ministry to the world [...]

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Football, Art and Africa

by Eddie 18.02.2010

This is an advert, but well worth watching. Thanks to Ben for giving me a good dose of nostalgia.

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Andrew Trimble: Following Jesus

by Eddie 28.05.2008

A few days ago I said that my impossible dream was to play rugby for England – something I clearly will never do. Andrew Trimble, a student at Belfast Bible College, has done something almost as good as play for England – he plays rugby for Ireland. This six minute video shows Andrew contrasting the [...]

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How to Greet an Englishman

by Eddie 02.11.2007

Positively the last post on the Rugby World Cup (unless I get sent more good pictures!)

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How Much Do You Want It?

by Eddie 19.10.2007

No one wants to play in third place play-offs! France and Argentina, losing semi-finalists in the rugby world cup, went head to head tonight in the game that no one wants to play in. No one that is, apart from the Argentinians! They played with spirit, with aggression and with shear guts. At the end [...]

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Rugby World Cup

by Eddie 12.10.2007

I wrote a couple of days ago, that gloating is an ugly thing. Phil obviously does not agree!

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England Versus Tonga

by Eddie 10.10.2007

It’s about ten days late, and in the meantime, England have beaten Australia (bring on the French!) but Phil has now blogged about our trip to see England play Tonga at the Parc des Princes. I watched the Australia game in Kenya with my Kiwi boss, if I hadn’t been flying home, I’d have got [...]

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Sic Transit…

by Eddie 14.09.2007

Four years ago, the picture of Jason Robinson scoring a try against Australia was one of the iconic views of the Rugby World Cup. A world cup later, Jason doesn’t have the speed or the agility that he had when he helped England to win the cup, but he still gives of his best. It [...]

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Goodbye Ian Porterfield

by Eddie 11.09.2007

One of the happiest days of my life was the day of the 1973 FA Cup Final. On that day, second division Sunderland beat the mighty Leeds United one nil, and my home town went crazy. Ian Porterfield, the scorer of the only goal that day, died today. There is a very affectionate report on [...]

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