Recent content by Spikelangelo

This thread has sent a shiver down the spine and a tear to the eye. I know this is old guy reminiscing for many young uns on here (the equivalent of old guys droning on about Wilf Mannion in my day), but it's impossible to overstate how great that side was. To be seventeen and a Boro supporter...

I'll try again.The Golden Age of Cinema

Absolutely agree. It's been a great year for Cinema. So much so, I wrote a blog about it: Growl.blog

Born and bred in South London. Could have been worse though - we're not far from Crystal Palace. That would have been a disowning, for reasons that are too complicated to explain

The Chelsea thing was one of a number of grievous parental errors....He tries to make me feel better by referring to Boro as "we" and "us", but his heart's not really in it

I thought it worth posting a link to this blog I wrote at the time of the FA cup game a couple of years ago. My son is still an unrepentant Chelsea supporter, deeply unsatisfied with with events post-Abramovic. His birthday is next week, so his present is a no-brainer. You guessed it - tickets...

Just got two tickets - only a couple of hundred left, so get a move on to avoid disappointment

Brilliant book (as is Cloud Cuckoo Land by same author). Netflix thing is beautifully filmed but the script stinks. Scenes with Mark Ruffalo and little girl are embarrassingly cheesy

In all of the sound and fury on the board regarding transfers and the start of the season, this is the key point. The interplay/interchange between our midfielders and forwards last season was thrilling to watch and generated loads of chances. Akpom had an exceptional season. 29 goals for a...

This thread is bringing back some memories: The Jam at the Town Hall, June/July 1977. Supported by York band Cyanide, I seem to recall.

I taught his son, Eric, English in Brixton in the 1980s. He was the coolest guy at Parents Evenings. He sauntered in, sat down at my desk and said, about Eric, "Is he still arsing around then?" A refreshingly different opening gambit to most parents I saw, who were convinced their kids were...

I'm still traumatised by our Biology teacher, Ron Berryman, (Embassy Mick), walking into the lab from the prep room, fag in hand, carrying a box. He extricated a rat from the box, and "prepared it for dissection" by swinging it by its tail and breaking its neck on the edge of the bench. We then...

I agree. Never thought I'd be so pleased about the resurgence of Man U

I was talking to a mate of mine, AFC Wimbledon supporter, the other day about the Carrick miracle. He asked me who I thought was the most important person in Boro's potential success in the next few years. Obviously, I said Carrick. His reply was interesting - he said no, it's Ten Hag. He...

You're right about Wilder. It's amazing how far his star has fallen. He's mentioned in connection with every vacancy in the Prem and Championship, but by Day 2, he's at the bottom of the list of contenders. He's going to have to eat a lot of humble pie if he wants to work again soon