Alan M

Always good to see West Ham alumni like Declan Rice making something of less fortunate teams - Rice 2 Real Madrid 0

A free birthday beer from the nice people at BrewDog

That wasn’t a penalty. Equaliser was inevitable #westham

I knew him from his work with Gary Moore. Didn’t have a scooby about what he did with Wham.

It wasn’t a great episode and she was wooden. That said the gags written for her didn’t provide much to work with.

Part of my daily commute for 5 years. I’d like to pretend that I took a different route each day according to my mood. But in truth I went the same way each time.

First to 10 I reckon, then an early finish. Unlikely to be West Ham

I wonder how many people have done their tax return whilst listening to Cozy Powell playing Dance With The Devil / The Man In Black. I'm guessing somewhere around 1

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Brave call to have the final signature round of Bake Off a working replica of the Hadron Collider made out of choux pastry and fresh quince jam

Never forgotten the way they started their set supporting Thin Lizzy in 83 - Tommy walks out alone and starts pounding away for a minute or so before John joins in and then Pat. I bought “Turn It Up” on the strength of that show

The first round of the Channel 5 boxing suggests Harlem Eubank’s strategy will be hugging Erdogan to a standstill. The bout is taking place in almost total silence.

Much envy here. “Emotional Bends” is my all time favourite album, but I ve yet to see him live

To celebrate my first post I’m cracking open this cheeky white, which I bought home off a BA flight due to it being lukewarm at the time. It has a subtle hint of aviation fuel which tries but fails to offset the edgy aftertaste of warm plastic, rendering a glass unnecessary.