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World Cup Nuggets podcast

Welcome to the World Cup Nuggets podcast, with a host of fascinating facts and startling stats about each of the 32 countries competing in Qatar. The next six episodes cover mighty Morocco, nearly Netherlands, punchy Poland, pugilistic Portugal, querulous Qatar and secretive Saudi. Listen out for the question that is set about every country at theContinue reading “World Cup Nuggets podcast”

World Cup Nuggets Podcast

Welcome to the World Cup Nuggets podcast, with enough fab facts and stats about each of the 32 countries competing in Qatar. Here are the next six episodes, starting with Germany and ending with Mexico, and all in between. Listen out for the question that is set about every country at the end of eachContinue reading “World Cup Nuggets Podcast”

World Cup Nuggets Podcast

Welcome to the World Cup Nuggets podcast, bursting at the seams with choice facts and stats about each of the 32 countries competing in Qatar. Here are the next six episodes featuring Good Old England, current champions France and the team they beat in 2018 final Croatia. If that’s not enough we have Danish DynamiteContinue reading “World Cup Nuggets Podcast”

World Cup Nuggets podcast

Welcome to the World Cup Nuggets podcast, bursting at the seams with choice facts and stats about each of the 32 countries competing in Qatar. Here are the first six episodes featuring not one, not two, but three of the tournament favourites and a few outsiders to boot. Listen out for the question that isContinue reading “World Cup Nuggets podcast”

World Cup Nuggets Daily

Welcome to the World Cup Nuggets Daily podcast that features choice facts and stats about each of 32 countries competing in Qatar. There is also a question set about each country and a competition in which you can win a bundle of brilliant books from Halcyon Publishing. To get hold of the book that spawnedContinue reading “World Cup Nuggets Daily”

Will Forest’s frantic transfer activity succeed?

For the inaugural Premier League season under Brian Clough, Nottingham Forest brought in only two players who commanded a transfer fee – Neil Webb returned to the City Ground from Manchester United for £800,000 while Robert Rosario cost about half that from Coventry City, giving a total spend of £1.2 million. Thirty years on andContinue reading “Will Forest’s frantic transfer activity succeed?”

Saturday Morning Nuggets 27/08

Liverpool’s defeat at Old Trafford confirmed their worst start to a Premier League season since 2012/13 when they lost two of their first three matches, drawing the other one. Arsenal have only twice won their opening three Premier League matches – in The Invincibles season of 2003/04 when they won the first four, and theContinue reading “Saturday Morning Nuggets 27/08”