[QUOTE=“myboyblue, post: 933258, member: 180”]On this day some 2000 years ago Jesus died for all our sins.
Thanks big man.[/QUOTE]
Incorrect.
Ah He was some buck all the same.
20 years ago today, 18 April 1994 - Recreation Ground, St John’s Antigua - Brian Charles Lara scores 375 runs in the 5th test of the Wisden Series, the highest individual score recorded in test cricket, surpassing Sir Garfield Sobers 36 year mark of 365.
[QUOTE=“Manuel Zelaya, post: 933265, member: 377”]20 years ago today, 18 April 1994 - Recreation Ground, St John’s Antigua - Brian Charles Lara scores 375 runs in the 5th test of the Wisden Series, the highest individual score recorded in test cricket, surpassing Sir Garfield’s Sobers 36 year mark of 365.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cr-XoQqiY58
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Great video, seems like such a humble guy
Great scenes when he brought up the record breaking runs. Incidentally Chris Lewis who bowled the record breaking delivery to him is currently serving a 13 year stretch for cocaine smuggling.
I see British Pathe have uploaded over 85,000 clips on Youtube including footage of old GAA matches, Easter Rising, Civil War etc etc.
Today obviously Easter Sunday and the middle of the feast of Passover, but its also Adolf Hitler’s 125th birthday.
April 22nd 2013 - Manchester United defeat Aston Villa 3-0 to claim the Premier League trophy.
I’ll probably forget it tomorrow, but it’s 20 years since Parklife was released, an album that gave birth to Britpop and changed the 90’s music scene for many of us forever.
I was wondering how it would have held up, but songs like
End of Century
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuYUmnny0pU
To the End
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DjHKqb365A
and
This is a Low
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxfMUVWpGkM
are still stone cold classics
And theres not many of our vintage who don’t know all the words to
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIEsmGzo2UE
Fuck it even songs like Clover over Dover, Badhead, Tracey Jacks, Trouble in the Message Centre all brings me back there again, good times, good good times.
Here’s the album in its entirety
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVeywL4lwvo
Far Out is still just weird mind you.
The Easter Rising began 98 years ago today.
Luis Suarez was banned for 10 games on this day in 2013.
Adolf hitler committed suicide in 1945.
On this day in 1916, The Irish Easter Rising comes to an end when the Irish Patriots surrender unconditionally in Dublin
18 years since Keegan’s “I would love it if we beat them, love it” rant.
[QUOTE=“dodgy-keeper, post: 938502, member: 1552”]18 years since Keegan’s “I would love it if we beat them, love it” rant.[/QUOTE]
Why?
Was he depressed?
History has been far kinder to Kev than the pisshead.
Three years ago today 29 April 2011, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge married a commoner Catherine Middleton.
April 30, 1994, the late great G Ryan introduced Riverdance and the rest, as they say is history.
April 30, (2010) also marks the passing of the aforementioned G Ryan. Never forgotten on TFK… 