Grounds for concern 21 April 2024 0 comments RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler My local non-league football club were eyeing promotion before the winter flooding. But between Boxing […]
Of county and country 14 April 2024 0 comments RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler For many Essex fans, Stuart Turner remains something of a folk hero. Yes, Graham Gooch […]
Winners one and all…and an alternative set of County awards 1 October 2023 0 comments RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to The Grumbler’s first annual county cricket awards gala dinner. It […]
Let us not go down the football route 24 September 2023 0 comments RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler The relationship between modern sport and morality has become increasingly strained in the past few […]
Durham good guys doing the business 17 September 2023 0 comments RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler There are very few things in cricket upon which almost everyone agrees. Fence-sitting is out […]
An Olympic return is such a game-changer 10 September 2023 0 comments Richard Clarke Every four years, without fail, I take up an interest in a new sport. Despite never being the […]
Championship is still favourite with fans 3 September 2023 0 comments RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler Miss Rogers was a nice teacher. She was my form tutor for a year and, […]
Pulling power 27 August 2023 0 comments RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler Jimi Hendrix always used a Fender Stratocaster, Bruce Springsteen is never seen on stage without […]
That’s how the game should be 20 August 2023 0 comments RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler We are told the future of cricket is city franchises. Like Brigadoon, the fabled Scottish […]
A method to Jack’s madness 13 August 2023 0 comments RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler It is apt that, during a summer in which the bucket hat is once again […]
Look how much it’s changed! 6 August 2023 0 comments RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler Late in the evening on September 7, 1963, a musical variety show at the Victoria […]
Is there method to bananas madness? 30 July 2023 0 comments RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler The Savannah Bananas are a baseball team like no other. Owner Jesse Cole has turned […]
Passing on the legacy of Beefy 23 July 2023 0 comments RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler At the end of the first day at the Old Trafford Test, reserve umpire Martin […]
The romance of an outground 16 July 2023 0 comments RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler It has been suggested that outground cricket represents the county game on its holidays. When […]
Play up, play up and play the game 9 July 2023 0 comments RICHARD CLARKE ‘AKA The Grumbler’ About 20 years ago, I played in the Barnet Sunday League for a football team […]
Will anything really change? 2 July 2023 0 comments Richard Clarke AKA The Grumbler The day after the Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket (ICEC) released its report, they […]
If the Sugababes could see us now 18 June 2023 0 comments RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler Perhaps it is the pace of the game, the financial incentives or just the inevitable […]
Offering a voice to the loyal faithfuls 11 June 2023 0 comments RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler Organisations want to ‘frame their argument’, ‘develop their narrative’ or ‘manage their message’. Big decisions […]
Same old Surrey are always smiling 4 June 2023 0 comments RICHARD CLARKE, AKA The Grumbler | The ‘Manchester City of cricket’ are a class act off the field too Last […]
Raising a glass to game’s true heroes 28 May 2023 0 comments RICHARD CLARKE – AKA The Grumbler It is less than a week old yet the T20 Blast has already consumed […]
Don’t deny us the thrill of a chase 23 May 2023 0 comments RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler It happened again last week. County cricket had the chance to create excitement, spectacle and, […]
Walking away the blues 14 May 2023 0 comments RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler Unlike this August’s publication, not everything or everyone can return from a period away with […]
Ravi Bopara’s red-ball veto is a waste | The Grumbler 15 August 2021 0 comments These days, Press releases rarely reveal actual news. Nine times out of ten, Twitter has forewarned us of anything truly […]
A diverse stance speaks volumes | The Grumbler 8 August 2021 0 comments Earlier this week, John Digby Jones was so angry at presenter Alex Scott dropping her Gs when hosting the BBC’s […]
50-over games now feel flat | The Grumbler 25 July 2021 0 comments The introduction of T20 has gone through a certain amount of revisionism in the past few months. But, trust me, […]