I remember watching Hatton v Mayweather Jr. in The Monkey on Great Horton Road at about 3am. A very eventful night for many reasons. And a great fight. Went to ‘an evening with’ him at St George’s Hall just a couple of years later. A really sad loss.

Don’t get to watch much telly at the moment, but good to see Gabriel Clarke still going strong. His voice alone takes me straight back to 1am, Endsleigh League Extra on the portable telly waiting for the highlights…

Of course Endsleigh League Extra is on YouTube. And of course the first random one I pick is #bcafc getting beat 3-1 at home to in a shock defeat to struggling Brighton. youtu.be/VpIxpS_r06Y?si…

Ooh! The Firm on BBC4. And for a change it’s not that 1993 Tom Cruise film…

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Sensational!!!

I’m at a wedding with limited phone and internet access. Everyone here - I know very few people - is going to have to put up with me talking about this match. #bcfac

What is going on this season? Absolutely sensational stuff!!! #bcafc

He’s going to go far isn’t he? Hopefully with #bcafc

Was the bantams on the pitch that Gary Soeed trod on match the cup game or a premier league match? They’re all blurring into one. Apart from Shearer consistently being a dick. #bcafc

Don’t think we have a ‘weakest team’ just players that can all fit in the system. Hopefully a great game and payday tonight but Blackpool and Rotherham in the next week way more important. #bcafc

The #bcafc tracksuit tops are very smart.

They’ll be dancing in the streets of Sovereign Wealth Fund of Saudi Arabia if Newcastle can hold on here… #bcafc

Still reckon we’ll score here to make a game of it… #bcafc

Humphrys has been a lot more isolated as the other two of the front three have been much more tied up dealing with the opposition than they usually are in the third division… #bcafc

If that Newcastle player’s nickname isn’t ‘Travel Tavern’, then I’m vastly overestimating the Newcastle squad’s knowledge of 90s British comedy. #bcafc

Fair result. No injuries. And Cook 3 goals in two appearances since his comeback. Looks like he’s ready to be unleashed on league 1 👊🏻 #bcafc

It does, in fairness, show the gulf in class between league one and the unlimited budget of a Middle Eastern country looking to deflect attention from their human rights record and investing in ways of generating wealth away from oil and gas. #bcafc