Terry Jackson

Former OMIL cyclist, Classic Rock, Italian/Spanish beer, BAFC & DCCC.

[Peter Barron @BarronMedia]

Happy 80th birthday to legendary North East journalist Mike Amos,who continues to be the best example I know of the dying art of getting out and about, meeting people face to face, and unearthing stories. Looking forward to raising a glass to him tonight.
@MikeAmosBlog

[BBC Breakfast @BBCBreakfast]

Arise Sir Kev.

Sir Kevin Sinfield has officially received his knighthood from Prince William in a ceremony at Windsor Castle.

He was recognised for his career in rugby league and raising more than £13m for charities tackling motor neurone disease

https://t.co/8zmgsZGLfg

[Middlesbrough FC @Boro]

Boro Under-21s face Grangetown Boys Club at Bishop Auckland tomorrow in the second round of the North Riding Senior Cup.

Admission is £6 for adults and £2 for concessions 🎟️

https://t.co/yxiZtQ9hw2

[Peter Jackson @Elmerbat]

Pics of @EbacNorthernLge D1 fixture @bishopafc v @Blyth_TownFC now up at https://t.co/RZyKM95iUt Welcome back to HP Marcus. Please view in full screen.

[Alex Perry @byAlexPerry]

Right, who likes money?

I went through every tournament to work out exactly how much each of LIV Golf’s 110 players banked during the league’s five-year history.

And then I put it all into a table: https://t.co/F61RWXddCa

If you need me, I’ll be face down in a dark room.

[Henry Winter @henrywinter]

Manchester City owners’ damaging strategy of appeal, deny and delay will inflict untold damage on countless people. It will inflict damage on this season’s Premier League which is effectively on hold with an unpunished City still involved. It inflicts further damage on the reputation of the world’s most popular sports league. It casts a cloud over the league for seasons to come, for as long as they drag the sport through the courts which they could do.

City owners’ refusal to accept responsibility in the face of overwhelming evidence against them further hardens anger towards the club. The strategy inflicts further damage on a 146-year-old club whose reputation was made by the honest endeavour and thrilling football of that outstanding team of the late 60s and 70s. The actions of City’s current owners risk trashing a historic club’s reputation.

Appeal, deny, delay inflicts further turmoil on the lives of their supporters. City fans’ innate defiance may waver when getting called cheat relentlessly. City fans didn’t cheat. Their club owners did with “sham contracts”, according to the findings of a long, forensic review by an independent commission. But it is City fans facing the consequences of their owners’ book-cookery – in the stands, on the streets, at work. A storm of scorn.

Do City owners also not think of their head coach, Enzo Maresca, and how every press conference will be an inquisition? Every player interview? Every arrival at an away stadium?

Do they not think of all the vital work done by City in the Community, the club’s charitable wing currently trying to celebrate 40 years of helping disadvantaged local people, and how their conduct impacts that?

Appeal, deny, delay damages Abu Dhabi’s own reputation. Do they actually care about football? About pressure on innocent, hard-working staff? About integrity? City’s owners have done plenty of good in East Manchester but that work now seems tainted.

Do they not care about the millions of people in this country who love football. Some may now, because of sham contracts and appeal, deny, delay, simply turn away from the national sport?

Do the owners worry about the UAE’s image? The behaviour of City’s owners is now a diplomatic issue between the UK and the UAE. And good luck to our new ambassador to the UAE, Geraldine McCafferty, who took up the position last month and will need all her diplomatic skills acquired in Sarajevo, Bogota and Beijing.

If they had a shred of responsibility, City owners would call off the lawyers, accept the independent commission’s findings, take the punishment and seek some settlement with the Premier League over compensation to other clubs. Appeal, deny, delay helps nobody.

[Terry Jackson @Agajari]

@henrywinter Could not agree more Henry. Well observed.

[England's Barmy Army 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🎺 @TheBarmyArmy]

A man who never knew how to bowl at anything less than 100%.

From that unforgettable Ashes-winning wicket at Trent Bridge in 2015, to 95mph thunderbolts at the 2019 World Cup, Mark Wood has given absolutely everything for England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Two World Cups. Four Ashes series. 253 international wickets. Countless memories.

A warrior, a crowd favourite, and a proper Barmy Army hero ❤️

Thank you, Woody.

[Adam Russell @adamrussell96]

A great time to repost this video of Mark Wood serenading his teammates with Jerusalem during the pandemic.

One of the most likeable England players of the modern era. 🫡

[Bishop Auckland FC @bishopafc]

It’s always great to see so many old friends back at the club and Friday night was no exception, with players from the 1960’s through to the 1990’s catching up on old times.

It was particularly good to see three of the magnificent 1966-67 side in attendance – Peter Cook, Bill Roughley and John Barker (second image).

See you next time boys!

📸 courtesy of Peter Jackson

[Jeff Brown @JeffAB61]

Hoping to see even more of Ben Stokes back in Div 1 of the County Championship with Durham next season 🥳 @DurhamCricket

[James @Surreycricfan]

Worst delivery of the year….
Strangest dismissal of the year….
Oh cricket we love you. Please never change 🏏 https://t.co/znvQOtxEwt

[Peter Jackson @Elmerbat]

Pics of @EbacNorthernLge D1 game @CarlisleCityFC v @bishopafc now up at https://t.co/1q9IXIAtHK Please view in full screen.

[Durham Cricket @DurhamCricket]

PROMOTION rendition. 🔊🔊

#ForTheNorth

[Durham Cricket @DurhamCricket]

BACK WHERE WE BELONG. 💙💛

#ForTheNorth

[Terry Jackson @Agajari]

Back to an old haunt.

[Terry Jackson @Agajari]

@FOBRacing @LeglockLuke Done that a few times Luke.

[Durham Cricket @DurhamCricket]

That sounds GOOD. 🔊🔊

#ForTheNorth

[Henry Winter @henrywinter]

Five families connected to former Middlesbrough players and coaches who suffered from sports-related brain disease - Bill Gates, Willie Maddren, Hugh McIlmoyle, Gordon McQueen and Nobby Stiles – are signing a petition calling for stronger protection against brain injury linked to repetitive head impacts.

Dr Judith Gates, widow of Bill, the former Boro defender who passed away in 2023 from Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, aged 79, set up the charity Head Safe Football “as his legacy”. The families and Head Safe Football are calling on Government to work with governing bodies to reduce heading in training (the FA currently recommends “that a maximum of 10 higher force headers are carried out in any training week’’).

Tina White, widow of Goff White, identified as the first non-League player to die with CTE, will sign the petition being launched next week on behalf of grass-roots players and their families. Joining them is Gary Pallister, former Middlesbrough, Manchester United and England defender and a strong supporter of Head Safe Football.

“We cannot save players who already have probable CTE,” says @headsafecharity. “We cannot take away the fear of former players who worry about what years of playing football may mean for their future. But we can, and must, protect the players who are playing today - and those who will play tomorrow.

“This is not about removing heading from football. It is about asking whether we need to expose players to repetitive heading in training when we have an opportunity to reduce that exposure.”

Head Safe Football is asking Government to…
1. Debate the petition in Parliament;
2. Promote “Think Head Safe: reduce heading in training” as a national slogan;
3. Recognise that CTE from repetitive head impacts is a public-health issue;
4. Work with sporting governing bodies to systematically reduce heading in training through policy and accredited coach education;
5. Work with the Department for Education to embed brain-health education and HeadSAFE within teacher training and PE.
https://t.co/qgdfuM1xRf

[Stick to Cricket @StickToCricket]

"That's why Bradman was better than any of us!" 🤩

How good was it to see Sir Geoffrey Boycott on Stick to Cricket? 👀