Dan Collins

[Dan Collins @docllns]

@fynnvestor £50,000 at 23 is good mate, it’s rough out here at the moment, the cost of living well is getting higher, invest well keep working and by the time you’re 30 you’ll be alright!

[Dan Collins @docllns]

@HarleyKingxx Those tan lines 🤯🤯

[Dan Collins @docllns]

@bell296450 @thecourteeners https://t.co/2A9h0CwEHv

[Ricky Gervais @rickygervais]

I suppose this is out of the question?

[Dan Collins @docllns]

@racingblogger Teahupoo comes in, we’re on the piss!

[Dan Collins @docllns]

@dannyswfc @SkySportsPL They've ruined boxing, they'll ruin football next.

[samantha @samanthaktw]

somewhere in salford a crushed velvet single mum has this on a plaque hanging on her kitchen wall

[Dan Collins @docllns]

@zoe_7h We were just saying this, makes my skin crawl 😂

[Colin the Dachshund @DachshundColin]

🎶I went to Greggs and the day turned nasty,
Five years in prison for a cornish pasty,
That's cos I. Nicked a pie.

Hurling bricks with all my chums,
I took one on the head and in the plums,
Thats why I. Am inside.

And we said
We want to live like Gammon People.....🎶

[Pushkar Singh @pushkar_g_singh]

100 tests, 6,744 runs at 44.66, 16 💯

These stats indicate a very good batsman, albeit not an all time great, but surely someone who would find a place in any XI in the history.

However, numbers tell only a part of Graham Thorpe’s story. They don’t tell us that he kept a shaky English lineup afloat in an era muddled with selection blunders. They don’t tell us how important he’s for the team’s cause. They don’t tell us how big a match winner he was.

He debuted in 1993 Ashes series at home, a series when England were steamrolled 4-1 by Australia.

It was when England first saw Warnie. Over the next 15 years, Warnie had a hold over the old enemy unlike anything seen in the history. Before every ashes series against Warnie, the only question was the loss margin of England. We pondered if England would lose 3-1 or 4-0. A series loss was a given.

Thorpe played his entire cricket in this era against a great Australia team led by McGrath and Warne. In a time when his peers averaged in 20s and early 30s vs Australia, he averaged 46.

He started with a magnificent 114* at Nottingham in 1993, kept Warnie at bay and helped Gooch eke out a respectable draw in a 4-0 hammering.

He scored 3 fine Ashes 💯, played in 5 Ashes series (just one test each in his final two Ashes) and always ended on the losing side.

He averaged 46 in his debut series and made 3,000+ runs in last 40 tests at 55. He averaged 45 at home and 44 away. He made his runs at a stupendous 63 in 38 out his 100 tests that England won. His bat decided the English fortunes.

He retired just before the iconic 2005 Ashes when England reclaimed the urn after 18 long years. He never won an Ashes series but his audacious batting made him an English folk hero, a veritable legend from the dark ages of English cricket.

However, his greatest performances came in the winter of 2001 when he led the batting in an underdog side in back to back series wins in Pakistan and Sri Lanka. It was his annus mirabilis. These two low profile series, away from the limelight, saw Graham Thorpe at his best.

RIP, champion. Your legion of English fans will never forget your heroics.

[Carl @Carl_M79]

Nazi salutes in August.

Wearing Poppies in November.

Thick as pig shit.

[Amos Murphy @AmosMurphy_]

Can we stop pretending this a fairytale exit?

England’s greatest-ever has been pushed out, despite clearly still being good enough.

Even then, he’s not done it on his own terms.

Anderson’s last test should’ve been at OT, not a place where you’re scoffed at for clapping.

[Dan Collins @docllns]

@FBAwayDays @UsainPoult that night v Stoke 🥶

[Dan Collins @docllns]

@UsainPoult

[Dan Collins @docllns]

@robertlargan Would love to hear your reasoning behind voting for this! When are you back at Morrisons Buxton for your drop in for a chat?

[Dan Collins @docllns]

@UsainPoult United did him dirty, he deserved better 😂

[Dan Collins @docllns]

@UsainPoult The ultimate shithouse 🥰

[Jogo Bonito @ufcfooty]

Happy 60th Birthday to a true legend of the game, José Mourinho.

Let’s a take a look at some of his best/iconic moments/quotes 🍿👇

[Dan Collins @docllns]

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