Posted by Tony Hutton
For those of you who only read the sports pages, a rather curious item appeared in the centre page of the Yorkshire Post at the weekend. A large picture of Geoffrey Boycott, in trade mark hat, was shown alongside the following story which has more than a grain of truth about it. It does however seem to contain a slight element of bias against people from Lancashire, the midlands and the south of England. Judge for yourselves.
Listening to the peerless punditry of Geoffrey Boycott on Test Match Special, it's a shame his late mother Jane is not available for slection to England's misfiring World Cup squad. Evidently, she could bat like a demon with a stick of rhubarb, bowl in 'the corridor of undertainty' and pocket catches in her pinny. The Yorkshire cricket legend has taken sporting analysis to new levels because of his straight-talking. No wonder football fans switch off when Match of the Day is broadcast - bland panellists like Jermain Jenas and Phil Neville, together with Gary Lineker's lame smugness, epitomise BBC sport at its very worst.
I wonder if Geoffrey's agent wrote it.
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