Brendan Cooper

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Brendan Cooper

@BCooper147

Writer; snooker & cricket lover; flaneur. Author of Deep Pockets: Snooker and the Meaning of Life and Echoing Greens: How Cricket Shaped the English Imagination

London, England Katılım Temmuz 2021

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Brendan Cooper@BCooper147·30 May

PUBLICATION DAY! My new book, Echoing Greens: How Cricket Shaped the English Imagination, is now OUT. “A fascinating social history” (Country Life). If you are a fan of cricket, art, literature, or life, then this is the book for you.

Little, Brown UK@LittleBrownUK

Echoing Greens: How Cricket Shaped the English Imagination is out today. This is the perfect read for the cricket enthusiast in your life. Pick up a copy now! brnw.ch/21wKgyA @BCooper147

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Brendan Cooper@BCooper147·1d

@RobJF24 That’s what I presume. I certainly hope so. Otherwise I’m going to need a lot of whisky very quickly.

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Rob Francis@RobJF24·1d

@BCooper147 It has to be the former, although it's a bit strange that it's still up. I guess maybe just a general marketing stunt rather than an outright April Fool's thing.

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Brendan Cooper@BCooper147·1d

So. This is either a vaguely amusing early April Fool’s joke, or the most preposterous development in the history of snooker. I’m going to presume the former. wst.tv/news/2026/marc…

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Brendan Cooper@BCooper147·24 Mar

@RobJF24 Noted.

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Rob Francis@RobJF24·24 Mar

@BCooper147 Mine's probably a Guinness.

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Rob Francis@RobJF24·24 Mar

Crucible Eve 2045 in the Grad, anyone?

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Brendan Cooper@BCooper147·24 Mar

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WST@WeAreWST

The World Championship is staying at the Crucible! Everything you need to know 👇 A🧵

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Brendan Cooper@BCooper147·24 Mar

HUGE news. The home of snooker will remain the home of snooker.

Nick Metcalfe@Nick_Metcalfe

The World Snooker Championship is staying at the Crucible. The tournament will remain in Sheffield until at least 2045. The event will stay at the Crucible in its current guise until 2028 and then return - after one or two editions elsewhere - to a revamped 1,500 seat arena.

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Historic Cricket Pictures@PictureSporting·23 Mar

A picture I had not seen until this week ... Archie MacLaren leads England out to field at the start of the 4th Ashes Test at Old Trafford, July 26th 1909. Although 20 wickets fell on the first day of three the game was drawn after bad weather on the second day

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Brendan Cooper@BCooper147·22 Mar

@WG_RumblePants Many often forget he was ahead of his time as a commentator, too. No one else was delivering the kind of in-depth technical analysis he offered in the late 80s/early 90s.

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WG RumblePants@WG_RumblePants·22 Mar

A marmite character to some — legends of the game often are — but it’s difficult to deny that he was a bloody fine batsman.

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Brendan Cooper@BCooper147·20 Mar

@RealRunningDog Ha. Cheers! Glad you enjoyed it.

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Stanley Witchell@RealRunningDog·20 Mar

@BCooper147 Crikey, only just realised you're the the author of Deep Pockets. I really enjoyed it!

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Brendan Cooper@BCooper147·20 Mar

Enough is enough. Time for Ronnie to retire. Shadow of his former self.

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Brendan Cooper@BCooper147·20 Mar

@RobbieCoo76 @SoumenS30190489 I’m afraid he almost certainly was.

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Robbie Coombes@RobbieCoo76·20 Mar

@BCooper147 @SoumenS30190489 That 2nd frame is ridiculous by O’Sullivan, was he using a brush handle in that frame, Brendan??

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Brendan Cooper@BCooper147·20 Mar

@Martynw34 100%

Martyn Waller@Martynw34·20 Mar

@BCooper147 It was always lack of matches & match sharpness Brendan, only a fool would write him off, he is building momentum ahead of world championships

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Brendan Cooper@BCooper147·20 Mar

I don’t know if anyone’s noticed, but this Ronnie O’Sullivan bloke appears to be some sort of gigantic snookering megaboss.

WST@WeAreWST

The HIGHEST EVER BREAK 🤯 A 153 by... you guessed it... @ronnieo147 👏 👇 Watch full break 👇 #WorldOpen

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Brendan Cooper@BCooper147·20 Mar

Past it, they said. Time to retire, they said.

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Ronnie O'Sullivan@ronnieo147·20 Mar

Thank you for the messages….#153

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Historic Cricket Pictures@PictureSporting·18 Mar

Old Trafford pictured in 1949. Although the ground opened immediately after the end of the war it had suffered substantial damage and an appeal to raise funds for its repair failed to raise enough so rebuilding was piecemeal

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Historic Cricket Pictures@PictureSporting·17 Mar

Around 12,000 attended the tour opener between the Duke of Norfolk’s XI and the Australians, Arundel, April 28th 1956. About 20,000 had been expected but (incorrect) forecasts of rain kept many away. Turnstiles had been borrowed from Ascot racecourse to cope with the crowds

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Historic Cricket Pictures@PictureSporting·16 Mar

Edgbaston pictured in 1938 when it was mainly surrounded by open land. It hosted four Tests between 1902 and 1929 but had to wait until 1957 before it became a regular fixture on the international calendar