Pat Murphy

@patmurphybbc @WarwickshireCCC Despite being private school & Oxford, by all accounts MJK Smith was liked & respected by the professionals he captained as much as the amateurs.

@patmurphybbc A good man, as you rightly say. Disgracefully undermined, humiliated and ridiculed by Brian Alexander and other members of the written sports press, past and still the odd one present. Journalists who had previously courtesy his friendship.

@patmurphybbc @WarwickshireCCC @GeoffreyBoycott The last man to play for England at two different sports in terms of Test match dates, Patrick.

#OnThisDay in 1987, Graham Taylor was appointed as Aston Villa manager for the first time. #AVFC

@patmurphybbc Had a radio editor who made us do breakfast bulletins outside a football ground because a manager had been sacked the day before. Imagine how worthwhile it was being there at 5.30am

@patmurphybbc It’s also incredibly distracting, with the amount of action and movement going on behind them. Then there’s the music, the tannoy announcements, not to mention the sprinklers.

@patmurphybbc And the previous night they had Nick Watt standing in a deserted Downing Street,for seemingly no reason apart from possibly reminding us what number ten looks like.

@patmurphybbc It's pathetic and a waste of money. It's like any story about the Royal Family, they'll stand outside Buckingham Palace, despite the subject being nowhere near London.

@patmurphybbc Do you feel similar now when we have started to see football presenter and pundits on the pitch before, during and after a game. Genuine question. I prefer the studio but maybe producers think it adds to the effects .

@patmurphybbc They all looked bloody freezing too!

Loving Victoria Derbyshire on #Newsnight tonight ! My goodness. She certainly cuts through the dross - not aggressively or with confrontation - but with finesse and consumate style.