Pat Murphy

23.6K posts

Pat Murphy

Pat Murphy

@patmurphybbc

Ex BBC sports staffer,specialising in football and cricket. Waffler at sports lunches/ dinners. Author. Last book The Official History of Sports Report.

Bromsgrove, England Katılım Ağustos 2012
320 Takip Edilen36.9K Takipçiler
Pat Murphy
Pat Murphy@patmurphybbc·
When he captained England abroad & had to attend stuffy dinners, MJK would often be found in the kitchens,talking to those who had prepared the dinner. He was the least class-conscious of the amateur Oxbridge skippers of his era.
Dermot Wickham@HertsTimelord

@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.

English
3
2
54
8.1K
Pat Murphy
Pat Murphy@patmurphybbc·
Michael Socha has been absolutely brilliant in The Cage #bbc1 while Sheridan Smith was as superb as ever.
English
0
2
13
3K
Pat Murphy
Pat Murphy@patmurphybbc·
MJK Smith was a fine, caring man. As manager of the @ECB_cricket team to Oz he’d agreed to do a post-mortem interview with me about yet another debacle out there. He rang me to ask if it could be delayed a day. ‘I want to say goodbye to Tony Lock. He hasn’t got long to live’.
English
1
6
102
6.1K
Pat Murphy
Pat Murphy@patmurphybbc·
MJK Smith had a dry, understated humour. Once, at a @WarwickshireCCC chairman’s lunch, I was ranting at my table about England players sloping off to South Africa. MJK Smith defused the atmosphere cleverly :’Keep taking the tablets, Pat’. No wonder he was such a popular captain.
English
5
3
38
5.5K
Pat Murphy
Pat Murphy@patmurphybbc·
MJK wasn’t the most popular cricket figure with the journos because he didn’t court them. Shy, man of few words but with strong opinions when he trusted you. Unfailingly helpful & friendly to me when I wrote a few books. Brilliant memory. Very kind. Loved @WarwickshireCCC
Vernon@lecrin

@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.

English
5
5
98
14.3K
Pat Murphy
Pat Murphy@patmurphybbc·
And he gave a series of fantastic interviews that day. He was as good as his word for the rest of that summer. A dream to deal with….
Aston Villa Archive@AvfcArchive

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

English
6
1
58
6.9K
Pat Murphy
Pat Murphy@patmurphybbc·
RIP M.J.K. Smith….. a great man of @WarwickshireCCC for 8 decades as player,captain & administrator. Captained England 25 times, respected so much by @GeoffreyBoycott that he still called him ‘Captain’, when meeting up. Aged 92, unselfish life, well lived.
English
6
20
207
8.5K
Pat Murphy
Pat Murphy@patmurphybbc·
We’ve all been there Bill, for me it was outside Gate K at Longbridge in the 1970s.
ᗷIᒪᒪ ᖇIᑕᕮ 🎙📻@billrice23

@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

English
1
0
3
5.6K
Pat Murphy
Pat Murphy@patmurphybbc·
Agree. Perhaps it’s a tacit admission that most of the pundits have anything worthwhile to offer?
Niall Brannigan🥁🎸🎹@niallb1

@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.

English
1
0
4
3.1K
Pat Murphy
Pat Murphy@patmurphybbc·
And given that NW does most of his splendid sleuthing in the HOC why not have him outside the Palace of Westminster?
Paul@paulwhitmore98

@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.

English
1
0
1
4.6K
Pat Murphy
Pat Murphy@patmurphybbc·
Absolutely. And as for Downing St, all we gain is glimpses of the cat and people leaving No 10. Cosmetic tosh, the kind of nonsense offered on media studies courses. Key question - what does it add to our grasp of the story?
Brian K.@brian_p_k

@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.

English
2
0
14
3.9K
Pat Murphy
Pat Murphy@patmurphybbc·
Feel exactly the same way. Adds nothing to our insights. Don’t see how it enhances the programme.
Pete@petermaurice22

@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 .

English
5
0
14
4.7K
Pat Murphy
Pat Murphy@patmurphybbc·
Agreed - but did they all have to stand on College Green, nearing 11pm, to deliver their thoughts? Why do the programme’s think tank believe it’s enhanced by not being in the studio? Does a location in semi-darkness add to our understanding of the story? Cosmetic….
Clare Hepworth OBE@Hepworthclare

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.

English
7
0
22
8.7K
Pat Murphy
Pat Murphy@patmurphybbc·
David Attenborough 100 not out - & the pavilion rises in acclaim. No one has broadcast on any subject for so long with such authority, warmth & clarity. A pity his strictures on climate change still fall on so many deaf ears. An Inspiration to the young. Cherish him while we can.
English
0
4
89
3.7K
Pat Murphy retweetledi
Fairfield Books
Fairfield Books@FairfieldBooks_·
100 years ago, the 1926 general strike was taking place in the UK, the latest symptom of a country in turmoil. In 'A Striking Summer' @stephenbrenkley tells the gripping story of a dramatic Ashes series that in these troubled times briefly united the nation.
Fairfield Books tweet media
English
1
5
11
4.7K