Mary Earps “I think what I have learned over the last couple of years is you’ve got to show a lot of resilience in life, a lot of character…It’s never easy.  We all go through hard times.” ~ Mary Earps Goalkeeper Mary Earps, aged 30, heroine of last summer, entrepreneur of football shirts, and now […]

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Sir Bobby Charlton (1937 – 2023) “There has never been a more popular footballer.  As near perfection as man and player as it is possible to be.” ~ Sir Matt Busby The legendary footballer Sir Bobby Charlton, one of the greatest footballers of all time, died yesterday morning, at the age of 86.  He was […]

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Harry Kane “Most of my family were Spurs fans and I grew up 15 minutes from the ground, so I was always going to be a Spurs fan” ~ Harry Kane Tottenham’s star goalscorer Harry Kane has signed for the German team Bayern Munich this week.  Who knows his real reasons, but some say he […]

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World Cup Final 2022 Strictly Come Dancing over, and the best person (Hamza) won…(sigh) I don’t watch the football, but someone in my house does, and it can hardly escape my notice that there is a World Cup final today.  They are billing it as Mbappe for France versus Messi for Argentina, though both players […]

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Wimbledon 2022 – Week 2 What a week that was: a week that saw Andy Murray, Emma Raducanu and Serena Williams out of Wimbledon, and various players (such as Berrettini) staying away due to Covid.  Yesterday’s Mars-Pluto square was very much in evidence on court yesterday, in the match between Kyrgios and Tsitsipas, dubbed “the […]

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Wimbledon 2022 – Week 1 It’s good to be facing the prospect of another Wimbledon fortnight!  I hope to be commenting regularly, throughout, as usual.  And as is my custom, I am starting with the top four Women’s and Men’s Seeds.  But there are some interesting wildcards this year, so I am likely to look […]

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Lester Piggott (1935 – 2022) The legendary jockey Lester Piggott died this week, at the age of 86.  In a record-breaking career (nine times Epsom Derby winner), he showed outstanding talent and perseverance, overcoming health weaknesses and a spell of imprisonment. Birth Chart In  his balance of elements, Lester had 0 planets in fire signs.  […]

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Roman Abramovich Roman Abramovich, erstwhile and longterm owner of Chelsea Football Club, was among the seven Russian oligarchs sanctioned this week by the U.K. government.  He has been part of the fabric of our football scene since 2003, almost twenty years.  But he has also been a close friend of Vladimir Putin (although he has […]

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Lewis Hamilton Formula One racing driver Lewis Hamilton has had a momentous week.  He took part in the final of the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the result of which was controversial, and was subsequently knighted.  He has won  seven World Drivers’ Championship titles. Birth Chart Lewis has the Sun in Capricorn conjunct Jupiter, so […]

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Azeem Rafiq The world of that sedate and stately game of cricket has been rocked lately by allegations of institutionalized racism, by its whistleblower retired cricketer Azeem Rafiq. Birth Chart His Sun conjunct Mercury in Pisces indicates a sensitive soul.  But Sun/Mercury square Mars also brings the Warrior Archetype, an energy which he channelled into […]

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