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Poor Hull City FC. Or is that poor Hull City Tigers? The club, founded in 1904, has recently been re-registered as Hull City Tigers by its businessman owner and chairman, Assam Allam. Egyptian-born Allam moved to the East Ridings in the 1960s, and it seems he’s keen to spice up one of Yorkshire’s sporting institutions, […]
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As a bit of a Twitter addict, I tend to feel a certain degree of pride when anything to do with Manchester starts to trend in the UK. This morning was no different when I saw that #ManchesterUnited was the UK’s top trending topic. As a reds fan through and through, I immediately clicked on […]
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On Friday, the Rugby World Cup kicks off in New Zealand. Although it’s been fairly well publicised in the media, there hasn’t been anything like the frenzy that accompanies the football equivalent – which is slightly illogical, considering that the home nations tend to be more successful at rugby than we are at football! I […]
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Here at Peppermint we’re working ourselves into a frenzy for this afternoon’s critical England match. Or maybe it’s just because we get the afternoon off? It isn’t quite the ‘talk of the office’ – the latest question we mulled over was whether it would be easier to give up sex or chocolate. But that’s beside […]
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