Boycott claims Leicester wants Richard III to 'make money'

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Boycott claims Leicester wants Richard III to 'make money'

Post by cronus » Sun Aug 10, 2014 2:27 pm

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Geoffrey Boycott claims Leicester wants Richard III to 'make money'

Yorkshireman and cricket commentator Geoffrey Boycott claims Leicestershire only wants to reinter the body of King Richard III to make money.

Speaking on Test Match Special during India's capitulation at Old Trafford, Boycott said the county had "pinched our Yorkshire king".

The former England batsman went on to say he should be returned to Yorkshire.

But Jonathan Agnew, commentating with him, stuck up for Leicestershire, the county where he lives.

The pair were speaking during the Fourth Test between England and India at Old Trafford, shortly before the eighth wicket fell on Saturday.

They had been discussing King Lear and Shakespeare when Boycott made the outburst.

"Your lot pinched our king, our Yorkshire king. Your lot in Leicestershire where you live," he claimed.

"Pinched his bones."

But Agnew, a former Leicestershire cricketer, defended the decision saying: "I don't think so, he died there, poor chap."

To which Boycott responded: "Well then, send him back. He's king of Yorkshire not Leicestershire."

He went on to claim Leicester only wanted to keep the body to attract money to the city.

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Post by jaydot » Sun Aug 10, 2014 4:42 pm

seems a reasonable presumption.
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Post by cronus » Sun Aug 10, 2014 6:30 pm

jaydot wrote:seems a reasonable presumption.
They could have shared his bones, plenty to go round.
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Post by Hermit » Sun Aug 10, 2014 7:46 pm

Boycott Leistershister! :mob:
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Post by JimC » Sun Aug 10, 2014 9:20 pm

Did he play that with a straight bat?
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Post by Hermit » Sun Aug 10, 2014 9:50 pm

...and how many hours did it take him to get 100 words on the board?
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Post by cronus » Mon Aug 11, 2014 1:42 am

The issue is really whether plants are bringing anything beneficial to the ecology or not. If not they should be eradicated, or stopped at the border.
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Post by JimC » Mon Aug 11, 2014 1:46 am

Scumple wrote:The issue is really whether plants are bringing anything beneficial to the ecology or not. If not they should be eradicated, or stopped at the border.
The words "non sequitur" spring to mind...
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Post by Strontium Dog » Mon Aug 11, 2014 10:17 am

To be fair, Leicester needs all the help it can get.
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Post by cronus » Mon Aug 11, 2014 10:26 am

JimC wrote:
Scumple wrote:The issue is really whether plants are bringing anything beneficial to the ecology or not. If not they should be eradicated, or stopped at the border.
The words "non sequitur" spring to mind...
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Post by klr » Mon Aug 11, 2014 10:06 pm

Since when are Boycott's utterances on TMS newsworthy? The last thing we need is to inflate his ego even more. :nervous:

I heard that discussion live, and it washed over me like hundreds of other Boycott rants. :levi:
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Post by Brian Peacock » Tue Aug 12, 2014 7:16 am

"Our Yorkshire King"? Idiot.
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Post by cronus » Tue Aug 12, 2014 8:16 am

Brian Peacock wrote:"Our Yorkshire King"? Idiot.
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Re: Boycott claims Leicester wants Richard III to 'make mone

Post by lofuji » Mon Mar 23, 2015 2:01 am

My claim takes precedence. I grew up in a small market town in the north of England called Penrith, where the future Richard III, then Duke of Gloucester, lived in the 1470s. My local pub isn't called the Gloucester Arms for nothing.
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Post by JimC » Mon Mar 23, 2015 2:54 am

A western suburb of Sydney is called Penrith.

Its Rugby Leauge team is called the Penrith Panthers.

They wear purple.

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