LEE PAYNE
An aspiring writer on sport, music, history and more
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It’s hard to believe, but we are nearing the end of another year. Here are some of my highlights from watching sport in 2023. Football This year has been one to forget for Norwich City. In fact, it’s been the club’s worst year since… well, last year. David Wagner was appointed as head coach in…
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Football and cricket are my two favourite sports, but seeing as Dean Smith’s tactics are continuing to bore everyone at Carrow Road and a World Cup built by slaves is about to kick off in the desert it’s hard to get excited about the former at the moment. So cricket it is. Indeed, cricket is…
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LEE PAYNE on watching cricket in Manchester and why the game doesn’t need reinventing.
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England won the 2019 Cricket World Cup after the greatest match in the history of the sport.
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LEE PAYNE explains why he believes cricket is better than football as England go for the World Cup.
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LEE PAYNE takes a look back at the first stage of the Cricket World Cup.
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A guide to the 2019 cricket World Cup, which is being held in England and Wales.
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I know I shouldn’t. I know I shouldn’t rise to it. I know they are on the wind up. Looking for a reaction. Reeling me in. But I just can’t help it. I’m referring to people on Twitter who reply to any – and I mean any – post about women’s sport with the words…
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I have just returned from a brilliant trip to London, where I went to my first Norwich City away match at Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium. The plan was to make an event of it, so instead of going straight there and straight back on the coach with other fans I went on the train on Tuesday…
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Last summer, a few weeks after Norwich City’s entirely avoidable relegation from the Premier League, the World Cup got under way in Brazil. Of course, I watched it. To bridge the gap between Norwich losing 2-0 to Arsenal and that Brazil v Croatia match, I watched the two friendlies England played in the USA against…
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