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@PaulHawksbee

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@talkSPORT presenter. BAFTA-sharing comedy writer (TV Burp etc, even Frankie Howerd back in the day). THFC regular. Patron of @SportsMemNet .

Joined June 2011
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@PaulHawksbee
Paul Hawksbee
5 years
The song remains the same.
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8 months
So sad we’ve lost Gilo. A sweet, kind, sometimes troubled soul, friends will miss his Basil Brush laugh, ‘Colin’ his legendary contacts book - but especially those random texts on Citeh, vintage punk, cult telly or whatever else took his fancy at ten to midnight. Cheers Kidda.
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Paul Hawksbee
6 years
Been away so only just watched Khan-Lo Greco and discovered Amir’s new trainer is ‘Old Micky Flanagan’. “He didn’t just knock him out, he knocked him out out.”
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@PaulHawksbee
Paul Hawksbee
6 years
If you haven’t got BT Sport and not watching Fury-Seferi this is pretty much it so far...
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@PaulHawksbee
Paul Hawksbee
5 years
You’re welcome ⁦ @Coldwar_Steve
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@PaulHawksbee
Paul Hawksbee
7 years
My eldest son's friend Tom is not the greatest bowler...
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@PaulHawksbee
Paul Hawksbee
2 years
Hey Paul ‘n’ Andy! Lovely to catch up again with one of sport’s greatest voices at @talkSPORT today - the legendary @BobBubkaVOG
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@PaulHawksbee
Paul Hawksbee
7 years
Going through some old photos - here’s a selection for those of you who listen to me and think ‘I could do his job with my eyes closed’...
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@PaulHawksbee
Paul Hawksbee
10 months
Great turnout @FarnboroughFC friendly v @WealdstoneFC in Andy Smart’s memory, raising money for @crisis_uk . This was Andy’s co-commentary position and before kick-off the chairman always bought him a pint of cider. They poured one final pint for him today.
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@PaulHawksbee
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1 year
@AndyCSP I’m so sorry, Grace. He was the loveliest, funniest man and just the best company always. We paid tribute to him on the radio show today and there was so much love from the listeners. I’ll always think of him with a smile. Love to you and the family x
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@PaulHawksbee
Paul Hawksbee
6 years
“You know what, as I’m in St Petersburg for the World Cup I’ll go to the Hermitage, the second largest museum in the world founded by Empress Catherine the Great in 1764 - which houses the largest collection of paintings on earth. Now what jacket shall I wear...”
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Paul Hawksbee
6 years
Eric!!!!
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@PaulHawksbee
Paul Hawksbee
6 years
If I was starting a refereeing fanzine today, I’d definitely be calling it ‘Dermot Gallagher’s Replacement Fence Panel.’
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@PaulHawksbee
Paul Hawksbee
8 years
Top day playing for @BunburyCricket as always. Thanks to everyone @Saracens for looking after us.
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@PaulHawksbee
Paul Hawksbee
5 years
As discussed on the show today.
@thespursweb
The Spurs Web
5 years
How to get a pint at the new Spurs stadium #THFC #COYS
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6 years
Interesting buffet breakfast option in our St Petersburg hotel. All together now... ‘Fire in the sky!’
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@PaulHawksbee
Paul Hawksbee
5 years
You have one week off... Back this afternoon from 1.00 ⁦ @tSHandJ ⁩ on ⁦ @talkSPORT ⁩, where Andy will no doubt be telling me about his new job in the photo cropping department.
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@PaulHawksbee
Paul Hawksbee
6 years
...And as the man from Moscow in the cheese hat strolls into the distance we bid farewell to Russia and the World Cup. Thanks for listening and contributing. We’re back @tSHandJ on @Talksport next Wednesday in our usual 1-4 slot. Spasibo i do svidaniya!
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5 years
@talkdants All good thanks, Dants. Why, what’s happening? 😏
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3 years
@Coytey I’m really sorry to hear that, Coytey. You did a great job and you’ll be missed. Whatever happens you’ll always have a place in Spurs folklore. You cleared the pitch when no one else could - you were our white horse! All the best, mate.
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7 years
Great to see him back...
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@PaulHawksbee
Paul Hawksbee
6 years
Controversial wardrobe choices on Day 1 of Cheltenham. Producer @johncadigan has come as Young Nicholas Parsons and Andy’s playing Uncle (Boca) Junior in the Argentinian remake of The Sopranos. Join us @tshandj from 1.00 with @paddypower on @talkSPORT .
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@Baddiel They haven’t forgotten the words, David.
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@maxrushden @UpshotTowers Story from a caller many moons ago 👍🏼. Would add to the list Spurs-supporting Mick from Hounslow, who won a Sega Dreamcast console on our show but wouldn’t have it in his house as they were then sponsoring Arsenal.
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Paul Hawksbee
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@tSHandJ @crisis_uk A fantastic send off for Andy Smart today. Standing room only as you’d expect. Hope you enjoy our tribute to him. Donate to Crisis if you can… and here he is making friends with the Chile fans in Rio in 2014. A true one off. God bless you mate…
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Paul Hawksbee
7 years
Much happening at the Etihad? I've followed the Cowley's advice and focused on North Ferriby.
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Paul Hawksbee
3 years
From ⁦ @davekidd_ ⁩ column this morning. This is great idea ⁦ @premierleague
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@PaulHawksbee
Paul Hawksbee
8 years
I'm sure Roy will explain all in his forthcoming book: 'These Things Happen...'
@nadderley
Nigel Adderley
8 years
Statement from Roy Hodgson but no questions or interviews. No answers for fans who've spent fortunes following their team #eng @talksport
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Paul Hawksbee
4 years
Always a pleasure, Manchester. Thanks to everyone ⁦ @FootballMuseum ⁩. Go pay a visit - it’s fantastic. I made my usual pilgrimage in search of a battered sausage but, alas, you were closed ⁦ @LouMacari10
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Paul Hawksbee
6 years
Uncanny. Even Andy thinks it’s him!
@ColinPep1
Colin
6 years
@tSHandJ Check out secret Birmingham fan Andy Jacobs in the background celebrating Claridge's goal. And that shirt he's (half) wearing!! @PaulHawksbee
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Paul Hawksbee
2 years
@thespursweb We’re gonna need a bigger dugout…
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Paul Hawksbee
6 years
Join me & Andy ⁦ @tSHandJ ⁩ live from Moscow at 1.00 on ⁦ @talkSPORT ⁩ where if the World Cup comes down to hat size you’ve got to fancy Mexico.
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4 years
@almurray ⁩ A bit of good news potentially - from your appearance on the show...
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@PaulHawksbee
Paul Hawksbee
8 years
You'll go some to find a finer tribute to Jonah Lomu that this. From today's @TelegraphSport
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9 years
I'll get me coat... http://t.co/7VqVIgwEb6
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8 years
This Sweden fan in Nice is either a) a show off or b) promoting his chicken takeaway in Stockholm.
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@PaulHawksbee
Paul Hawksbee
6 years
Best of luck with the campaign @BobbyBuckleTHFC
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5 years
@georgiebingham Soaking in the moment and enjoying the majesty of our magnificent new stadium? No, head down whatsapping pictures of it to my mates. 😏
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5 years
@brucemillington Not sure of the science Bruce, but curiosity got the better of many of my fellow Spurs fans yesterday who wondered what would happen if they pressed the little black button on the bottom of the plastic glass. The answer, unsuprisingly, was ‘get showered in beer’.
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@PaulHawksbee
Paul Hawksbee
6 years
And as for this...
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Paul Hawksbee
7 years
Us @talkSPORT presenters are really pampered. I'll just finish my tea then go and get those 6 stitches in my lip.
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Paul Hawksbee
9 months
Today’s show is live from the ⁦ @talkSPORT ⁩ Breakfast v All-Stars football match. Only one remaining player today from this earlier line-up and surprisingly it’s ⁦ @BroadcastMoose ⁩! The ref that day was Keith Cooper, Dad of Forest manager Steve. See you at 1.00 👍🏼
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Paul Hawksbee
4 years
Me & Andy @tSHandJ back with you on @talkSPORT from 1.00 today, where among the burning questions we ask: In 1976, why was The Big Match sofa so small that it looked like Alan Mullery was working Terry Venables from behind? #zeitgeist #getgackinthegox
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Paul Hawksbee
8 years
Still looking like he could turn out on the wing for @SpursOfficial , the timeless @Cliff_Jones11 #FWA16
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Paul Hawksbee
9 years
Pictures just in from Zurich of Sepp's emergency meeting with the FIFA Executive Committee... http://t.co/zxefsem4Fc
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Paul Hawksbee
7 years
If you're near Trafalgar Square over the next couple of days take the time to go and see the #MudSoldier .
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Paul Hawksbee
7 years
Me & Andy with you on @talkSPORT from 10 in Cardiff for England-Pakistan.
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Paul Hawksbee
2 years
It’s #FootballShirtFriday share on social media and donate £5 to the @BobbyMooreFund @CR_UK to help tackle bowel cancer. @talkSPORT @chagosisland Get involved at
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Paul Hawksbee
1 year
#FootballShirtFriday is coming up this Friday 21 April! Get involved and help tackle bowel cancer by wearing your favourite football shirt, sharing a picture to social media, and donating to the Bobby Moore Fund ⚽ Join the squad:   @CR_UK
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Paul Hawksbee
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@dannykellywords “I might be old, but there’s no one ahead of me in drumming terms. Not Gadd, not Thompson, not Hakim.”
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Paul Hawksbee
3 years
I’d take Number 88 as Tottenham’s next manager.
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Paul Hawksbee
6 years
Blimey, Francis Rossi’s let himself go. Of course not! it, it’s only @talkSPORT Andy Jacobs wearing the official Sir Gareth @marksandspencer waistcoat. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 #waistcoastwednesday
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Paul Hawksbee
6 years
Join me & Andy ⁦ @tSHandJ ⁩ live from Sochi on @talksport from 10.00 for England fallout, lots of Aussies, Russia’s worst drivers, the world’s slowest lift - and why I’m standing like I’ve soiled myself.
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Paul Hawksbee
6 years
Here in the St Petersburg Stadium - as the third goal went in - Andy treated our new Russian friends to a famous old English quotation...
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@PaulHawksbee
Paul Hawksbee
4 years
@talkSPORTDrive @KLFCofficial @LowestoftTownFC Take 2...😏 Was 1 of 350 at @ETFCOfficial v @LeatherheadFC with @AndyCSP & my mate Steve. A joy to watch some live football again after all this time - my first since @SpursOfficial v @NorwichCityFC in March. Been far too long. #LetFansIn
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Paul Hawksbee
6 years
Here you go @BobbyBuckleTHFC , our mutual friend Jim Doyle has just taken this fine picture of Bobby’s house on White Hart Lane with the new stadium rising up behind it. Let’s get a blue plaque on it!
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@PaulHawksbee
Paul Hawksbee
10 years
Endless soft goals, shambolic defending... this'll all be looking eerily familiar to Paulinho watching from the bench.
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@PaulHawksbee
Paul Hawksbee
8 years
Mushroom Veloute? Caramelised Pork Belly? That's my season ticket money you're shoving in your piehole!
@BroadcastMoose
Ian Abrahams (Moose)
8 years
Today's lunch Menu at Spurs v Bournemouth
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6 years
@BroadcastMoose Get warmed up, son. You’re coming on for Foyth.
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5 years
@tSHandJ ⁩ ⁦ @lukeaaronmoore ⁩ As discussed on the show earlier.
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Paul Hawksbee
8 years
Great turnout for Shaun Whiter & Joey Abbs @NewmarketTownFC . #Play4Shaun
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Paul Hawksbee
1 year
6 hours into The Otley Run. No country for old men. 😩
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Paul Hawksbee
10 months
If you’re going along tomorrow come say hello and we’ll share a few Andy Smart war stories - of which there are many! If not, why not make a donation to @crisis_uk in his memory. 👍🏼
@FarnboroughFC
Farnborough FC
10 months
Farnborough vs Wealdstone: Andy Smart Memorial Our first home Pre-Season fixture - with @WealdstoneFC on Saturday - will be in memory of our friend, Comedian and Commentator, Andy Smart.
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@PaulHawksbee
Paul Hawksbee
10 years
Yet to find something that sums up England's World Cup better than this...
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Paul Hawksbee
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Macca is a great commentator and broadcaster who can effortlessly turn his hand to rugby, cricket, football and lots more. Definitely worth your consideration.
@talkMacca
Andrew McKenna
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I'm not proud, I'm a freelancer - I want and need to work. Thanks
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6 years
Join me & Andy @tSHandJ from 10.00 on @talkSPORT live from Russia. England build-up, ecstatic Mexicans, Challenge Moose - and what happened on the night train from Moscow to St Petersburg.
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9 years
3-5 anyone? I've seen it done...
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4 years
@dannykellywords Agree Danny. The 73 was my passport to freedom as a kid. But a Red Bus Rover ticket, jump on in Albion Rd and head into the West End and occasionally, when feeling intepid, doing the whole route to Hammersmith Broadway back to The Common. Kids, this is what passed for fun pre-PS4
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Paul Hawksbee
6 years
Join me & Andy ⁦ @tSHandJ ⁩ on ⁦ @talkSPORT ⁩ at 10.00 live from Kaliningrad ahead of England-Belgium. All the build-up to the big game, plus - did I deserve a 4 through the covers for this Barry Chuckle cab driver in Lookalike Cricket?
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@PaulHawksbee
Paul Hawksbee
4 years
@Kelvinbridgesue So sorry for your loss, Susan. Andy & I fondly remember Kevin’s regular appearances on @tSHandJ back in the day. I’ll remember him as a warm, thoughtful, gentle man as well as a compelling broadcaster and a wonderful writer.
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Paul Hawksbee
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Sitting in for Adam on @talkSPORT Fight Night this evening with @GarethADaviesDT . We’ll be joined in the studio by @harleybenn , chat to @frankwarren_tv , hear from @StGeorgeGroves & @CallumSmith23 and talk boxing boozers! Join us at the earlier time of 7.00pm.
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Paul Hawksbee
9 months
Had a lot of fun doing this with David & Jon. Thanks for having me on, chaps! 👍🏼
@mynewfootyclub
My new football club
9 months
New episode with one of the greats @PaulHawksbee
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1 year
Just a gentle reminder that with wall-to-wall live games on @talkSPORT over the first couple of weeks of the World Cup there’s no @tSHandJ between 1-4pm weekdays. Instead we’re bringing you a daily podcast which you can listen & subscribe to here…
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Paul Hawksbee
4 years
@maxrushden If only Emmerdale’s Casting Director had spotted this photograph back in the day.
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@PaulHawksbee
Paul Hawksbee
6 years
Join me & Andy @tSHandJ at 10.00 on @talkSPORT live from St Petersburg to discover whether Andy beat Eric Dier at darts - and why we missed Russia’s first goal in the stadium last night.
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Paul Hawksbee
6 years
@BroadcastMoose Watching ‘Up’ again and young Russell always reminds me of someone...🤔 #myverygoodfriend
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@PaulHawksbee
Paul Hawksbee
4 years
@DelaneyMan @profanityswan I’m in if you’re looking for volunteers, gents. Can I bagsie the lines: ‘Working in the sun, Drinking schnapps having fun, That's livin' alright (That's livin' alright!)?
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Paul Hawksbee
8 years
This is a 6-year-old Andy Jacobs on a French beach 'putting the shot'. Surprisingly in colour!
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Paul Hawksbee
8 years
Here's the link to the page I just mentioned on air. Read Shaun's story - and any donation is appreciated. Thanks.
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@PaulHawksbee
Paul Hawksbee
2 years
Lovely to be nominated again. Thank you!
@WeAreTheFSA
The FSA
2 years
The largest supporter-led awards in the country are back, as the shortlists for the 2022 FSA Awards in association with @BeGambleAware have been announced. Who will you be voting for? Check out all the contenders below...
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@PaulHawksbee
Paul Hawksbee
5 years
@maxrushden @alanfletcher @laura_woodsy @lukeaaronmoore @bglendenning @talkSPORT Not happy that you’ve started hiring proper actors like Alan Fletcher. I didn’t spend two years living in the West Country/East Anglia/Somewhere vaguely rural/ to perfect that accent to suddenly find myself on the Sturmey Scrapheap!
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Paul Hawksbee
7 years
@brianmoore666 Didn't spot that one in Clintons, Brian.
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Paul Hawksbee
8 years
Quick question for Greg Dyke: As things stand, is Roy staying? #arewegonnadostonehenge ?
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@PaulHawksbee
Paul Hawksbee
1 year
@profanityswan ⁩ Wandering into our London studio this morning I spotted this outside a City pub. Tony should pin it on the dressing room wall tonight. Although it may just be the way us Cockneys pronounce it…
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Paul Hawksbee
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@tSHandJ @talkSPORT Wearing an Alan Brazil mask and his own glasses, Andy is somehow magically transformed into former Pompey & Newcastle manager Jim Smith!
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@PaulHawksbee
Paul Hawksbee
2 years
Welcome back @Coytey - although I would’ve preferred Ledley in our dressing room telling them how to mark at set pieces.
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Paul Hawksbee
2 years
@maxrushden Spurs at The Lane next! Or Morecambe at ‘The Mazuma’. (And yes, I had to look it up).
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@PaulHawksbee
Paul Hawksbee
2 months
John moved on yesterday after 10 great years on the show - and a nice way to thank him for his service might be to drop him a few quid ahead of the marathon. I’m sure all donations - big or small - will be welcome. Thanks 👍🏼
@johncadigan
John Cadigan
7 months
I have some news. In April I’ll be running the London Marathon for @macmillancancer . They helped my amazing Aunty so much and any donations would be amazing. I’m going to raffle a series of prizes over the next few months to really add to the admin (1/3)
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Paul Hawksbee
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Join us @tSHandJ from 10.00 live from St Petersburg on @talkSPORT for the world’s heaviest trophy, what made Andy gurn, who this bloke supports - and why there’s a bust of your favourite breakfast show presenter in one of the world’s most famous art galleries.
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Paul Hawksbee
6 years
Don’t know about you, but I’m going to get myself some of that ‘Easy Motion Skin’.
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Paul Hawksbee
9 years
Thanks for all of your tweets responding to Andy's tribute to his brother. I'll pass on your kind words and I know he appreciates them all.
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@PaulHawksbee
Paul Hawksbee
3 years
@maxrushden Sunday team I used to play against - Wanderers - had a metal drain on the left wing. You’d occasionally see a spark fly if someone had metal studs. Do I win £100 of Wickes vouchers?
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Paul Hawksbee
10 months
@FarnboroughFC @tSHandJ @WealdstoneFC If you’re going along tomorrow come say hello and we’ll share a few Andy Smart war stories - of which there are many! If not, why not make a donation to @crisis_uk in his memory. 👍🏼
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