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Dad of 4, Grandad of 4 | Writer | OPTA analyst | ❤️Cricket, golf, music, Ham Hill. Every man has two lives & his second begins when he realises he only has one.

Bristol/Bath
Joined July 2012
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How it started.... how it's going! April 30th 2024 - May 1st 2025 22 st 9 lb to 15 st 8 lb = 7 st 1 lb loss 🚶‍♂️1,282 miles walking/running 🚴‍♂️209 miles cycling 🛶91 miles of rowing 🚴‍♂️45 miles on hand bike 🏃‍♂️42 parkruns 🚶‍♂️3.4 million steps 🏋️‍♂️53 gym sessions 🏆
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Season #10 for OPTA, matchday #27. Absolutely full of cold/virus but ploughing on like a trooper. @bristolcitywfc v @SpursWomen in the League Cup.
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I stunk the place out in @OfficialFPL last season but I've hit a new low this week! 🤣 After my first four players had played, I had 20 points. The other seven added a further six points to my tally. What a time to be alive!
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Season #10 for OPTA, matchday #26 @bristolcitywfc v @WolvesWomen at Ashton Gate Stadium.
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Six months today, I'll be setting off in the London Marathon 2027; did it in 1988 but I'm a different shape now! I'm fundraising for a great cause, the @as9foundation Check out my @JustGiving page and please donate if you can. Thank you! #JustGiving justgiving.com/page/hamdon-m…
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Season #10 for OPTA, matchday #25 of the season. @Official_BRFC v @Official_STFC in League Two.
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Hi @ChrisErrington1, would you mind sending me a DM, I can't reach you in that way? Thanks, appreciate that.
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Here at a soggy Weston Prom for the second of nine 8k prom races this season….
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Season #10 for OPTA. @Official_BRFC v @SalfordCityFC at the Memorial Stadium.
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Season #10 for OPTA, matchday #22. @BristolCity v @SheffieldUnited at Ashton Gate in the Championship.
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Season #10 for OPTA, matchday #21. @BristolCity v @Rovers at Ashton Gate.
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Season #10 for OPTA, matchday #20. @BristolCityAcad u21’s v @ECFC_Academy u21’s at the Robins HPC.
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And done. 2:20.18
📅 Ten weeks 🏃‍♂️ Six parkruns 🏃‍♂️ Willow 5k 🏃‍♂️ Weston Prom 8k 🏃‍♂️ Dorney Lake 10k 🏃‍♂️ Oldbury 10 mile 🧮 258km of training 1 half marathon, today. @RelishRunning Bath Green Park to Bitton station..... and back again. Let's do this! 💪
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📅 Ten weeks 🏃‍♂️ Six parkruns 🏃‍♂️ Willow 5k 🏃‍♂️ Weston Prom 8k 🏃‍♂️ Dorney Lake 10k 🏃‍♂️ Oldbury 10 mile 🧮 258km of training 1 half marathon, today. @RelishRunning Bath Green Park to Bitton station..... and back again. Let's do this! 💪
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Season #10 for OPTA, match #19 of the season. @Official_BRFC v @BarnetFC at the Memorial Stadium.
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9 years ago this very day, I covered my first game for OPTA as an in-stadium analyst, a Women's Super League clash between Yeovil Town & Sunderland. And through me, my two youngest lads have now done 850 games between them too. Kicked off the happiest 9 years of my life. A 🧵
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.. food at clubs, taking hours to move 50 feet in the post-match traffic, seeing team sheets fly off in the wind, accidentally ending up in bus lanes looking for turnoffs for car parks, knocking cyclists off their bikes (don't get excited at this one, but it did happen once)...
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... and spotting new stars before they become, er, stars. It's the best job in the world and while coming home from the day job then turning right round and going back out for several more hours isn't for everyone, it is for me. And long may it continue.😍 🧵 ends.
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