Sam Matthews Boehmer

Six Nations: the weekend round-up

The first weekend of the Six Nations got off to an intriguing start, as pre-tournament favorites Ireland and France got off to winning starts, while England fell to a second successive Calcutta Cup defeat to Scotland. The weekend got off to a resounding start as Ireland dominated Wales, in a...
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Posted Feb. 10, 2022

The Football 7-Dayer Podcast EP7: AFCON, EPL and FA Cup

This weekend, football turned away from its usual focus on the Premier League, and instead averted its eyes to Yaoundé, Cameroon, as Egypt faced Senegal in the final of the Africa Cup of Nations. We cover the game in detail on the latest episode of the Boar Sport’s Football 7-Dayer...
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Posted Feb. 8, 2022

The Football 7-Dayer Podcast #6: The Best XI

We have something slightly different for you today on the Football 7-Dayer, as, due to the lack of footballing action this week, we debate the World’s Greatest Functional Team of all time. Each coming to the pod with our own select XI, we haggle over every position before eventually coming...
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Posted Feb. 3, 2022

The Football 7-Dayer Podcast #5

This week’s football action was hectic and action packed, but we’ve got you covered on the latest episode of the Boar Sport’s Football 7-Dayer Podcast, hosted by Toby Farmer. From the Africa Cup of Nations, to poor refereeing decisions in the Premier League and WSL, all the primary stories from...
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Posted Jan. 27, 2022

The Football 7-Dayer Podcast EP4

Hello and welcome back to the Football 7-Dayer Podcast! Today Toby Farmer was joined by Mitchell Ryan and Jack McRae to discuss Rafa Benitez’s sacking at Everton, Manchester City’s triumph over Chelsea, and much, much more. You can’t miss it!
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Posted Jan. 20, 2022

The Football 7-Dayer Podcast EP3

This week’s football action was hectic and action packed, but we’ve got you covered on the latest episode of the Boar Sport’s Football 7-Dayer Podcast, hosted by Toby Farmer. Today we discuss Arsenal’s loss at Nottingham Forest, and Cambridge and Kidderminster’s unbelievable upsets, while Italian footballing action is also on...
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Posted Jan. 12, 2022

Darts: every inch a sport

Darts, for a lot of the population, is one of those sports which, when they crop up in conversation, usually elicits the question ‘is it really a sport?’. Alongside golf, chess, and, at intervals, cricket, people wonder whether the simple chucking of a small piece of metal at a circular...
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Posted Dec. 31, 2021

The race of our lives

At the start of the 2021 F1 season, many were expecting, or at least hoping for, one of the best Formula 1 seasons in recent memory, after years of drab, predictable racing. Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes had dominated for years, with a far superior car to the rest of the...
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Posted Dec. 12, 2021

An elegy to the winter football fan

If you have ever gone to a football match between November and March, you will know the feeling. Shivering, cold beyond belief, and wondering why you would ever decide to venture out of your warm home on that cold, cold day. It is the atypical experience of a sports fan...
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Posted Nov. 29, 2021

Why Erik ten Hag would be perfect for Manchester United

On Sunday, the inevitable finally happened, and Ole Gunnar Solksjaer was sacked as manager of Manchester United. Out of his depth, tactically inept, and losing the trust of his players, it was clear to everyone but the Manchester United board that he probably should have gone after the club’s humiliating...
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Posted Nov. 25, 2021

Derby and Reading handed Championship points deductions

Derby County and Reading’s seasons have gone from bad to worse over the last couple of days, as, due to financial mismanagement over the past few years, they were handed points deductions that have left their Championship futures in peril. Derby, who already had a 12-point deduction placed on them...
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Posted Nov. 18, 2021