The Café Stop 11 – May 14
This is The Café Stop, a place to chat about professional cycling with freelance journalist Lionel Birnie. This week’s chat has now finished, but you can read the discussion as it unfolded in the window below. However, if this is not compatible with your browser, click here to open in a new window The Café Stop will return next Monday (May 21) at 1pm. Look forward to seeing you then. The Café Stop...
Read MoreThe Café Stop 10 – May 8
This tenth edition of The Café Stop has now concluded. Journalist Lionel Birnie answered questions about the Giro d’Italia, the opening weekend in Denmark and the sprinting of Roberto Ferrari and a wide range of issues were discussed during another engaging hour of chat. If you missed the chat, you can still read the webchat as it unfolded in the window below. The Café Stop will return on Monday, May 14 at 1pm BST. If this doesn’t work with your browser Click here to open in a new window. The Café Stop...
Read MoreThe story behind Enjoy the Game.
Lionel Birnie explains how he researched Enjoy the Game, the story of Watford’s dramatic rise through the divisions in the 1980s. The task of interviewing everyone who played a part in the story took him from Wilf Rostron’s furniture warehouse in South Shields to sharing a bacon sarnie with Graham Taylor at The Belfry. How do you tell a story people think they already know? I’m round at Nigel Callaghan’s mum’s house in Stafford, deep in conversation when Mrs Callaghan asks me if I’d like another coffee. Nigel calls through to the kitchen to ask her if...
Read MoreThe Café Stop 8 – April 23
The Café Stop is the place to discuss everything that’s hot in the world of professional cycling. This week’s edition of the hour-long webchat has now finished, but you can read the full transcript as it unfolded. Freelance journalist Lionel Birnie was posed with some great questions on a wide variety of subjects this week. Click here to read this week’s webchat. Lionel will be back next week, Monday, April 30, at 1pm BST to discuss the week’s action and look forward to the Giro...
Read MoreThe Café Stop 7 – April 16
This week’s edition of The Café Stop with cycling journalist Lionel Birnie has now concluded. There were some great questions this week and the discussion centred on the recent Classic action at Paris-Roubaix and the Amstel Gold Race. Although the chat has now finished, you can read the whole hour’s discussion as it unfolded by clicking on the link below. The Café Stop will return at the regular time of 1pm BST next Monday (April 23). Look forward to seeing you then. Click here to read this week’s Café Stop...
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