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The Boys’ Own record-breaker 0
- Notable Surbitonians
- 21st June 2019
Noel Pope, Surbiton’s forgotten record-breaker, was fastest around the famous banked Brooklands circuit – an achievement which can never be bettered. His 124.51mph lap on a supercharged Brough Superior motorcycle on July 4 1939 will stand for all time, as the track near Weybridge never reopened after the war. He is also a key figure
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Erin’s the one to fear 0
- Chelsea FC Women
- 6th June 2019
She’s growing up quickly. A few days after the Women’s World Cup in France ends, Erin Cuthbert gets the key of the door. The mighty atom of Chelsea Women’s attacking line turns 21 next month… and she’s the threat that the Lionesses fear as kick-off approaches in the England v Scotland game at 5pm London
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Chelsea’s poster girl 0
- Chelsea FC Women
- 5th June 2019
She’s one of the Lioness poster girls as England’s women’s team head to France at the start of the World Cup… Carly Telford now greets commuters using Kingston station, just down the road from the Blues’ home ground of Kingsmeadow. The poster carries a message from Carly’s family which reads: “Congratulations on being selected for
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Perfect perennials for your border 0
- Gardening
- 19th May 2019
When designing a planting scheme, it’s easy to be seduced by glossy mags offering new varieties. Hundreds of plants are launched each year, with big claims of hardiness, longevity and a free-flowering nature… but many don’t cut the mustard. I prefer my list of tried and trusted stalwarts that I know won’t let me down.
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Fran wears No10 0
- Chelsea FC Women
- 17th May 2019
She may wear No14 when she lines up to play for Chelsea, but striker Fran Kirby will wear the No10 shirt when she runs out as a Lioness in the World Cup in France, writes Jane Grove. Fran, and all her team-mates in the ‘pride’, have now been allocated their shirt numbers, and have started
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Blues clinch 3rd spot 0
- Chelsea FC Women
- 11th May 2019
A chaotic three-minute spell at the start of the second half, in which Chelsea scored once and Reading scored twice, summed up the end-of-season feel of the final game of an eventful – if slightly underwhelming – campaign for the Blues. Ji So-Yun, pictured, had put the visitors 1-0 up within eight minutes, but after
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