[…] not one-third of the work was done under the direction of the Garden Purvoe and Head Malley only, […]
He led me along a dog-legging route through the fifteenth-century alleyways that were the lacework holding old Beijing together. Hutongs, as they were called, defined China's old capital, their grey stone walls pierced at intervals by weathered wooden doors that opened onto four-sided courtyard houses.
The Cricketers, being only twenty feet from the benettled tip of my small triangular garden , had now become “ my pub , ” although I still spent my Saturday nights in the Elephant .
The ball was accidentally kicked in Kevin Nolan's face in the opening seconds of the contest – an incident that set the tone for an extremely uncomfortable encounter for the Premier League side.
