WHENEVER I HEAR THAT SONG

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They lived about a mile away and Viv, Steve and I would walk over there late afternoon on Sun­days, and then Mum and Dad would come over and collect us between 8–9pm and walk us home.

A second-hand billiard table was procured and put downstairs into our old bedroom, so we played a lot of snooker. But they are already foreign billionaires with a pad in Knightsbridge or Chelsea or Kensington and they came to London fairly regularly and when they came to London it was to watch Chelsea.Totopoly started a lifetime of interest in racing, but I never imagined I would get to be so involved in the world of horseracing. Sir Martin Broughton’s colourful life and business career is detailed in his recently published memoir, Whenever I Hear That Song, which charts his rise from a working- class background in west London and early days as a chartered accountant to high-flying positions with British American Tobacco (BAT) and British Airways. If there was any variety it was on Wednesday or Thursday and my favourite was Toad in the Hole, usually made with sausages but sometimes with lamb noisettes. All through this book run additional themes – Martin’s love of music, hence its title and the chapter headings, the importance of family and finally, in partnership with his wife – Jocelyn, an abiding passion for horse racing.

Despite concerns over where the long-term future of the game is heading due to the increased in interest from various billionaires from across the globe, Mr Broughton believes the interest only adds to a more competitive division overall. Irish Hill, a recent winner at Ascot is entered for both the Coral Cup and Martin Pipe while Sir Psycho is also entered in the Martin Pipe.Despite worldwide attention and relentless prodding from the media and fans, Broughton and Purslow had managed to negotiate with NESV and Lim without a leak.

He repeated what he has said for a week, that the club's American owners committed "flagrant abuses of undertakings" when they tried to sack Christian Purslow, Liverpool's managing director, and Ian Ayre, the commercial director, and oppose the board's agreed sale to New England Sports Ventures.His varied business life gives you a glimpse behind the scenes into the worlds of accountancy, tobacco, aviation, horse racing, formula one and premier league football. The reason Liverpool is worth what it is and the reason Manchester United and Chelsea are worth what they are is because the Premier League is the Premier League. If dripping was finished for the week then it was replaced by two slices of white bread covered in margarine with granulated white sugar spread on top. When i think back to my childhood, I remember a happy, innocent time spent largely playing with my identical twin brother, Steve. It was also difficult to understand what boardroom sources meant when they insisted Broughton, Purslow and Ayre had the right to outvote Hicks and Gillett in a decision over a sale.