Daniel Routledge
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London claimed the first trophy of the season, whilst Sheffield took the Betty Codona title. Dave and I look back at the finals, as well as the league action from Friday night in this week's Sunday Night Breakdown
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February 1, 2026 at 9:56 PM
London claimed the first trophy of the season, whilst Sheffield took the Betty Codona title. Dave and I look back at the finals, as well as the league action from Friday night in this week's Sunday Night Breakdown
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Cup action this weekend, Surrey with an epic comeback and Cheshire saw off a late fightback to book their places in the semis, whilst London and Manchester had comfortable passage. @shieldsbrief.bsky.social and I look back at all the action in this week's SNB
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January 25, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Cup action this weekend, Surrey with an epic comeback and Cheshire saw off a late fightback to book their places in the semis, whilst London and Manchester had comfortable passage. @shieldsbrief.bsky.social and I look back at all the action in this week's SNB
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A split weekend for Bristol and Surrey, whilst Sheffield and Newcastle dropped two. @shieldsbrief.bsky.social and I look back at all this week's action in the SLB in the latest episode of Sunday Night Breakdown
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January 19, 2026 at 7:31 PM
A split weekend for Bristol and Surrey, whilst Sheffield and Newcastle dropped two. @shieldsbrief.bsky.social and I look back at all this week's action in the SLB in the latest episode of Sunday Night Breakdown
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"Don't know the last time a team has made 13 more threes than the opposition and still managed to lose"
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24 October 2015 Surrey (0/10) 91-85 Plymouth (15/35). The only time it has happened in the livestats era before tonight
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24 October 2015 Surrey (0/10) 91-85 Plymouth (15/35). The only time it has happened in the livestats era before tonight
January 16, 2026 at 9:46 PM
"Don't know the last time a team has made 13 more threes than the opposition and still managed to lose"
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24 October 2015 Surrey (0/10) 91-85 Plymouth (15/35). The only time it has happened in the livestats era before tonight
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24 October 2015 Surrey (0/10) 91-85 Plymouth (15/35). The only time it has happened in the livestats era before tonight
Surrey are flying, another two wins home and away whilst London continue to dominate at the top. Behind them every keeps taking wins off each other, @shieldsbrief.bsky.social and I look back at this weekend's action in the SLB
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January 11, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Surrey are flying, another two wins home and away whilst London continue to dominate at the top. Behind them every keeps taking wins off each other, @shieldsbrief.bsky.social and I look back at this weekend's action in the SLB
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London and Newcastle reach the first final of the season with their trophy successes, plus there was plenty of championship action as the festive period came to an end. @shieldsbrief.bsky.social and I look back at all of the games from the last week
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January 5, 2026 at 11:28 PM
London and Newcastle reach the first final of the season with their trophy successes, plus there was plenty of championship action as the festive period came to an end. @shieldsbrief.bsky.social and I look back at all of the games from the last week
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Surrey and Caledonia get back to winning ways with big road wins. @shieldsbrief.bsky.social and I look back at all the action and remember the legend Russ Saunders in this week's Sunday Night Breakdown
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December 29, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Surrey and Caledonia get back to winning ways with big road wins. @shieldsbrief.bsky.social and I look back at all the action and remember the legend Russ Saunders in this week's Sunday Night Breakdown
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Great week for Manchester with three wins, some great stats as @shieldsbrief.bsky.social and I look back on all the action this week... and I've had to go off on one again, I'm afraid. All in this week's SNB
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December 22, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Great week for Manchester with three wins, some great stats as @shieldsbrief.bsky.social and I look back on all the action this week... and I've had to go off on one again, I'm afraid. All in this week's SNB
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Ok people have asked about the Trophy groups, so I made a spreadsheet you can see for yourselves, someone just put the scores in as they happen and it will update the tables/2nd place
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December 14, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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Knockouts took centre stage this week, Newcastle claimed their spot and Sheffield looked set for the final four, but it's London and Bristol who complete the quartet. Whilst Surrey had a massive victory in the Cup. @shieldsbrief.bsky.social and I look back over it all
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December 14, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Knockouts took centre stage this week, Newcastle claimed their spot and Sheffield looked set for the final four, but it's London and Bristol who complete the quartet. Whilst Surrey had a massive victory in the Cup. @shieldsbrief.bsky.social and I look back over it all
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Ok people have asked about the Trophy groups, so I made a spreadsheet you can see for yourselves, someone just put the scores in as they happen and it will update the tables/2nd place
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December 13, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Ok people have asked about the Trophy groups, so I made a spreadsheet you can see for yourselves, someone just put the scores in as they happen and it will update the tables/2nd place
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Plenty to get through this week, with the obvious diversions from the games into everything else, Dave and I recap everything going in a bumper Sunday Night Breakdown
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December 8, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Plenty to get through this week, with the obvious diversions from the games into everything else, Dave and I recap everything going in a bumper Sunday Night Breakdown
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London's unbeaten start to the season came to an end as they went down to Bristol, but the Flyers were then undone by a barrage of threes in Cheshire. @shieldsbrief.bsky.social and I look back at all the action in the SLB this week
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November 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
London's unbeaten start to the season came to an end as they went down to Bristol, but the Flyers were then undone by a barrage of threes in Cheshire. @shieldsbrief.bsky.social and I look back at all the action in the SLB this week
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Two wins for Sheffield and London remain unbeaten at the top of the standings. @shieldsbrief.bsky.social and I look back at all the action, plus the demise of the BBF
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November 17, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Two wins for Sheffield and London remain unbeaten at the top of the standings. @shieldsbrief.bsky.social and I look back at all the action, plus the demise of the BBF
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I thought this segment of the Sunday Night Breakdown was too important not to share. I fully support the idea that
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Perfect weekend for Cheshire as they become the first team to punch their Trophy semi-final ticket. Bristol also won their opener, whilst Sheffield claimed a league success. @shieldsbrief.bsky.social and I look back at the action and the latest from the BBF saga
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November 9, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Perfect weekend for Cheshire as they become the first team to punch their Trophy semi-final ticket. Bristol also won their opener, whilst Sheffield claimed a league success. @shieldsbrief.bsky.social and I look back at the action and the latest from the BBF saga
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A weekend of splits for most teams, but London still unbeaten. @shieldsbrief.bsky.social and I look back at all the action in SLB and ask the key question from the weekend....what's the appropriate punishment for causing a DIV/0! error? 🤔 Spoiler: it needs to be severe
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November 3, 2025 at 7:29 PM
A weekend of splits for most teams, but London still unbeaten. @shieldsbrief.bsky.social and I look back at all the action in SLB and ask the key question from the weekend....what's the appropriate punishment for causing a DIV/0! error? 🤔 Spoiler: it needs to be severe
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So we've implemented a new feature this week, an homage to the old call lines, where you have to listen to it in order and can't just skip to the game at the end. Just dial 0898 SNB....
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October 27, 2025 at 8:14 PM
So we've implemented a new feature this week, an homage to the old call lines, where you have to listen to it in order and can't just skip to the game at the end. Just dial 0898 SNB....
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Another turbulent week in the issue of Governance of British Basketball as the FIBA Taskforce announces it's findings regarding BBF. @shieldsbrief.bsky.social and I look back at that and also find some time for the actual games on the court
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October 19, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Another turbulent week in the issue of Governance of British Basketball as the FIBA Taskforce announces it's findings regarding BBF. @shieldsbrief.bsky.social and I look back at that and also find some time for the actual games on the court
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Another weekend of only three games, but midway through the pod big news broke in British basketball. So as well as looking back at the action, @shieldsbrief.bsky.social and I managed to speculate upon and then react to the resignation of the BBF Chair
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October 12, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Another weekend of only three games, but midway through the pod big news broke in British basketball. So as well as looking back at the action, @shieldsbrief.bsky.social and I managed to speculate upon and then react to the resignation of the BBF Chair
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Just the three games to get through this week, so what do we think? 20 mins, half an hour? 🤔 @shieldsbrief.bsky.social and I rattle through the games, sorta...
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October 5, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Just the three games to get through this week, so what do we think? 20 mins, half an hour? 🤔 @shieldsbrief.bsky.social and I rattle through the games, sorta...
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London maintained their unbeaten start, whilst Surrey got things going with a win in their season opener. @shieldsbrief.bsky.social and I look back at all the SLB action in this week's Sunday Night Breakdown
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September 29, 2025 at 7:17 PM
London maintained their unbeaten start, whilst Surrey got things going with a win in their season opener. @shieldsbrief.bsky.social and I look back at all the SLB action in this week's Sunday Night Breakdown
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Since 2008 only five players have averaged 20+ points whilst shooting 70%+ in the first two games of their British basketball career:
Justin Brown - 2008
Andre Smith - 2008
Joseph Harris - 2010
Jack Isenbarger - 2017
Joel Scott - 2025
Justin Brown - 2008
Andre Smith - 2008
Joseph Harris - 2010
Jack Isenbarger - 2017
Joel Scott - 2025
September 23, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Since 2008 only five players have averaged 20+ points whilst shooting 70%+ in the first two games of their British basketball career:
Justin Brown - 2008
Andre Smith - 2008
Joseph Harris - 2010
Jack Isenbarger - 2017
Joel Scott - 2025
Justin Brown - 2008
Andre Smith - 2008
Joseph Harris - 2010
Jack Isenbarger - 2017
Joel Scott - 2025
Two grumpy old men waffling on* about stats and defensive breakdowns? It'll never make it to season six, surely? Yes. Apparently.
*May only include 64% waffling on about games
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*May only include 64% waffling on about games
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September 21, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Two grumpy old men waffling on* about stats and defensive breakdowns? It'll never make it to season six, surely? Yes. Apparently.
*May only include 64% waffling on about games
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*May only include 64% waffling on about games
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With 7 different teams winning in @sprleaguebballm.bsky.social & @sprleaguebballw.bsky.social, this season had the most winners in top flight history. 87.5% (7/8) is the largest % of winners per comp since 1974/75 when Islington (Lge), Embassy (CupM), Cleveland (CupW) won the 3 comps played that yr
May 20, 2025 at 6:03 PM
With 7 different teams winning in @sprleaguebballm.bsky.social & @sprleaguebballw.bsky.social, this season had the most winners in top flight history. 87.5% (7/8) is the largest % of winners per comp since 1974/75 when Islington (Lge), Embassy (CupM), Cleveland (CupW) won the 3 comps played that yr