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My last Substack post of 2025 - it's a doozy about football!

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Surprise update on Japanese football legend still playing at 58
Why retire from elite sport when you're still having fun?
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December 30, 2025 at 8:14 PM
What's become of boxing? My latest Substack post answers the question.

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RIP the sport of boxing
A made-for-Netflix event between an ex-world heavyweight champion and a self-promoting YouTube fighter may have put the final nail in the coffin of a noble profession
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December 21, 2025 at 7:09 AM
My latest Substack post looks at tarnished sporting reputations...Hello, Mo Salah!

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Tarnishing a sporting reputation comes in many forms – and none of them are pleasant
Players, teams, sports administrators and global organisations all do things to harm their characters - but why? And is there an antidote?
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December 16, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Three weeks since the US Ryder Cup captain lost...should we attend his pity party???
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Should we feel sorry for Keegan Bradley?
This week, the US Ryder Cup skipper talked at length for the first time since his recent loss and it was more self-pity party than blame acceptance speech
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October 23, 2025 at 12:26 PM
What's wrong with golf...and what to do about it!!!
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Golf’s Biggest Problem – slow play, boisterous crowds or the LIV dilemma?
Let's see what YOU think is the single most important issue to address in golf
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October 13, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Did I REALLY play for the Ryder Cup? Me, a 12-handicapper? Read this and find out...
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Ryder Cup 2025 Stories Part 8: I’m a 12-handicapper and I played in the Ryder Cup…true or false?
My true story shows that Samuel Ryder’s legacy is more widespread than most golf fans understand
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September 19, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Is the new US Open mixed doubles bad - not at all, and here's why.
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Are the mixed doubles changes causing a mixed message?
Adapting sports to fit modern audiences on TV and the internet should welcomed rather than feared
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August 21, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Who was the 'first Seve' who could have created Team Europe in the Ryder Cup in the 1920s? open.substack.com/pub/rossbidd...
Ryder Cup Series 2025 Part 5 – Could Team Europe have existed in the 1920s?
For over 50 years from 1927, America battled GB and then GB&I before finally taking on a European team in 1979 – why did Team Europe take so long to arrive?
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August 16, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Watching the Women's British Open golf at Royal Porthcawl today and remembering playing there in a seniors pro-am with Masters champion Ian Woosnam and rugby union great Gareth Edwards. And here's my latest golf post.
Ryder Cup Series Part 4 – Money: that’s what some US Ryder Cup players want
The Americans want pay-to-play; the Europeans are happy to play for pride
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August 3, 2025 at 1:59 PM
More fascinating Ryder Cup history about when the US became the #1 golf nation rossbidd.substack.com/p/ryder-cup-...
Ryder Cup Series Part 3 – British domination of golf is over!
Did America become the No 1 golfing country even before a bruising first Ryder Cup loss in 1927?
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July 11, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I'm writing a weekly series about the Ryder Cup with new stories and angles + updated material from my bestselling book Ryder Cup Revealed: Tales of the Unexpected...enjoy!
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Ryder Cup 2025 Series, Part 1 – 98 days til the next match & why is that significant
The big picture behind the complex story of early attempts at international team golf
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June 20, 2025 at 1:29 PM
My second post about God & Sport and the odd links between the two...not an obsession, I promise! rossbidd.substack.com/p/god-and-sp...
God & Sport, Part 2: The Philadelphia Story
Talking about religious sportswashing twice in two months is not an obsession – it’s just the news!
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June 4, 2025 at 2:58 PM