Currently doing the ’rounds’.
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Say it ain’t so, Joe?
Radio Newcastle commentator Nick Barnes’ meticulous, colour-coded match notes. To wit:
Despite the hours that Barnes pours into each page, he uses his notes only sparingly during actual gameplay. “They are there purely as a crutch and a point of reference if need be,” he said. “If I was a newspaper reporter, I could keep my match reports, but radio is transient, so my notebook is my personal record of the matches I cover.”