Meet the family
Twenty questions to a 'Usual Suspect'

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Real Name |
Graham Alexander |
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Location |
Reading |
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Occupation |
Investment Appraisal |
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Favourite: Movie(s) |
Groundhog Day, Sixth Sense, Purple Rose of Cairo |
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TV Programme(s) |
Cold Feet, Red Dwarf, Blackadder |
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Book(s) |
Uncle Petros and Goldbach’s Conjecture –Apostolos Doxiadis Touching the Void – Joe Simpson Midnight Rugby – Stephen Jones |
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Music |
Capercaillie, Runrig, Bruce Springsteen, Janis Ian |
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Radio Station(s) |
Radio 4 |
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Food(s) |
Haggis, tatties and neeps. Kippers. |
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Drinks(s) |
New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc |
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Place(s) to visit |
Scottish Highlands The Cevennes |
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How long supporting LI? |
4 seasons, starting with the year at The Stoop |
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Best ever LI game (Excluding 2002 cup final) |
The semi-final win over Quins when we knew we were going to Twickenham. |
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Favourite LI experience off pitch (Excluding 2002 cup final) |
Meeting Andrea Bray! |
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How did you start supporting LI? |
After years of occasionally going to see matches at Wasps, Bath, Reading and Henley I became a committed rugby supporter when Richmond moved to the MadStad. After their demise I migrated to London Irish and found my natural home! |
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What are your non-rugby pastimes? |
Sailing, golf, cricket, football, music. |
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Any Irish connection? |
Two great grandparents from County Down. Four years of negotiation with the Northern Ireland gas and electricity regulator and Northern Ireland Electricity plc over a new power station at Ballylumford. |
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Most likely to say? |
Scotland is going to win the next 6 Nations |
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Least likely to say? |
Mine’s a half. |
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Tell us something about you we don't know. |
My first rugby coach was Peter Squires, who played on the wing for England in the 1970s. |
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