Sentence examples for sort of fixture from inspiring English sources
That's the charm of this sort of fixture: the smaller club is pardoned for all its failings and worshipped after each moment of success.
However, one reform could be made in time for next season which would take some of the pain out of the sort of fixture pile-up with which several clubs, notably Leeds and Castleford, are now grappling, and therefore remove one of the excuses for capitulations such as Widnes's at Wigan at the weekend.
But when you have that sort of fixture, late on a weekend in particular, alcohol is a factor," he told BBC Radio 5 live.
He added: "As a coach and a player, these are the sort of fixtures that you thrive on, and with the backing of the crowd in Belfast, we've a genuine chance of pulling off another famous win".
It's a match-up that has provided so much intrigue over the last five years but now these sorts of fixtures have been shown for what they are – our glorious trivialities.
It is Blackpool v Wigan Athletic on Saturday, normally the sort of away fixture any self-respecting set of northern supporters would circle in red at the start of the season and begin planning coach trips, nights out or boozy weekends around.
"Slowly," Thompson has commented, "he became a sort of permanent fixture, came on holiday to Scotland with us, became part of the family".
He's a kind of fixture there.
You could even say he's become sort of a cautionary fixture in this town, like that homeless guy on the corner who talks to space aliens and throws rotten fruit at passers-by.
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