Mark Pougatch is too intense for pre-8pm television. He has an oddly accusatory tone that doesn't belong next to a knee-height table.

There aren’t enough striped kits in international football. Which it makes it all the more of a shame that Paraguay have made such a mess of theirs

If the title of their second single is anything to go by, mid-1990s German DJ Sash! must be feeling pretty conflicted about now. #WorldCup

I just don't think you should have a signature celebration at the age of 41.

Who likes looking at football grounds? Here’s a picture from every game I watched in 2025/26, from Penrhyndeudraeth to Potsdam…

First James Husband, now Alfie May. Is any other club as obsessed as Rovers seem to be with getting the band back together? #DRFC

“Hello, is that David Beckham’s agent? Great, just a quick one, I wondered if David would be in anyway interested in appearing in an advert for…” “YES!”

“Chris! Chris! Over here! Chris! I’m open! Chris! Square it! Chris! Chris! Out wide! Chris! Chris! Now! Give it! Chris! I’m still on! Chris! Chris! Give it n… fuck’s sake!” I presume that’s what it’s felt like to play for Portugal at the last few major tournaments.

Who edits the ads for Wayne Rooney’s podcast? Do they hate him? Every one is a suggestion of incomparable insight followed by the emptiest anecdote… ‘I know what it’s like to play in an elite European final and be 2-0 down and in desperate need of a goal… [dramatic music burst] …it’s really hard’

Americans must be pretty confused as to why the weird Trivago guy is now also advertising Budweiser

I consider myself a progressive type, but I’m struggling to get on board with Brazil starting a World Cup with a big bloke from Brentford up top. #WorldCup

You get a red card! You get a red card! You get a red card! #WorldCup

One half-time in and Mark Pougatch has already lost control #WorldCup

Big day for football today. I've finally pulled together a photo from each of the matches I watched during 2025-26, from Lewisham to Lichtenberg, into one coherent article. And then something is happening in Mexico later. But first, photos.

Solidarity with me fellow workplace World Cup sweepstake organisers trying to fill all the available slots for a 48 team tournament. How is my participant list so long and yet also so far from target?!

Listening to Palace vs Rayo Vallecano on 5Live and Paul Robinson on co-comms just spoke of “the incredible scenes from the Crystal Palace supporters above, below, in and around us”. Please Paul, tell us more of these fans who are celebrating in you. Or actually… don’t.

Come on now this is getting silly... you can't all support Arsenal.

Gutted thatvl @drfcofficial.bsky.social are no longer apparently posting on here. I know there aren't that many of us on here. But was genuinely chuffed that they gave an alternative to the extreme right wing shit fest that Twitter turned into. Hopefully, they'll reconsider. #DRFC

The use of quote marks in this title make it sound like a euphemism… and a horrible one at that

My pal Paul points out that the penalty shootout earlier between Rochdale and Boreham Wood pitted Oliver Whatmuff against Ted Curd. “It’s as if I’m playing Football Manager on a ZX Spectrum and I’ve renamed the players myself”

Football, where one man's 'flirt with disaster' is another thousands' 'more than we could ever dream of attaining'.

Woah! Why are we catching strays from the Leicester City shit show? We were in the division above them not that long back.

Weird how shots can be blazed over, occasionally blazed wide, but no-one ever blazes a shot on target do they?

That’ll do. Guaranteed third tier football next season, sitting in mid-table, some good cup ties. Suddenly the whole season looks a lot rosier #DRFC

GET IN THERE!!!!!!!* Big win for #DRFC that, to move us firmly back into ‘more or less there now’ territory. (*didn’t dare post this after the goal)

I see the FA are pissing about with the women’s football pyramid in a way they wouldn’t dare try and do with the men’s, again.

Well, we’ve had better Easter weekends. Two defeats and we’ve gone from being just about safe to being dragged back into the fight to avoid the last relegation spot. Big couple of games ahead #DRFC

Bit harsh from Guy Mowbray… he’s only 16

You’re gonna need to be more specific

Huge game tomorrow in the battle to finish in ‘Yeah, that should just about do us’ place

It might not be MATCHDAY for us, but it is Non-League Day across the country. So if you're after a football fix this Saturday afternoon, why not support your local non-league club? There's some great action out there this @nonleaguedayuk #DRFC

50 points on the board. Probably a win away from staying in the division.

Whenever #DRFC write ‘That’s the break’ I spend the whole second half with ‘That’s the Joint’ by Funky 4+1 stuck in my head. Anyone else? …no? …still, 1-0 though… Yoooouuuu Rrrrrreeeeeddss!

Hearing Ipswich Town have renamed their stadium Deportman Road

The latest issue of @wsc.co.uk is out now, the 40th anniversary issue, and features words by me. I reviewed Pete Davies’ brilliant book on a season with Doncaster Belles for the Shelf Life series. I also make a cameo in their look back over WSC’s last/first 40 years, which was a pleasant surprise.

WSC 463 is out now – 40th anniversary special! • Lincoln head for promotion • Woes of Sheffield Wednesday • Fictional football fans • Doncaster Belles' heyday • Jhon Durán roams the world • Team Spirit: Wycombe Plus much more – in shops now or subscribe and save 👇 www.wsc.co.uk/shop/wsc-463/

Get in! Some volley that as well #DRFC

The greediest piss-takers in all of British sport move again. "Can we hoover up all your players on the cheap please, distort your competition with parachute payments, oh and no we won't redistribute any more of our obscene wealth. We are true custodians of football."

Ken?

Absolutely bang on by @jonathanliew.bsky.social The Mail calls out racism on its back page, while promoting unsubstantiated, outright racism on its front page. 🎯

Good of #DRFC to allow Dylan Lawlor to challenge Chris Marsden’s long-held record of most players beaten en route to scoring without facing a single attempted tackle along the way

Run over. A massive 2-1 win for #DRFC that means experiencing misery in Rotherham is now a pursuit solely for the people who live there

GET IN THERE YOOOOUUUUU RRREDDSSSSSS!!!!

Big local derby for #DRFC tomorrow. Hard to believe it's 41 years since Rovers experienced any joy in Rotherham. A terrible record that's matched only by the population of Rotherham.

BOOM!!!! Big old win for the Rovers Have that Sir Patrick Stewart!!! #DRFC

Yes! In the 88th minute.

Back under way at the WhateverOur-Stadium-Is-Now-Called Stadium. Will either team manage a shot on target that isn’t a penalty? That’s not for us to say #DRFC

Every time I look at the League One table there’s at least one team that prompts me to go ‘Really?! How the f*** did you end up there?’ So congratulations this week to Lincoln City, and Wigan Athletic

Big shame this all counts for nowt as the trophy had been massively devalued by the forced introduction of Premier League youth teams.

David Moss, straight back up as if a man flying full-pelt feet-first into your spleen was an everyday occurrence. Also love how Moss looks first at his calf, then at his thigh for the stud marks. He’d eventually find them just below his arm-pit.