...and this is what it's like when it doesn't come together for @hallamfc1860.bsky.social . www.tumblr.com/sptxx4/80094...

Spent a lot of time in oppostion home ends when i lived in London. Pushed it a bit watching Lens beat Arsenal at Wembley, but hardest was me and my friend having to sit on our hands for a late Jason Lee equaliser at Stamford Bridge - a first-time half volley from the edge of the box. Oof.

youtu.be/kzvQbH07Et8?... #antiquesroadshow

This is what it's like when it comes together for @hallamfc1860.bsky.social . Hard work and good play all over the pitch deservedly paying off... www.tumblr.com/sptxx4/79967...

If @hallamfc1860.bsky.social couldn't repeat last season's Senior Cup win over Stocksbridge, it certainly wasn't the worst performance... www.tumblr.com/sptxx4/79869...

Yet another draw for @hallamfc1860.bsky.social , but a contrasting game to the weekend. Still worthy of cliche though, being the archetypal game of two halves. Grimsby Borough started well on top... www.tumblr.com/sptxx4/79741...

The way this division is panning out 'hard-fought draw' is going to get an awful lot of use this season and @hallamfc1860.bsky.social and Consett duly played one out today... www.tumblr.com/sptxx4/79712...

There have been better games up at @hallamfc1860.bsky.social , although a grumbling Emley contingent claimed they'd never seen any of them... www.tumblr.com/sptxx4/79649...

Superb World Championship road race. Hugely deserved win. Topped off by Magdeleine Vallieres' "shit I don't know the words" reaction when it dawned on her they were going to play the Canadian national anthem.

The days of proper local radio.

Slayer Sepultura Kreator Celtic Frost

Slayer Anthrax Metallica Megadeth

Bloody hell Remco!

I LOVE refs sticking to their original decision in the face of VAR. Love it!

Another famous name at Sandygate and nearly 600 braved some minging weather to see @HallamFC1860 take on Blyth Spartans... www.tumblr.com/sptxx4/79522...

Oof. Can't do a lot about that.

Another great result for @hallamfc1860.bsky.social , taking Ashton United to an FA Cup replay. www.tumblr.com/sptxx4/79341...

That. Was. Not. A. Foul.

Went Lens' way earlier, but still true.

Honouring Grimsby by listening to one of the best ever songs about football. petegreen.bandcamp.com/track/the-ba...

Grimsby going to be a bit disappointed not to have put the tie to bed before half-time against this shower.

Yesterday at Krankenhaus. Deary, Dilettante, Lovely Eggs, sort of Galaxie 500, Arab Strap, Daemönik Fonce.

The first home league game of the season brought a famous name to @hallamfc1860.bsky.social in the form of Bradford Park Avenue... www.tumblr.com/sptxx4/79234...

First home league match of the season up at @hallamfc1860.bsky.social , against Bradford Park Avenue no less.

That'll do. @hallamfc1860.bsky.social are through to the next round of the FA Cup without really breakng sweat... www.tumblr.com/sptxx4/79214...

Something about the settings prevents me replying, but a fine bunch of Forest fans they are, probably for the best that not involving the man himself in any way (legendthough he is). First album is a cracking collection of 'pop Fall' polemics. Second is v decent too.

Three months on from the Senior Cup final, @hallamfc1860.bsky.social were back in cup action and it was like they'd never been away. www.tumblr.com/sptxx4/79087...

Indie Sleaze was a category on The Hit List at the weekend. I'd never heard of it.

Fucking hell!!!!

40 years of watching the Tour de France on C4/ITV4. I hadn't realised my first year was theirs. The absolute top benchmark for sport coverage. Chapeau!

Holy mackerel.

Took this when the Tour of Britain passed near home last year. Would've got decent odds on the top #tdf2025 rider being in the background.

Ooof. Unbelievable stuff.

Two egg two toast at the Regency. The only way to start a London work day.

I grew up within sight of these. Always feels like coming home when I see them.

Oof, Cascarino.

Well at least hot weather is pastis weather. Ready for the sprint. Santé.

In case you missed it: open.substack.com/pub/nedboult...

Music and music-adjacent.

Swampy humid top 5 albums. 50 Foot Wave - Golden Ocean PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love Butthole Surfers - Psychic, Powerless... Sunn O))) - Monoliths and Dimensions Palace Music - Lost Blues and Other Songs

There are many things to love about the new reliably off-kilter Paul Vickers and The Leg album, but Pete Harvey going full Van Dyke Parks on the strings is a particular joy. px4m.bandcamp.com/album/px4m00...

Rewatching the Karl Urban Dredd for want of anything better to do. If nothing else, a reminder that you don't actually have to shoot SF in the dark, eh Disney?

Agreed. Yet again, folks thinking they're smart for figuring out how to take a forklift to the gym.

Racing pigeon been hanging about the lace for the last couple of days.

Also perfect for this morning. Still wonderful.

I am at a sit-down gig in the Leadmill.

Wondering whether the delay repay form has a 'longer than the latest Swans album' option.

"I've done 10,000 steps. I've reached stygian depths." Whole album's great of course.

High Performance Keynote

I watched one of the episodes in a room in the House of Lords, waiting for a debate to start. I still remember the appalled faces of my colleagues, if not the actual sketches.