I don't usually do politics, and don't really want to today, but I had to say something. unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/single-par...

Would vote for this guy

My ex-wife would be separated from her children for the rest of her life if this became law.

This weekend's match, featuring me almost giving myself brain damage on the underside of a flat screen TV.

Was in West London for a derby match in the FA Trophy and a long walk through a part of the city which demonstrates that, for all the hollering, multiculturalism is working just fine in Southall. Hayes & Yeading United vs Southall. unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/the-weeken...

Congrats to the thousands of you who bankrupted the bookies on my prediction this afternoon

Just whacked my head on this low hanging television so hard that it came off its hinge at one end and nearly came crashing down on top of me, because I am extremely clever. Bloke at the bar said, "I can't remember how many times I've done that, probably because I've done it so many times."

Kudos to this sign for still existing, 18 years after the club kinda stopped existing in the form they've been in since then.

A preview of this afternoon's Brighton vs Spurs match what I done writ. www.fotmob.com/topnews/2295...

Off to West London today, lads. unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/words-and-...

The chance to take in the set of a TV show and a non-league derby? Why yes, it's Hayes & Yeading United vs Southall tomorrow, and here's a kinda sorta preview. unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/words-and-...

The last few seconds of this. Every single time.

Your match on UD this weekend will be Hayes & Yeading United vs Southall in the FA Trophy. A local derby and the training ground out of Ted Lasso. Pre-match write-up at some point today, work permitting.

Time to decide which football match to attend this weekend,and the fixture lists aren't throwing up anything that catches the eye. Any suggestions that are within, say, two or three hours of the south coast?

Off to a flyer, these lot

Problem is, hosting costs money. I would have been spending £250 a year just to keep it going, and I couldn't justify that cost. I do still own the domain name, and may yet do something with it again. (I'm thinking if/when I leave Substack.)

The Villareal goalkeeper will be subbed at half time because Manchester United have bid £125 million for him

Well he's wrong on that, because I am judging him. Quite asides from anything else, he's still got braces in

Turns out that this message is how I find out that Robert Redford died

I regret to inform you that I have been writing Spurs predictions again. www.fotmob.com/topnews/2284...

This morning on UD. A piece about one of the most beautiful, brilliant human beings I have ever met. And I honestly do not understand how he ended up the way he did.

Was in Hertford on Saturday for what was probably the most unusual match in the Second Qualifying Round of the FA Cup.

Older kid turns ten years old tomorrow, so I wrote this about that decade. unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/single-par...

Onana would have caught that

I'm just going to assume that Peter Drury saying "that'll put a smile on his face" a reference to this

Absolutely no preference on the Manchester derby, even though I normally have a favoured team in every derby. Obviously, when United were sweeping all before them, it was City. But that hasn't flipped with the teams, so nowadays my viewpoint is, "Okay, then can something funny happen, at least?"

Just working out the computations on something happening being on tough on someone even though it was completely self-inficted.

A write-up on Enfield vs Enfield Two in the FA Cup, played in Hertford, on a day of big Divorced Dad Energy. unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/the-weeken...

Not Enfield 0-3 Definitely Enfield. Big difference between the two teams. Barring something quite unexpected, this one is just about done.

CHOOSE YOUR FIGHTER

Not Enfield 0-1 Definitely Enfield

I regret to inform you that I am reaching for the obvious joke again

Floor is lava

Absolutely horrific storm in my neck of the woods this morning leaves me an hour later than I was expecting to be already, but fortunately I built in a huge time tolerance. My train from East Worthing to Brighton was a stg. 65 minutes late.

The best thing about Ruben Selles is how phenomenally grumpy he looks in EVERY picture on the Reuters image search thing.

One final birthday card arrived this morning, thank you @samwhyte.bsky.social

Morning all, FA Cup tomorrow and this time it's personal, so here are some words about Enfield vs Enfield Town in the FA Cup. unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/word-and-p...

It took fifty years, but in the end he did indeed "try the fish"

So, I got this for my birthday. Looks like devilry to me, but I'm not intending to eat any of it so what to the evs. I'll be leaving this to Wingus and Dingus, once I've peeled them off the ceiling on account of all those delicious American additives that you have to handle in a hazmat suit here.

In the least surprising news you'll read all week, your UD match this weekend will be Enfield vs Enfield Town in the Second Qualifying Round of the FA Cup. I've even cleaned my blue and white bar scarf for the occasion. Preview will be with you Friday morning, full write up on Sunday.

It's now been thirty years since I broke my leg playing football, which was neither the most serious injury nor the grossest that I ever picked up. unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/that-time-...

Took a few days to let the dust settle before saying anything on Daniel Levy leaving Spurs. unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/levyout

Wrote this, earlier, for thos interested in such things: unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/chesham-un...

Morning all. Early start for me this morning, as I celebrate turning 53 by doing several hours of housework. Yesterday, I was at a football match in Buckinghamshire for the firts time this century, and it wasn't a very good one. Please enjoy. unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/chesham-un...

Ta daaaaaaaa

My younger kid is STILL in the habit of singing "I Believe I Can Fly" for at random moments and at this stage there's no way of stopping him.

Morning dears, off to Buckinghamshire tomorrow, of all places, so here's something about poetry, suburbia, the London Underground, and turning up for a football match on the wrong day. unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/words-and-...

My first thought upon hearing of Levy's departure from Spurs was, "I gave a rather too detailed description of what I think he looks like naked not so long ago, and I can't remember whether it was a podcast or an article. Might have been both."

It's a horrifically long journey, but there's a good reason for me doing it. Your weekend match on UD will be Chesham United vs Bath City in the National League South. It's my bladdy birthday on Sunday, so a proper all-dayer feels right, and, well, it's Metro-land, baby.

I'm looking for a good home for 100+ rugby league programmes in superb condition from the 1940s, 50s and 60s which belonged to a dear friend of mine, now gone. Suggestions and proposals in my replies, please, and RTs appreciated. It is a rather special collection. Thank you.