NO LIES 👇 DETECTED.......

By Christ this rings true

£500 given out to a working class writer every month. Details in link. Please share :)

The Boys Pen, Anfield #LiverpoolFC 📸 LFC History

I know nothing about this game but I love that picture

Sunday Morning music. Not universally popular in this house open.spotify.com/album/5loLlG...

It is very worrying to see that most of (almost always freelance/unprotected) work offered to would-be sports writers now come from the betting and prediction markets industry, producing slop masquerading as news for the benefit of dodgy-to-criminal operators: the surest way to kill our profession.

Can’t wait for today’s team announcement. Looking forward to it more than the game #UTFB

Want to contribute to taking down Nigel Farage? The Green Party are the alternative - lower bills and protect our NHS. Join.greenparty.org.uk

Old geezer music. The boy has still got it. Just the job for a Saturday morning open.spotify.com/album/2nUbAD...

‘Without the prospect of a seat in parliament, Burnham will not become Labour leader, at least for now. The party is going to be crushed in May’s local, Scottish and Welsh elections. Starmer will almost certainly be forced to resign.’ @michaelchessum.bsky.social: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ja...

Massive congratulations to Hannah, an absolutely brilliant Councillor, Green Party member, and Mancunian dedicated to delivering the best for Gorton and Denton residents! Hugely looking forward to campaigning with Hannah tomorrow and as much as possible over the coming weeks!

You don’t hear much about these buggers anymore. Groovy. open.spotify.com/album/3tK9ja...

Sister Ray Davies. Hell of a name for a band. Good record too, if you can tolerate it a bit proggy open.spotify.com/album/5ZoDBr...

"....beyond the stadiums, professional leagues, and TV cameras, there exists a raw, unfiltered version of the sport: street football" Out soon via Pitch Publishing 'Street Football: The Real Grassroots of the Beautiful Game' #StreetFootball 📸 Ken Donnelly

And in between two Brians! (Whitehouse and Talbot)

Enjoyed watching Cannabis Cove on BBC, been taking little breaks in that area for decades. Due another one.

The media should cover sport the way they cover the state murder of civilians: ‘Jannik Sinner appeared to win the French Open yesterday after what supporters say was a comeback from being two sets down.’

If today you're thinking, I want a party that's: - rising in the polls - focused on tackling the cost of living - and genuinely democratic Join.greenparty.org.uk

I think Starmer and his gruesome cabal blocking Burnham from standing in Gorton has handed that seat to reform. Twerps.

Got 8 Tom Waits albums queued. Should make me popular with the rest of the house.

‘Grotius argued that wars between nations may be legally justified if they advance the “natural” rights of those nations to engage freely in commerce. On this basis, the Dutch East India Company proceeded to create the opposite of free trade.’ David Wengrow on the blog www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ja...

Recommend watching Eephus if you can. One of those quirky slice of life films where nothing much happens. Loved it.

‘Everyone involved – Tony Blair joins Jared Kushner, Steve Witkoff and others on the Gaza Executive Board – is complicit in the further undercutting of what remains of the rules-based international order.’ @selmadabbagh.bsky.social on the state of the Gaza ceasefire. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ja...

Said pre game this was the sort of fixture Blues screw up. Only half screwed up in the end. Looked good at times, new players OK. Fair play to Stoke and their depleted squad. Deserved their point. I don’t like Mark Robins #UTFB

Stansields movement to nod that back for Iwata was nothing short of beautiful, as was the delivery from the corner #utfb

Heritage. Identity. Football. This is the home of Football Heritage. Our new and improved website is now live. Check it out here ⬇️ www.footballheritage.co.uk

Just discovered this radio station. Very happy. Blowin' Free - WISHBONE ASH on Le Bon Mix Flac 1411Kbps

Couldn’t get on with Joe Thomas Sao Paolo books, now struggling with his Bent, reads like a David Peace tribute act, but will persevere because, strangely, it’s a page turner

Seems unfair that you only get to use the bouncy slide to get off a plane when things have gone wrong. The bouncy slide should be a treat they give to the best passengers who did the flight correctly.

There seems to be a trend of football managers really pissing owners off. Nuno, Amorim, now Glasner. I’m all for it.

6music is more listenable than usual this morning. Hardly any chat or self congratulation and a succession of cracking tracks.

I've gone right off this referee already #UTFB

The bass puts me in mind of something else. Can’t quite put my finger on it. Annoying. Belting track though. open.spotify.com/track/0S7zJi...

The classy move would have been to give Machado the FIFA Peace Prize in return.

I have just presented Celtic's 1967 European trophy to Stenhousemuir. Thank you for your attention to this utter bullshit. 💚

Been listening to Byzantium all afternoon. Pretty good, most of it, a bit harder edged than I was expecting.

Burnden Park, former home of #BoltonWanderers in the 1970s One for @oldtrotter.bsky.social 📸 the late Martin Parr

Just heard radio 4 describe Jenrick as centre right. What’s so wrong with describing him as lunatic, lying far right all of a sudden?

Los Lobos + Jerry Garcia + Bob Weir playing “This Land Is Your Land” Apropos of all that’s happening. youtu.be/YECF0wUNqVQ?...

Not sure whether to be excited or depressed hearing the various tales coming out of the Blues. May as well settle for excited. They’ve depressed us enough

Did a Sunday dinner for tea. You can do that when you’re retired. Beats the hell out of sitting in MAPPA meetings all day.