Hey @bethcooper.fyi - could I drop you a DM about Bat For A Chance?

I wonder if this might now get unboarded?

Morning all. Here’s an idea of what we’re looking to do this coming season @footballinberkshire.co.uk. If you know of someone within your club that might like to help, or a budding sports journalist in general, please do pass this on. footballinberkshire.co.uk/news/footbal...

Googles ‘house prices in Clacton’

This would be fantastic.

Imagine the scrutiny he’d have to face if he were ever to be Prime Minister. That’s if he turned up of course.

Still on an England comedown. Hot take, time for people to stop slating and groaning when certain players come on. It’s not the same as it was 10 years ago. Trust the manager.

It’s cold.

What I’ve learned from the heatwave discourse is that there’s a lot of people triggered by those of us who like to walk around with a bottle of water. Now I know this, somedays I might not even bother filling it up.

I don’t know why it wasn’t missing from Spotify, but so glad it’s back open.spotify.com/track/4XRiUp...

tired of the "#1 dad" nonsense. if you're a dad, stop treating it like a joke and post your actual national dad ranking. i'm # 492,018, which is actually really high up there, but more importantly it lets me enter ranked dad lobbies where i can get matched up for fistfights with dads of my caliber

Love Actually is such an unrealistic movie. There’s no way a Prime Minister would last until Christmas.

Excited to see if this will be the Bluesky or Threads World Cup.

Broke out the England shirts today. Need to ease them in early so people locally know I’m into the football, not about to head off and throw a bin at a copper.

Is it ever going to stop raining?

But um… Binfield already has quite a successful and popular cricket club 👀 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

What is Keir Starmer doing about this heat

I can talk (at length) about how amazing this event is, the benefits, the numbers! If you can, or know someone who could use the audience exposure, let me know!

I asked the team to find some ‘weird stuff’ for the bar at this years Bracknell Ale & Cider Festival. Fair to say, they delivered. Spiced Rum Ale, Chilli Stout and Beetroot Cider among 80 odd offerings. Full list: bracknellalefestival.co.uk/drinks/

We've had enough. The press is one of the last guardrails against Gianni Infantino's autocracy. But Fifa does all it can to crush the media and prevent us from doing our work. An editorial from @josimarfootball.bsky.social. And please support us if you can.

I feel a lot of David Attenborough's hard work with nature preservation is to cover for how much of a mess his brother made of that dinosaur theme park.

Tonight I’m Master of Ceremonies for a dinner at the wonderful Bracknell Rugby Football Club in honour of rugby legend Lewis Moody, raising money for MND charities. Excited to unveil my brand new game “Are You Lewis Moody”? TV execs who follow me on here may want to get in touch.. Wish me luck!

Dear @maxrushden.bsky.social - thanks for the #nonleague coverage on the pod today. If you’d ever like a different view to 3UP must happen, I think you’d quite like mine, which is.. It should be hard to get into the Football League… we make a distinction between FL and NL.

Am now convinced Arsenal will bottle it, Spurs will stay up and nobody will be happy.

This is some incredible personal insight into what happens in a newsroom following a terrible, tragic event. open.substack.com/pub/yakubqur... Yakub’s Substack is well worth a follow.

Come on Jeremy, it’s been an interesting few years, you’ve had your laugh but enough is enough.

Today’s office!

Who’s caught your eye this season? Nominations open across 20 categories! See you on the big night I hope 🤞

That was really hard today!

Ready for Reading!

This time last year I was licking my wounds. Last night I was in Leicester Square for a film premiere. I didn’t start freelancing on purpose. But it’s been an amazing experience so far. Thank you ever so much to everyone who’s supported me and given me an opportunity on this ride ❤️

I don’t really give a shit what’s on the new banknotes, quite nice if stuff started to cost less and Thames Water stopped pouring shit into the rivers though.

Can we roll back and give Chaos With Ed Milliband a go now please?

On the plus side, the school may not open for World Book Day.

So the water is out in Burghfield. Can’t imagine what Thames Water were trying to flush to fuck this up. Still as long as the shareholders get paid.

Probably the best headline I’ve come up with in some time.

🔴Nigel Farage’s Long History of Crying ‘Fraud’ Whenever His Party Loses Elections The Reform UK leader has a long record of blaming his own party’s election defeats on “cheating” by ethnic minorities, yet no evidence of it can ever be found, reports @josiahmortimer.bsky.social

Really feel for the staff at Brewdog Reading, whatever you think of the wider brand, that was a good bar in central Reading.

Very much enjoyed researching and writing this article about football in a different age footballinberkshire.co.uk/features/his... via @footballinberkshire.co.uk

A perfect outcome in the Scottish title race. Hearts won 1-0 yesterday. I’m incredibly invested in Hearts winning the title this season.

God forbid you take a look at your own message and consider why it didn't land with enough people to make you the MP? Just a crazy thought. www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...

It’s not rained today. What?

Steve’s piece here is well evidenced and makes a lot of sense. Certainly more than the vibes bit I wrote a few years ago.

I was concerned briefly it wasn’t going to rain today.

“HE ALWAYS SCORES”

Open letter to the FA, your divisions are too big, there are too many cup competitions and too many groundshares.

Really excited for this. Somehow we’ve managed 10 years and it’d be lovely, if you love your grassroots football, if you could join us.

The club had a meteoric rise in football terms. I hope they can come through this but it goes to show building a football club is so much more than winning on the pitch.

100 icons - Players, Managers, Volunteers and Employees who've made an impact and shaped your club and the grassroots game in Berkshire. Nominations are now open: https://bit.ly/4qhJ1Jw

Really delighted to publish our first piece by young journalist William Kruczek.