Always feel nervous around a brass band @r4isstatic.com

Alan Devonshire says goodbye to the Magpies this afternoon. Too many great matches and moments to choose a favourite so here are my accounts of his promotion season in 1999/2000 and title season in 2016/17. educatedleftfoot.blogspot.com/2017/09/an-a... educatedleftfoot.blogspot.com/2018/05/an-a...

Having recently started to ache like the creaky 42-year old I am. I’ve started going to the gym (twice so far). There is nowhere on earth time runs slower than at the gym is there?

Thoroughly enjoyed meeting Dev in the summer while hosting Wokingham Town’s 150th anniversary evening. A shame it’s come to this, football is ingrained in him. Feet up I hope, but I’d not be surprised to see him pop up in some capacity elsewhere.

I've been doing these Shopping live blogs for five or six weeks now, and leading up to Black Friday is likely to be hectic to say the least. They're a lot of fun to write, and I'm enjoying finding different ways to frame stuff. www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/sho...

Thought I’d start early with the Christmas movies..

Not sure what I’ve done, but suddenly have new followers. Oh boy are you going to be disappointed.

As a joke, when my daughter puts her school polo shirt on and the collar sticks up I started to say she looks like Eric Cantona. Now she’s asking questions, can sing Ooh Ahh, Cantona and it’s only a matter of time before she asks about his team. Worried I’ve created a Manchester United fan.

I met Phil in the summer and had a good chat. That breadth of experience up and down the game is going to be absolutely vital. Also worth clicking the link to find the podcast episode on how he became an NFL kicker.

Crikey, Government actually doing something good and remembering to tell people. www.theguardian.com/money/2025/n...

Was it Captain Turbot?

Bermuda or Kingstonian in late November? Seems an obvious choice!

This might be of interest to a few people The Boring Fund: Small (£200) grants to UK non-profits, charities and voluntary groups who just need a bit of help to pay for boring running costs like web hosting, admin, insurance etc Apply by 30 November www.christinapoultoncreative.co.uk/boring-fund

I freelance and someone at one of the businesses I work with revealed yesterday their uncle was a very culturally significant 90s musician and songwriter. Nobody at the business knew this either. So, in the interests of curiosity, are you related to anyone famous?

Please Google Timmy Mallett Wide Awake Club immediately.

Imagine not being able to jump straight on Twitter after that goal 😬😬😬

Come to think of it, perhaps it was a metaphor.

So glad the stories of my childhood prepared me for the regularity with which I’d be stuck on a desert island.

I am genuinely really pleased by this news. I think he is treated poorly despite all the highs he gave England fans and would be on a hiding to nothing wherever he went. He seems a decent, sensible bloke with a platform, and boy could we use a few of those.

A movie you've seen more than 7 times with a GIF

I'm doing some work for Reach at the moment which means I have access to Chartbeat again. For ego reasons, I have it set to my name and I always enjoy when an old piece surfaces. The @apiln.bsky.social book was great! www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...

I'm running the Mirror's shopping live blog today, and I've decided it's tech hour (or two). Gadgets, gizmos and sleep aids to make you feel good. Check it out - and let me know your favourite bit of tech. www.mirror.co.uk/money/shoppi...

Bon Jovi ticket day lads. Apologies if I don’t reply quickly, I’m busy 😂

Bon Jovi day.

Not a funny story but..

Thoughts and prayers with homeowners in one part of Maidenhead. Nobody needs that. Wonder if they'll change it.

Nominations appreciated.

Football in Berkshire is 10 in March. We'd love to celebrate with a nomination for the FSA awards. It would mean an awful lot to us. There's a specific non-league award (#12) we're aiming for. The nomination form is here: https://bit.ly/4nWIjAd

Whenever I put cutlery back into the drawer after the dishwasher, I always move the spoons around and bring the old ones to the top. It's nothing to do with hygiene, I just don't want the spoons to get upset about not making tea.

My dad helped to build this one. I recall it being my idea to paint it red and white.

That'll be the Sean Bean tax at work. Don't @ me, I stand by my Tetley Tea comments: www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/sho...

There needs to be an agency for people who know the system inside out, can present the companies priorities and will pop out to organise the Christmas party in mid-December.

Where are the recruiters for people who can ‘do a bit of everything’. ‘Looking for the kind of person who can take that thing and run with it? Call JackOfAll Recruiters’. Way too much specificity in job ads these days.

Great to see @itvx.com hub is still the shittest way to watch an England game. Jarring, stuttering and crashing altogether. It's like watching on a 56k modem.

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Whatever happens for the rest of this game tonight, that Wales shirt is a proper deep red. Lovely!

My website @footballinberkshire.co.uk is 10 in Match. It would be really cool if, to celebrate, it picked up an FSA nomination. Category 12 is all about non league - would appreciate any nominations you can offer for us: www.surveymonkey.com/r/fsa-awards...

Bucket list item ticked ✅

This weeks ear works have, so far, been Mighty Wings (Cheap Trick), Alive (Meatloaf) and the theme from Gabby’s Dollhouse..

A good evenings work and a pic with a football legend to top it all off!

RISQUE GALORE

God bless you me old mate ❤️

Evening 👌

I’ve read this multiple times from the @sloughtownfc.bsky.social captain. Given it’s been 10 days since the tragedy, it baffles me there appears to have been no progress. footballinberkshire.co.uk/news/footbal...

I was going to give the beer a miss for a bit but I’ve just attempted to wash my four year olds hair and I need a beer.

Watching this Rugby World Cup Final and the faith I have in the young boys of this world will be just fine, shouting and cheering for the women’s team like it’s normal. Which it absolutely fucking should be.

Digital ID cards is the equivalent of when I have loads of deadlines I’ve got to hit, but nah one more hour of Football Manager won’t hurt.

5 Oktoberfest events in Berkshire to get you started ⤵️ in-berkshire.co.uk/beer/5-brill...

About 20 years late, but good!

Good morning @watsoncomedian.bsky.social - with apologies for accosting you on your way out of Maidenhead on Thursday. I hadn’t realised how long my friend and I had been at the bar 😂