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.

I adore the Sweeper. Please give it a listen, amazing football and human stories from around the world.

Just booked my first new freelance work of 2026. Yay!

All I’m hearing is more loud music without headphones 😂

If you love something in Reading, nominate it!

babybel implies the existence of scarybel, sportybel, gingerbel and poshbel

Signs you don’t want to see at soft play.

We need a replacement for the phrase “thrown under the bus” because it’s past the point of over use.

Berkshire Beer of the Year 2025 in case you were wondering* Fantastic brew from Stardust in Maidenhead. *in my opinion 😉

I do this every year, the annual Big Berkshire Beer Survey is live and I’m looking for your favourite venues, beers and breweries from the Royal County in 2025. The survey is ⤵️ in-berkshire.co.uk/beer/the-big...

Latest Hermes/Evri rebrand has dropped.

Hate freeloaders who join in the New Year's Eve countdown for the last 10 seconds. I've been doing this all year. Where were you back in May

Yes.

Going freelance. Having been ‘fired’ in Feb, I was going down a dark path. But turns out I’ve made a good impression over the last 20 years and people want to pay me for that - which is a huge vote of confidence

What we’re seeing in this series is actually the start of England’s long-term plan to win back the Ashes by denying Cricket Australia day 3/4/5 ticket sales and by doing so eventually bankrupting them. 4D chess

Dani Harmer, Will Carling, Bruce Grobbelaar, Rita Ora, Sir Elton John

One of my Festive traditions used to be heading into Reading on Christmas Eve morning to do the VAST majority of my Christmas shopping, buy way to much in desperation and about 2pm sit in The Horn pub for a pint. I do not miss this.

Yes, yes I did just skip Mariah.

Happy to admit I was wrong here. It’s the two minutes I spend sat with my daughter while she ‘brushes’ her teeth.

I’m super proud of this. A year ago I didn’t have the skills, and I’m aware it’s far from perfect. But it’s come out exactly as I hoped. youtu.be/rlIOUQPYGBo?...

Just thinking how once upon a time this was all the cybersecurity you needed

“I didn’t particularly like school and I don’t think I really thrived there. But it was here [the Hexagon] that I really did thrive.” As she prepares to release her directorial debut, Goodbye June, Kate Winslet returns to her creative and family roots in Reading hollywoodauthentic.com/kate-winslet/

I am at Le Coq and they only take. Ash which is handy as I’ve had €20 in my wallet for 12 months. This beer made my lips do that sour face thing but it’s really lovely.

Doing a bit of a thing I used to end up doing a lot for Reach which was pubbing and exploring places by myself. Anyway, hello Brussels if anyone fancies a pint

Relaxing with a free* beer in the Eurostar lounge before heading to Brussels for the evening. *free in the sense I paid for it by upgrading to the Eurostar lounge - which is a nice experience as a one off!

On the road lads 🇧🇪

On the way to Brussels from Reading station and the announcer is apologising the train is 20 minutes late. This is my new half full metaphor, because that 20 minutes late was my perfect connection!

I just don't understand the mentality of people that do this. It infuriates me. There's no need for it. And yet..

Wish Jamie all the very best. He transformed Ascot United and hopefully he can do the same with the club that hosts AFC Richmond!

I watched Saving Private Ryan when I was in my film fan phase in my early 20s. I don’t think I’d watch it again now as I think I’d really struggle to get through it being more aware. Add to this Schindlers List. (By the way not saying people shouldn’t watch them, you absolutely should)

As a three year old my daughter watched the Julia Donaldson adaptions on the BBC to death. She’s not watched them in awhile but they came around again at the weekend as a 5 year old. But.. which is the best?

This is an important story but VERY CONFUSING for British people

Wrote something beery for the Daily Star. Enjoy. www.dailystar.co.uk/life-style/m...

It does seem our political leaders are incapable of spotting ‘quick wins’ that would help us all out.

Just passed the @nagsheadreading.bsky.social on the bus and now I’m sad.

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!