“Is relegation from #PremierLeague end of the world?” Perspective is needed. Football wasn’t actually invented by TV execs in 1992. #Tottenham were relegated in the 1970s. It wasn’t exactly a tragedy. One of the themes of my piece: 🙏🏼✍🏼 #Spurs #LivSpu

It’s #WorldBookDay. Many of the stories in my book Football Fables are still being played out for real. From greed to ghastly #VAR to epic cup runs. Please do buy a copy if you don’t have one and do keep spreading the word! Thank you! :) Here: tiny.cc/7jqtzz 📚⚽️

#PremierLeague football is made for screens not fans. Many of you have had enough. They have stolen your clubs. I have written about it ✍🏼⚽️ open.substack.com/pub/leewelli...

New from The Sports Specialist on Substack Ten years of #GianniInfantino as #FIFA President. How the most powerful man in world football enjoys the spotlight… 👀✍🏼 open.substack.com/pub/leewelli...

The #T20WorldCup in India and Sri Lanka is underway.🏏 20 teams are taking part including, for the first time…Italy. 👀✍🏼 open.substack.com/pub/leewelli... #Italycricket

New from The Sports Specialist… ‘The Scott Hanson Appreciation Society’ A tribute to the best in the business, from the UK open.substack.com/pub/leewelli... #ScottHanson #NFL #NFLRedZone #SuperBowl 🏈

New from The Sports Specialist…. Is the Premier League boring? (Spoiler, yes it is) “The fluency, pace and purpose of Norwegian underdogs #BodoGlimt was embarrassing for Pep and a reminder of how stale the Premier league is in comparison” open.substack.com/pub/leewelli... #Guardiola #Pepball

Norwegians #BodoGlimt have taken a 2-0 lead against #ManchesterCity in the #ChampionsLeague. 🇳🇴 Fact can be stranger than fiction. I’d written a fable about a Norwegian team in yellow who shock Europe. As I explain here: 👀✍🏼 open.substack.com/pub/leewelli...

New from ‘The Sports Specialist’ on Substack. As #MichaelCarrick starts his caretaker manager role at #ManchesterUnited “It can’t get any worse.” open.substack.com/pub/leewelli... (Please do subscribe in 2026 and share this link)

What should be a highlight of the football year arrives. The #FACup 3rd round. But many kick-offs are scheduled to suit (global) TV audiences, I wrote about fans being treated like mugs overall and posted this video. Please do watch, read and share it. open.substack.com/pub/leewelli...

Subscribe to The Sports Specialist in 2026…. open.substack.com/pub/leewelli...

First article of the year for The Sports Specialist. Important subject. “They show smiling, wisecracking fans on their way to the stadiums, creating the illusion they know and care that football is about fans. “ “Don’t Treat Fans Like Mugs” 👀✍🏼

Why not? Something uplifting to take into 2026

THE EPIC FAIL “It’s like a piece of work designed to shock. Perhaps we should consider Piero Manzoni’s infamous 1961 piece of ‘art’, where he literally filled 90 tin cans with faeces and displayed them. England’s performances feel like they are from the same scene.” #TheAshes

It’s #WorldChampionshipDarts time. Time for DARTS BABY!👶🏻🎯 It’s my fable about an 11-month-old darts phenomenon who becomes a superstar player at the tournament. It’s a much needed bit of fun. Enjoy! #LukeLittler #Darts #Lovethedarts open.substack.com/pub/leewelli...

The #WorldCupdraw. Starring… Donald J #Trump Mr Gianni #Infantino Reintroducin’ #RobbieWilliams Toooooom BirmingHAM #Brady Those #VillagePeople & more. The biggest, most beautiful, tremendous star-studded draw EVER!🤩 (at some stage we’ll see who plays who🙏🏼) #wc2026

New from The Sports Specialist…. open.substack.com/pub/leewelli...

Please do read and share this ! It’s a two-minute read :) #FootballFables #Booksky open.substack.com/pub/leewelli...

New from The Sports Specialist: Party like it’s 1998. How Scotland changed the story. open.substack.com/pub/leewelli... #Scotland #WorldCupQualifiers #McTominay #McLean #Hampden

‘The win that Jack built’ A piece on sport giving us the story we crave where the good guy wins after turmoil. Emotional doesn’t cover it. A beautiful night in Belfast where #JackLisowski did himself proud. He wasn’t the only one. open.substack.com/pub/leewelli...

The dust has settled, but the disgraceful scenes in New York at the #RyderCup will not be forgotten. Sport reflects society. And the lairy, unruly mob on the Saturday summed up exactly where we are.. Please read: open.substack.com/pub/leewelli...

New from ‘The Sports Specialist’ on Substack. #JamieVardy in Lombardy! He’s not always easy to like - maybe that’s why he remains underrated - but there are few more remarkable ⚽️ careers. And his late move to #SerieA with #Cremonese is fascinating! open.substack.com/pub/leewelli...

New from The Sports Specialist. This article will be like nothing else you read on #VAR. open.substack.com/pub/leewelli...

“Good people are out there”. On trolling and genuine kindness. Please read. open.substack.com/pub/leewelli... #SkyeStout #KilmarnockWomen

tiny.cc/7jqtzz #FootballFables

Are #Chelsea really now the ‘world’s best team’? And yes, I do realize this article could have been a single word only! But #Infantino claimed #FIFAs #ClubWorldCup would prove who is world’s best….I’ve examined the case. open.substack.com/pub/leewelli...

Fed up of the money & greed in sport? Read this! Sport how it should be😍 open.substack.com/pub/leewelling… Th#islandGameses is about to start in Orkney. 12 sports, 2 thousand competitors, 900 volunteers. It’s the 40th anniversary and needs celebrating! :)#orkney202525

👽⚽️👀 Alien Football Fan: open.substack.com/pub/leewelli...

Who is the Alien Football Fan? 👀👽⚽️ open.substack.com/pub/leewelli...

My new fable is released today. ‘The Red Ball’ explores the pressures of life through cricket. Link to fable: open.substack.com/pub/leewelli... About ‘The Red Ball’ open.substack.com/pub/leewelli... #EngvInd #TestCricket #redball #Headingley

About my new fable The Red Ball: “The game, and the way it was won, was an antidote to the frantic pace of the modern world. It had time to breathe.” 👀 open.substack.com/pub/leewelli... #cricket #Tests #EngvInd #WorldTestChampionship

FIFA’s #ClubWorldCup is underway. Global brand #InterMiami drew opening game 0-0 v #AlAhly of Egypt. The MLS team were controversially invited while #Liverpool & #Barcelona are amongst those missing out🧐 My original Q&A on the invite to #Messi’s team. open.substack.com/pub/leewelli...

As promised, first article in a busy month for ‘The Sports Specialist’ @SubstackInc Perfect time to sign up to paid content for a month and see if it’s for you. It’s a hard-hitting one about the ‘humorous’ content used by gambling firms as a trap. #banter 👀: open.substack.com/pub/leewelli...

Happy June☀️😎 Good month to subscribe to ‘The Sports Specialist’ with two new fables released this month….plus #FIFA, #ClubWorldCup, #Ronaldo and the sly ‘banter content’ of betting companies. open.substack.com/pub/leewelli...

It’s 6 months since the release of #FootballFables (the ‘thinking fan’s book’! Time for a summer push!☀️ You can buy it here: tiny.cc/7jqtzz Please do spread the word (loved this review by the ‘Proper Football’ website) & thanks for your hol pics too! 😎📕 www.properfootball.co.uk/post/footbal...

Am I a #CrystalPalace fan? No. I’m from South EAST London :) But I’m really pleased for them. Because that emotional #FACup win, and indeed Newcastle’s cup win, showed what fans really want. And it’s not what we’ve been sold for 30 years. New article: open.substack.com/pub/leewelli...

What a lovely evening it turned out to be in the Costa del SE13 :) Thank you to all who came, it was great to meet and talk to you, to @andithomas.bsky.social for his hosting & @sirobnik.bsky.social for organising. To be back in childhood library, reading from my book #FootballFables, was a joy.🙏🏼

Nice little jaunt out Blackheath way with a couple of the Welling mob for a soiree listening to @leewellings.bsky.social talk about his new book at Manor House Library. Nice!

This is happening tonight! Grab your (free!) ticket while you can!

I'll be hosting this - please do come along! it promises to be a fun chat about a really fun book

Please do join us for an event at Manor House Library in south east London this Tuesday. I’ll be with fellow author Andi Thomas to talk about the beautiful & ugly sides of ⚽️ at the library of my childhood. 🗓️Tues May 13. Kick off 7pm Link for free entry: calicolibraries.com/events/footb...

For some of us the football season is over. I’ve taken the opportunity to pause sport, and serve Kant. What does this mean? And why is it offensive to some? Have a read 😘 #Eurovision #Eurovision2025 #Serving #Kant #Malta #MirianaConte open.substack.com/pub/leewelli...

... you can get your free ticket here! be lovely to see some of you libraries.lewisham.gov.uk/events/218527

hello London types - if you're free next Tuesday evening I'm hosting an author q&a at Manor House Library in Lewisham. I'll be talking to Lee Wellings about his new book and related matters...

Perfect words in this FB article from ‘Proper Football’ whose content and ethos is attracting an increasing amount of fans. I’m grateful to them for their support of my own writing and events, including the Q&A at Manor House Library in SE London on May 13. 🙏🏼 👀 www.facebook.com/share/p/15V1...

A Norwegian club in yellow, shocking football with incredible run in Europe?! 🇳🇴💛 “You couldn’t make it up?!” Perhaps you could…because I’d written about it in my fable The Man Who Murdered Football” 😉 Article: open.substack.com/pub/leewelli... Good luck to #BodøGlimt v #Spurs #EuropaLeague

When you have an opportunity in life, go for it. My emotional account of an overwhelming, historic day for Horsham FC, the fans and the town. 💛💚 open.substack.com/pub/leewelli...

And I reminder I’ll be talking about my books & sport at #ManorHouseLibrary, back where I grew up in south east London. 🗓️Evening of Tues May 13. Be lovely to see you there❤️ calicolibraries.com/events/footb... Please see the short film about my return to library 🙏🏼🥹 m.youtube.com/watch?v=6JmV...

(The tv report as mentioned in original post) :)

A decision has been made! It has to be the lucky Sweden 🇸🇪 shirt for Saturday’s massive Horsham game. It has a 100 per cent winning record 🙏🏼. But we want promotion, not just a win v Hashtag United (real name!) Bucket hat & trainers are 2 from 2. But socks from TV report lost their luck !🥴 #COYH💛💚