Great piece on a wonderful stadium. Enjoyed a visit as a neutral last season for a League Cup game ⚽

Why did Tory MPs think Kemi Badenoch would be good at this?

This week's Ground Jewels features the Reverend Kate Bottley and Kate has nominated Ordsall Road as her ground jewel. This episode is about grassroots rugby but also much, much more... as you can tell from this beautiful annecdote. 🔊- pod.fo/e/2b12fd

Find out how a pencil, @acjimbo.bsky.social and George Weah all contributed to @qasaalom.bsky.social's love of the Rossoneri and the San Siro. 🎧: pod.fo/e/2add4b

This week's episode of the Ground Jewels features an absolute icon of world football stadiums... the San Siro Doing the honours is the superb @qasaalom.bsky.social who recently picked AC Milan as his specialist subject on Mastermind ❤️🖤 #SempreMilan 🎧: pod.fo/e/2add4b

A ground I’ve visited on many occasions this week @thejamesdixon.bsky.social

New Episode of The Ground Jewels: @danielstorey85.bsky.social the chief football writer for the i is trying to visit all 92 Premier League & Football League grounds this season. So of course, I asked him to talk about his favourite one @grimsbytown.bsky.social's Blundell Park 🎧: pod.fo/e/2aa810

One of my last pre-Covid games at the much loved and missed York Street/Jakemans Stadium in Boston. Cracking game too and v consequential helled prevent York going up on PPG

Somewhat awkward interaction with Amazon today

Here's Tom with the weather

This week's episode of The Ground Jewels is on Lambeau Field Returning to the podcast for the second time Mike Bubbins tells us about his recent pilgrimmage to Green Bay, Wisconsin to see his beloved @greenbaypackers.bsky.social #GoPackGo Listen: pod.fo/e/2a7c53

On this week's The Ground Jewels podcast @sportsorla.bsky.social nominates Croke Park. "Croke Park was home to one of my very happiest foundational childhood memories" @derrygaa.bsky.social 1993 All-Ireland Football Championship at Croke Park. One of my favourite episodes yet - pod.fo/e/2a4e93

I had Malteasers for dinner.

Make a band more vegan Tofu Fighters

NEW EPISODE of The Ground Jewels Author of 'Tears at La Bombonera' and 'Dame Bola' @hylland.bsky.social nominates La Bombonera home of Boca Juniors as his Ground Jewel. Listen here (or wherever you get your podcasts): pod.fo/e/2a19f5

C'mon Carrow Road fans, let's be havin' you. The brilliant @ianmooreauthor.bsky.social joins The Ground Jewels to discuss his life in stadia. From Blackburn to the Côte d'Azur via East Anglia. ⚽️ 🏏 🚲 🏁 New Episode: pod.fo/e/29d87f

I’m afraid that when I do dip into the other place you do find insane content on a level Bluesky cannot provide.

Here are some shots that didn’t make it into ‘Shades of Green: A Journey into Irish Football’ 📗 1) Solitude, Cliftonville 2) Belfast Celtic mural 3) Derry City 4) Glentoran’s Oval Out 10 March via @pitchpublishing.bsky.social More 👉 outsidewrite.co.uk/book-launch-... #booksky

Doing The 92 - Game 54: Fulham 4-1 Watford Some gorgeous Bridget Riley, an even better bookshop and dancing lights. 10/10 would recommend

New Episode of The Ground Jewels 🎧 Rugby historian and author Phil McGowan, curator of the World Rugby Museum nominates Twickenham as his Ground Jewel Listen to the full podcast here (and wherever you get your podcasts): pod.fo/e/29ab4d @worldrugby.bsky.social @redrosesrugby.bsky.social

Is it after today or after New Years Eve when eating cheese for breakfast becomes frowned upon? I'm still going to do it. I just want to know if I'm being frowned upon?

A little bonus "Best of" episode to end the year from The Ground Jewels podcast From @charlesdagnall.bsky.social last January to @jim.londoncentric.media last month. With @adamrutherford.bsky.social @jenoff.bsky.social @jonnyowen.bsky.social et al filling this festive sandwich Hope you enjoy.

Home for Christmas and visiting this Ground Jewel for a rare purple v lime green kit clash 📌 Cadbury Recreation Ground, Bournville home of Cadbury Athletic The only football ground in the country soundtracked by a carillon

Looker afters of little people, I have successfully read a physical book on a family holiday for the 1st time as a parent. All 270+ glorious pages of it Just need to update my stats: 🇨🇦 2018 L 🇬🇧 2020 L 🇬🇷 2021 L 🇵🇹 2022 L 🇪🇸 2022 L 🇫🇷 2023 L 🇪🇸 2024 (April) L 🇪🇸 2024 (Dec) W

This was a dam good listen

The Boxing Day Test at the MCG has had it's share of memorable moments down the years. Add Sam Konstas smashing Bumrah out of the attack to that list. Latest Podcast on The MCG available here: open.spotify.com/episode/1rBG...

What a choice this week by @thejamesdixon.bsky.social . A stadium I visited in 2009, but it was AFL rather than Cricket I attended there

Morning The Ground Jewels fans 👋 You have an early Christmas treat in your podcast feeds Jarrod Kimber discussing his love of The MCG. Boxing Day Tests, AFL games, Shield cricket, Shane Warne stories, a social history of Melbourne... it's all there. open.spotify.com/episode/1rBG...

Performing two national anthems at Windsor Park for Italy & Northern Ireland is the closest Carly Paoli has ever come to feeling like a rock star. Full podcast: pod.fo/e/28e806 #gawa #VivoAzzurro

🚨 NEW EPISODE 🚨 Singer Carly Paoli nominates Windsor Park, Belfast as her Ground Jewel. The home of Northern Ireland's Green and White Army 🟢⚪️ #gawa pod.fo/e/28e806

One final call for The Ground Jewels episode I did with @davidsquires.bsky.social that I'm going to say emotionally powered Swindon Town to a 3-1 victory over Fleetwood at the County Ground. Either that or it was the superb Harry Smith with a perfect hat-trick. pod.fo/e/28a498

If there's ever a favour to ask, this is it: Outside journalism I volunteer with a youth club that does amazing things keeping kids out of trouble, despite constant funding cuts. Every donation this week is doubled and if you can give ANYTHING, I'd be so grateful. donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...

🚨NEW EPISODE 🚨 The brilliant cartoonist @davidsquires.bsky.social nominates the County Ground, home of Swindon Town as his Ground Jewel Listen to the full podcast here: pod.fo/e/28a498

Tomorrow’s podcast is the first of a new 10-part series on South America 🌎 Episode 1 deep dives into the pioneers of the Argentine game, including my visits to site of the first match, the British Cemetery, BA English High School and Argentina’s oldest playing British and criollo-founded clubs

People often get York wrong says @jim.londoncentric.media One final call for this week's GroundJewels episode on Bootham Crescent. Perfect for York City and Maidenhead United fans ahead of today's National League game Listen: pod.fo/e/287077 Watch: youtu.be/lZesr4zNwf8

This is a great listen... Had some very happy trips there in the late 90s to sit in the directors' box with my friend Becca and admire the Minstermens' skills (and Richard Cresswell's curtains)

I wrote a book on the history of the UEFA Champions League and host a podcast on grounds... So you'd think I'd be able to name every European Cup / Champions League final stadium? Well... youtu.be/j874eP3d9yY?...

"I walked round the ground one final time and stood at the back of the Longhurst... Being there on my own was so unnerving. It was genuinely ghostly" - York City fan @jim.londoncentric.media on his final unauthorised time inside Bootham Crescent Listen: pod.fo/e/287077 Watch: youtu.be/lZesr4zNwf8

It's genuinely one of my favourite episodes so many good stories, including this one

This week's guest on The Ground Jewels podcast is the journalist @jim.londoncentric.media Jim has nominated Bootham Crescent, the former home of York City FC as his ground jewel. Listen to The Ground Jewels podcast: t.co/3rt1yKiqLG

This week's guest on The Ground Jewels podcast is the journalist @jim.londoncentric.media Jim has nominated Bootham Crescent, the former home of York City FC as his ground jewel. Listen to The Ground Jewels podcast: t.co/3rt1yKiqLG

I was trying to get a perfect geoguessr score on a UK and Ireland Football Grounds map (Tiers 1-10) and unbelievably my dentists came up youtu.be/HbeLSr7To5Q?... #Groundhopping

Finally the porn bots have come to Blue Sky for that authentic Twitter experience

Playing a UK Footbal Grounds map on GeoGuessr and stumbled across this active crime scene Rothwell, in case you're wondering

Can I name all 92 football league grounds without making a mistake? www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUbf... #Sporcle #Quiz #HostageToFortune

On This Day in 2023 Australia beat India in Ahmedabad to win the Cricket World Cup. It's one of four grounds named after people to host the Men's Cricket World Cup Final. The others? Thomas Lord (75, 79, 83, 99, 19) Emily Eden (87) Col Muammar Gaddafi (96) Narendra Modi (23)

My podcast 'The Ground Jewels' has some exciting new episodes coming up: Bootham Crescent, York Windsor Park, Belfast The County Ground, Swindon Twickenham But we had to get the big one out of the way first... Aspin Lane, Knaresborough pod.fo/e/283b54