Did you know that Rapa Nui (aka Easter Island), the remote island in the South Pacific, home of the Moai (giant heads), has a football team? They play their games at the Hanga Roa Stadium and their first official match was in the Chilean cup v Colo Colo in 2009.

Really enjoyed doing this and also listening to the other great collector interviews too.

🎧 NEW EPISODE 🎧 🎄12 DAYS OF KITMAS🎄 Day 9 - @dorling83.bsky.social Chris joined us to answer the impossible and tell us which is his favourite shirt, and to tell us a little more about his varied collection. Listen here - ttkaopod.com

A lovely little Christmas haul. Merry Christmas everyone, hope you're all having a lovely day.

My final shirt addition of 2024 is this match worn Filippo Bandinelli Spezia away shirt, worn in the 2-0 loss to Palermo on 01/12/24. Another great Kappa shirt for Spezia, and my second match worn shirt for Mr Bandinelli. Will hopefully complete the set in the new year.

Kitscene issue 3 is here and it will make for great Christmas reading. Not only because it is full of pages of kit goodness but also because I got to contribute to it!

Love it when you complete a set. And what a set.

The final of my 3 new match worn arrivals is this Slovenia away shirt worn by Erik Janža in the 1-0 Nations League away win v Kazakhstan on 13/10/24. Janža provided the assist for the winning goal from Jan Mlakar. The detailing in the fabric is once again lovely.

The second new match worn shirt arrival is this Villarreal home shirt, worn by Santi Comesaña in the 2-1 away win against Valladolid in La Liga on 26th October 2024. Santi has been one of my favourite players over several versions of Football Manager, delighted to grab one of his shirts.

First of 3 new match worn shirts. This one was worn by Nina Jakobsson in the Damallsvenskan match v Norrköping on 4th May 2024. AIK won 3-2. First Nike player issue shirt in my collection, really nice material. The yellow details on the black really pop, it's a fantastic shirt.

Some new arrivals! - CSD Municipal (Guatemala) 22/23 Home shirt - Venezia 19/20 Match Issued Primavera 2 Home shirt - 24/25 Versailles Home shirt - 23/24 Bari Kappa x LC23 special limited edition Home shirt

That's me home from my last ship for a while. Will be starting a new role in January, still in the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, but in the recruitment team. Also: 4 matchworn, 1 squad signed and 4 other shirts have arrived while I've been away 🤣🤣 Photos to follow.

The scabbiest of scabs. Obviously we have our own problems with UK police, the Met in particular, however American police are another breed. Bought and paid for.

Everton 23/24 Away shirt, patched up with the nameset of Belgian international midfielder Justine Vanhaevermaet. A really nice retro style to this Hummel effort.

Stay humbled.

It's easy to laugh off stuff like this as American Republicans being loopy, or say stuff like 'they voted for it, they deserve it' but have no doubt, once poor Americans are riddled with diseases that were once eradicated, the world will be.

Stay humble.

Bukayo Saka is really good at football you know.

Could just watch Declan Rice putting the ball on top of the keeper with every corner for 90 minutes to be honest.

Well I am shocked, shocked I tell you.

This is 100% it. Players are happy to compromise their religious beliefs except when it comes to other people. It is the very definition of selective outrage.

Been working on something on my website for a while now, not the easiest thing to do when on a ship, but I'm very happy with how it all turned out, and if you're in any way inclined to take a look, or throw a like or share my way, I'd be eternally grateful! Cheers all!

I don't expect to see so many commentators earnestly suggesting that Arsenal would be better off with Emery than Arteta this weekend.

At least some of the West Ham fans might stay for the second half this time.

Norwich and Arsenal have both scored 4 today. Today is a good day. Also yesterday I got offered a job I interviewed for earlier in the week so it's really going quite well overall.

I've just checked, and "hottest" is on by default. Suggest you check your settings too. FFS, @bsky.app @support.bsky.team, do not pull this kind of enshittification move on users 🙄

I am enjoying the Man City downfall while it lasts.

Another evening on ship well spent replicating the livery of an old racing car.

Saka ball. I'm having a good night.

Borja ball.

This is the Unai Emery that conceded huge amounts of attacking threat to relegation fodder while managing Arsenal at the Emirates. I like him, I do, and I wish him well but I will never be of the opinion we'd be better off with him than Arteta.

Well that's Spurs trophy for this season.

If you see this, post a sunset or sunrise. Bonus @forwardmadisonfc.bsky.social in Namibia content too.

A few pics from when my ship visited Tromso in 2022. A lovely place. I could happily spend more time there.

When he joined Arsenal and started to get into his groove I honestly never thought I'd see a better player. I loved watching him play so much.

Another evening on ship spent messing about making decals on Illustrator to emulate an obscure 90s touring car on Gran Turismo, this time from the 1998 Copa de las Naciones Super Turismo in Argentina.

Introduce yourself with four albums.

Been playing with the Gran Turismo 7 livery editor again, this time for a Gr.4 Suzuki Swift design based on Simon Crafar's 1993 RGV250.

Just spent an hour or so replicating a 1994 Italian Touring car on Gran Turismo. Was it worth it? Yes.

Huge congrats to Jorge Martin for becoming the MotoGP World Champion. A great season and fantastic work from him and the team. I love MotoGP and this season has been exceptional once again. Roll on 2025.

This evening's shirt is this matchworn Filippo Bandinelli Spezia 24/25 Home shirt. Not much to say other than talk about how sensational it is. I love it, one of my best purchases for sure.

Post a picture you took (no description) to bring some zen to the timeline.

I don't know how it's taken me so long to listen to this album as I'd heard bits and pieces of Caroline Polachek's work before, but let me tell you now this is bloody exquisite. Stumbled across her NPR Tiny Desk Concert & it is some of the finest vocal control I've ever seen. Fantastic.

South West Peninsula League Premier Division West action for me this afternoon. Wendron Utd taking on Bodmin at Underlane, and the visitors are down to 10 after a last man foul after 3 minutes.

The replies to a post by the WSL on the other place. I hope the women's football space on here can be free of these knuckle draggers and bots.

Just when I thought I couldn't love Anna Kendrick any more, she goes and drops a banger like Woman of the Hour. A proper unsettling film and it demonstrates what I imagine a lot of women are faced with that many men fail to comprehend.

Have got back into a CM01/02 save, managing Bari on an updated database. Needed a draw on the final day of the 28/29 season to win Serie A for the first time. This was not a fun way to finish the season!

Just some of my photographs. This is all Sossusvlei in Namibia. The dunes that hide mountains beneath them, the moonscape from the balloon ride, the dried saltwater lake - amazing. The first pic is one of my faves of all time, an Oryx wandering the desert from above. I just love his shadow.

If you can see this, post a beach from your gallery.

Just going to post my football shirts on here. The other place is terrible. Starting with this Netherlands 2021 home shirt.