Just saw someone's Insta story where they were warning not to follow an account that spams people about prizes and was using the profile image of someone we've had the displeasure of meeting in the past. I got as far as typing a response of "Fortunately, that egocentric bell-end's image will […]

One of these two teams - Ravens or Chiefs - will most likely have a 1-3 record at the end of the day. Feels surprising. I think most of us hope it's the Chiefs, naturally. #NFL

42-6 up with 13 to play. I'm very much enjoying the whole feeling of not fearing a game-changing interception or fumble or stupid penalty that extends a drive and costs us the game for a change. #patriots #NFL

They need another term for when a quarterback just throws the ball to someone on the opposition rather than any real interception taking place. #NFL

Memories of Vince Wilfork surfacing while watching that Giants highlight. #NFL

Respectable-looking score for the #vikings at the end, but both teams showcasing a complete inability to control the field and clock in the closing minutes of the game. #NFL

The Steelers masterplan to get a whole new set of downs from a Carson Wentz pass almost works to perfection. #NFL

From my wife - the Vikings fan in the house - there are many swear words being uttered and several arcane curses being levelled at Carson Wentz. #NFL

Showing imagery of the Giant's Causeway when the game is being played in Dublin feels wrong. #NFL

Unnecessary roughness penalty against the Vikings? Agreed, it was stupid. But it should've been offset by a penalty against the invisible man wielding a tree who apparently clubbed the Steelers player into the ground with such force. #NFL

They should force the #NFL to use metric measurements for these international games to really make them feel special.

This is not the start for the #vikings that we wanted to see. #NFL

Just caught up with the #nrl match from this morning, and another game that went right down to the final few minutes. We're being spoilt with these exciting #Rugbyleague games this year. Not the result we wanted, unfortunately, as my wife picked #penrith as her team to follow many years ago, but […]

#FotoVorschlag - Blick aus deinem Fenster Photo theme: view from your window Okay, it's not my window. This was from Ightham Mote, a medieval manor house with courtyard and moat, which we visited in 2014 on our way back after a short break in Kent […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

I guess it's an acquired taste.

Highlights of the astonishing end to the Leeds and St Helens game earlier. Jump to about three minutes in to see just the last 30 seconds of full time play with St Helens 2 points down and Leeds not looking like they were ever going to lose this for the preceding 79 and a half minutes […]

OMG! What an ending! What a fucking incredible ending! How, how, how have they won that!? #SuperLeague #Rugbyleague

Always interesting when you're watching sports of any kind and there's a celebrity from some other field in attendance. TV commentators love to point it out as well. "Oh look, there's Leeds Rhinos fan, Neville Longbottom," they'll say. #Rugbyleague #SuperLeague #matthewlewis #HarryPotter […]

Fun finish in store in the #Rugbyleague Championship semi-final between York and Halifax live on YouTube. Looked pretty much done and dusted but the Panthers have scored twice in quick succession to get within 4 points and are pressing again. Tasty. #york #halifax

Not watching #strictly at the moment - having a bit of a rugby day TV-wise - but will catch up later as we've got to pick winners for the annual family competition based on how we think the dancers do after week one. Nobody won last year so it's a rollover of prize money.

Was a little worried that Hannah Botterman was going to lift up the person handing her her winner's medal and slam her to the ground. #wrwc2025 #rwc25 #Rugby #RedRoses #england

Not suggesting I'm a lucky charm or anything but as a fan of the Red Roses for coming up on 120 minutes now I'd like to point out that I've never seen them lose a game. #Rugby #wrwc2025 #rwc25 #RedRoses #england

Well, that wasn't half as difficult for England as I'd been led to believe it might be. As confusing in large parts as I'd expected, though. But, lovely, well done England. World cup winners. Nice ring to it. #wrwc2025 #rwc25 #Rugby #canveng #RedRoses #england

Many rules of this code of the sport are difficult for us. In League I think we'd have seen about three dozen knock-on penalties given in a game like this so far. And this penalty advantage that seemingly lasts anywhere up to thirty or so minutes is baffling. #Rugby #wrwc2025 #rwc25 #canveng

Reminiscing with my missus about the only time we saw a game played at Twickenham but that was one of the #NFL games many years ago. Definitely not a stadium built for 3+ hours of sport because the steep seating and lack of leg-room was excruciatingly painful. The toilets situation and […]

"It all looks so messy. What's going on there?" asks my wife and I try to explain to her what's happening. However, despite playing rugby union for years at school (a centre, since you asked) I cannot remember the rules regarding mauls and rucks and line-outs so I'm largely making up […]

We're League people rather than Union, but England in the final means we're going to jump in and give the game a watch. And for no real reason whatsoever we decided that a good, old-fashioned Snakebite & Black would be the perfect afternoon drinking […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

Right, I think I've got enough rugby-related tags in my pinned column to follow most of the in-game conversations now. #Rugby #wrwc2025 #rwc25 #canveng

Something random from the #Travel archive. This is the façade of Concordia station in Bilbao, a great example of Art Nouveau built during the Belle Époque to connect several narrow gauge rail lines in the region. #architecture #Photography #artnouveau #bilbao #spain #Trainstation #Rail

#FotoVorschlag: An der Schwelle zum Tag Photo theme: At the dawn of day I wasn't sure we were ever awake to see a sunrise but remembered a few occasions and one of them was sailing back into Portsmouth aboard the now-scrapped cruise ship Astoria in 2018 […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

For #SchiffsSamstag here's Anvil Point, a point-class ship that can be used as a roll-on, roll-off ferry but is designed to be used as a military cargo transporter when needed too. She was the last ship to be built at Belfast's famous Harland & Wolff shipyard in […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

Not the result or as close a contest as I'd have liked, obviously, but the right result. Leigh were deserved winners and we've still fond memories of being amongst their fans at Wembley a few years ago so we wish them well in their next match too. As for Wakey, what a wonderful season we've had […]

Leigh's aggression is winning out. I'd also be aggressive if I was on the same team as Josh Charnley and had to wear that kit to be fair. Both things should be criminalised. #Rugbyleague #SuperLeague

When the ref says "Check the grounding please" to the video ref and they immediately start the video replay from five passes earlier I get unnecessarily annoyed. #Rugbyleague #SuperLeague

Wife grew up very much a hair (and heavier) rocker so no surprise to hear her singing along to W.A.S.P. just then. #totp

I bought this Gloria Estefan album during my "Eh, fuck it, pick up something random" days in the 80s. Not bad actually. #totp

Not the best first half of rugby for us but there's a whole new half for it to get worse yet. On the plus side I mentioned to my wife that we were apparently missing Kate Bush in the 1979 #totp episode and she let out a little cheer.

First score and the missed forward passes leading to it notwithstanding I can't have any complaints with Leigh's half time lead. They've been more up for it. Hoping we've mostly weathered the onslaught and can work out something for the second half. #SuperLeague #Rugbyleague

Very pleased that Wakey got to the eliminators in the first season back in #SuperLeague but all the energy, speed, and strength is on Leigh's side right at the moment. It'd be nice if we could make some sort of contest of it, though. #SuperLeague

The inability for refs to see forward passes except when they want to is a constant in the sport. #Rugbyleague #SuperLeague

Sadly missing what will definitely be the better hour of #totp as there's some important #Rugbyleague on now that needs watching (actually on BBC3 as well, which is nice). #SuperLeague #wakefield

Beastie Boys. Utterly superb. #totp

Aaron Carter's Wikipedia entry is some reading. #totp

"Try and look comfortable, Kate." "Like this!?" "Oh God!" #totp

I had an Eagle Eye Action Man when I was a kid. #totp

Muting Baddiel and Skinner for my own sanity. #totp

The blackface is a bit awkward these days, but the scene from Trading Places where Eddie Murphy greets Dan Aykroyd with a "Lionel!" on the train near the end is the way we always say Lionel whenever Lionel is on. #totp

Weird to think that every musician on stage has the surname Lighthouse. #totp

I remember really liking the video to this Karen Ramirez track as it did the same choreographed walk over and over while singing. #totp