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John Brewin

@brewin.bsky.social
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Freelance journalist, semi-regular at Guardian Sport from Macclesfield, Cheshire in London, England. www.theguardian.com/profile/john-br… Collected writings from the distant past at johnbrewin.substack.com

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The Guardian's Football Weekly podcast @footballweekly.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The latest Football Weekly is live with full reaction to Manchester City's guilty verdict. Watch now: youtu.be/WFGjw1sOgjE @maxrushden.bsky.social @barryglendenning.bsky.social @barneyronay.bsky.social @brewin.bsky.social @priceoffootball.bsky.social 👆👆👆
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Sachin Nakrani @sachinnakrani.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
No Raider but plenty of Lee Cattermole seeing his Gateshead side get battered again. @brewin.bsky.social on a miserable trip to Wealdstone for the former Sunderland midfielder. Will he still be in charge if/when Man City are in the National League? Probably not. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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Gateshead’s fruitless trip south offers hint of Manchester City’s doomsday future
His team bottom of the National League, Lee Cattermole’s ‘bomb squad’ approach could well end with him departing
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John Brewin @brewin.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Great night at the Bowery Ballroom with the Football Weekly team. Thanks to those who came and watched. First we took Manhattan then we took the train @footballweekly.bsky.social
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Skunkola @skunkola.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
John Brewin @brewin.bsky.social on Messi "You can't really man-mark him can you? You just have to sort of, hope." 😆
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John Brewin @brewin.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
In the East Village today I have heard Felt and Spacemen 3. Let the good times roll.
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John Brewin @brewin.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
My Friday night TV review www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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BBC kicks off World Cup broadcast battle in Salford and provides contrast to ITV’s celebrity slop
Journalistic muscles were flexed with Ros Atkins fact-checking real-world issues with production offering merits more achievable by working from home
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Libero @liberopodcast.com · 09/06/2026
New Libero Why are there so many top managers at the World Cup? @jackpittbrooke.bsky.social @jonawils.bsky.social @brewin.bsky.social pod.fo/e/42bad0
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Libero: World Cup 002 | Are Ancelotti And Tuchel The Exception Or The Rule?
The 2026 World Cup has a class of elite coaching talent unlike any other tournament in history. Thomas Tuchel, Carlo Ancelotti and Mauricio Pochettino will all be calling the shots for nations they...
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John Brewin @brewin.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Perhaps only the JFK assassination has featured in more documentaries than the Essex Boys murders of 1995.
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The Guardian's Football Weekly podcast @footballweekly.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
@brewin.bsky.social @jordanjarrettbryan.bsky.social
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John Brewin @brewin.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
The thing I find odd about the far right is the denial they are far right. As if they don’t understand the idea of a political spectrum. It’s like saying “Macbeth” to a thespian.
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Daniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Hearing Gazza has just rocked up outside of Downing Street with a fishing rod, cans and a bucket of chicken.
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Peebs (Bluesky Dogpiling Survivor) @thehumancentipeeb.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
I hope Gordon Brown is rocking up to downing Street with a bag of cans, a KFC and a fishing rod saying to the Police that he knows Starmer and can talk him down.
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Neil Miles @neilsmiles.com · 09/05/2026
...with a fishing rod, four cans of lager and a bucket of KFC
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planetmatt @planetmatt.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Gazza on route to Number 10 with a fishing rod, 4 cans, and a chicken.
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christhebarker @christhebarker.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
He has arrived with a fishing rod and a bucket of chicken.
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Simon Pegg @simonpegg.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
One is carrying a fishing rod, another a bucket of fried chicken.
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Andy Dawson @andydawson.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Wearing a dressing gown and brandishing a cooked chicken, a fishing rod and a can of lager
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Libero @liberopodcast.com · 12/05/2026
New Libero Should Michael Carrick get the job? @rorysmith.bsky.social @jonawils.bsky.social @brewin.bsky.social pod.fo/e/41355a
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Libero: 121 | Is Michael Carrick Manchester United's Best Option?
We have a handful of tickets remaining for our live show on 22nd May, there will also be copies of the various books of the Liberi on sale and they may even sign them for you. Doors 7pm at The Venu...
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Libero @liberopodcast.com · 05/05/2026
New Libero The cult of the manager @rorysmith.bsky.social @brewin.bsky.social @jonawils.bsky.social pod.fo/e/40dd66
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Libero: 119 | The Cult Of The Manager
Join ⁠SC Libero⁠, the most important of the least important membership clubs, now: ⁠liberopodcast.com⁠.—From Matt Busby to Liam Rosenior, even harking back from the Wilsonian era of the l...
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Libero @liberopodcast.com · 29/04/2026
Libero is going live for the first time, with the most important of the least important shows you will see this summer. Join us at The Venue on the ICMP Queens Park campus (home of the @kingsofliam.bsky.social) on Friday 22nd May from 7pm. Tickets here: www.tickettailor.com/events/insti...
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John Brewin @brewin.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Watching the Michael Jackson documentary series. In his final years he looked like Andrew Eldritch.
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Katch @katchdraws.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
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John Brewin @brewin.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Watched the Russell Brand wibble fest, enjoyed this comment more than the interview.
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Libero @liberopodcast.com · 24/04/2026
New Libero Chelsea: what now? @migueldelaney.bsky.social @brewin.bsky.social @tariqpanja.bsky.social pod.fo/e/40596d
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Libero: 116 | Liam Rosenior, Chelsea And A Crisis Of Their Own Making
Join SC Libero, the most important of the least important membership clubs, now: liberopodcast.com.---Liam Rosenior is no longer the Chelsea manager, to nobody’s surprise and to many people’s r...
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 21/04/2026
Telegraph newspaper editorial on Mandelson's appointment in December 2024 versus editorial today
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Rob Chapman @scribblerrob.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Hit the UK charts 50 yrs ago this week. I Feel Love stole the revolutionary thunder a year later but this was probably the first record where I thought this needs to be at least 10 minutes long. Anthem. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOzO...
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Diana Ross - Love Hangover
YouTube video by koollatter
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The Guardian's Football Weekly podcast @footballweekly.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Any questions for the panel? @maxrushden.bsky.social @barryglendenning.bsky.social @barneyronay.bsky.social @brewin.bsky.social 👀😜
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Emily✨ @emilyoram.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
When you’ve got United in the 21st century at 8pm and vigils in the 14th century at 5am
Footballer player Cole Palmer with a monk style haircut
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John Brewin @brewin.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
From Stamford Bridge: love United/hate Glazer & Jim, love Chelsea/hate Todd and Behdad. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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Slumbering giants Chelsea and Manchester United offer little for fans | John Brewin
The two clubs are struggling to relive former glories and fans are not happy as the overlords make them foot the bill
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John Brewin @brewin.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Last night’s doomscrolling came across a series of Beadle’s About clips, each of them with comments lamenting a glorious lost England. Never realised I lived through such a golden age. Until now.
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Libero @liberopodcast.com · 17/04/2026
New Libero Arne Slot: what next? @rorysmith.bsky.social @brewin.bsky.social @jackpittbrooke.bsky.social pod.fo/e/400334
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Libero: Libero 114 | Arne Slot, Liverpool Manager: The Case For And Against
Join SC Libero, the most important of the least important membership clubs, now: liberopodcast.com.—Liverpool’s exit from the Champions League means they will finish the season trophyless, and ...
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Libero @liberopodcast.com · 10/04/2026
New Libero How to not get relegated. @brewin.bsky.social @jonawils.bsky.social @jackpittbrooke.bsky.social pod.fo/e/3fad6f
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John Brewin @brewin.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Been a great Easter break, really enjoyed my time off. Now to check my work email in my newish job as booking agent for the Wireless Festival....oh!
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John Brewin @brewin.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Watching the new John Hamm series - pretty good - but I am always amused by the high consumption of spirits in American TV. They must all be arseholed.
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Max Rushden @maxrushden.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Tomorrow’s @footballweekly.bsky.social @barryglendenning.bsky.social @brewin.bsky.social and Dan bardell Any questions?
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Libero @liberopodcast.com · 03/04/2026
New Libero Will Infantino and Trump break the World Cup? @brewin.bsky.social @migueldelaney.bsky.social @tariqpanja.bsky.social pod.fo/e/3ecb3b
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Libero: Libero 110 | Will Infantino And Trump Break The World Cup?
SC Libero, the most important of the least important membership clubs, is now live! Get on the bandwagon early, before broadsheet journalists start describing us as doing 'interesting things' at li...
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Cameron Blevins @cblevins.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
This is so, so well-articulated.
People call this friction "grunt work." Schwartz uses exactly that phrase, and he's right that LLMs can remove it. What he doesn't say, because he already has decades of hard-won intuition and doesn't need the grunt work anymore, is that for someone who doesn't yet have that intuition, the grunt work is the work. The boring parts and the important parts are tangled together in a way that you can't separate in advance. You don't know which afternoon of debugging was the one that taught you something fundamental about your data until three years later, when you're working on a completely different problem and the insight surfaces. Serendipity doesn't come from efficiency. It comes from spending time in the space where the problem lives, getting your hands dirty, making mistakes that nobody asked you to make and learning things nobody assigned you to learn.
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John Brewin @brewin.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Watching And The Band Played On, made from a book about the AIDS epidemic last night. Look who appeared as “Eddie Papasano, a San Francisco bathhouse owner.”
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Libero @liberopodcast.com · 30/03/2026
New Libero Can England win the World Cup? @jonawils.bsky.social @brewin.bsky.social @jackpittbrooke.bsky.social pod.fo/e/3cda37
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Libero: Libero 109 | Can England Win The World Cup?
We are still in the soft launch phase of ⁠SC Libero⁠, but getting on the bandwagon early will give you the chance to lock-in a pay-what-you-want price for an annual subscription until we figure...
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Sachin Nakrani @sachinnakrani.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
“Non-sport, an activity that seemed to approach a point of nothingness, no action, no content. Arguably the worst football match ever played” @barneyronay.bsky.social on England 1 Uruguay 1. Doesn’t sound like I missed much. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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Tuchel’s chemistry-free team of strangers and second-choicers goes to war with itself | Barney Ronay
England were disjointed against Uruguay but no wonder – the head coach’s team selection was an act of self sabotage
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The Guardian's Football Weekly podcast @footballweekly.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Two games stand between the Republic of Ireland and their first World Cup in 24 years ... Can they do it? @maxrushden.bsky.social @samdalling.bsky.social @barneyronay.bsky.social @brewin.bsky.social @barryglendenning.bsky.social
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Tariq Panja @tariqpanja.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Worth listening/watching this again @jonawils.bsky.social @brewin.bsky.social and @migueldelaney.bsky.social From earlier this year. youtu.be/Kj3CT3608C4?...
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Mo Salah, Player Power And Undignified Exits | Libero 077
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Libero @liberopodcast.com · 24/03/2026
New Libero The Chelsea scandal @migueldelaney.bsky.social @tariqpanja.bsky.social @brewin.bsky.social pod.fo/e/3bc229
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Libero: Libero 107 | Chelsea, The Oligarch And One Of Football's Biggest Scandals
SC Libero, the most important of the least important membership clubs, is now live! Get on the bandwagon early, before broadsheet journalists start describing us as doing 'interesting things' at l...
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The Guardian's Football Weekly podcast @footballweekly.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
“The master showed once again that I’m still the daddy around here.” Pep Guardiola showed Mikel Arteta that he is still top dog. @maxrushden.bsky.social @brewin.bsky.social
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The Guardian's Football Weekly podcast @footballweekly.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
🤩 New Football Weekly is out now. 👀 Watch here: youtu.be/KdTx3NwDbuc 🎙️ Listen wherever you get your podcasts. @maxrushden.bsky.social @barryglendenning.bsky.social @brewin.bsky.social Dan Bardell
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Libero @liberopodcast.com · 13/03/2026
New Libero Where’s your famous atmosphere? @brewin.bsky.social @jameshorncastle.bsky.social @jackpittbrooke.bsky.social pod.fo/e/3a7fe8
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Libero: Libero 104 | Where’s Your Famous Atmosphere? The Premier League’s Sanitised Matchday
Atmosphere is one of the Premier League’s biggest selling points to broadcasters, but ask anyone who regularly goes to games and they will tell you that atmospheres in English grounds are in star...
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Jack Pitt-Brooke @jackpittbrooke.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Enjoyed talking about atmospheres and what happened to them on today's @liberopodcast.com with @brewin.bsky.social and @jameshorncastle.bsky.social pod.fo/e/3a7fe8
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Libero: Libero 104 | Where’s Your Famous Atmosphere? The Premier League’s Sanitised Matchday
Atmosphere is one of the Premier League’s biggest selling points to broadcasters, but ask anyone who regularly goes to games and they will tell you that atmospheres in English grounds are in star...
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Jesus Jones @jesusjonesband.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Four years ago today, in the other place, here's us getting involved in a Twitter spat that......really DIDN'T escalate, at all.
Twitter spat between us, and a random twitter user, that flames up, and almost instantly de-escalates
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The Guardian's Football Weekly podcast @footballweekly.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
🚨 Football Weekly live at SXSW 🚨 🎙️Join @maxrushden.bsky.social and @barryglendenning.bsky.social, alongside @anabnos.com and special guest @brendanhunting.bsky.social co-creator and “Coach Beard” of Apple TV’s Ted Lasso for a live podcast recording. 📅 Kick off: 11.30am, Monday 16th March.
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