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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS: It's off to Villa Park today as Ivan McDouall tells @allbluedaze.bsky.social about his special connection with Aston Villa's home yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/home-is-wh...
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Home Is Where The Heart Is 5 - Villa Park
It’s the turn of Aston Villa fan Ivan McDouall to open his heart to Gary Thacker on the subject of his favourite football ground - Villa Park.
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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
England v Ireland 6/2/80: @scraggy74.bsky.social and @themagicofthecup.bsky.social talk us through England vs Ireland. Kevin Keegan plays his part, Bryan Robson makes his debut, Laurie Cunningham feels the freeze. Back to 1980 we go... yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/football-r...
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Football Revisited 1979/80: Para 1.20c England v Ireland 6/2/80
A game of no halves
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brisbanestokie.bsky.social @brisbanestokie.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
@howler123.bsky.social @johnnythenic.bsky.social @tfhbs.bsky.social @ianrpearsall.bsky.social @mott73.bsky.social @goldbergradio.bsky.social @deadcatdave.bsky.social @stokefootball.bsky.social @glennairey.bsky.social @simonhill1894.bsky.social
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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Home Is Where The Heart Is 3 - The Hawthorns. @themagicofthecup.bsky.social talks to @allbluedaze.bsky.social about the ground that's closest to God. Includes details about a dubious blaze on Bonfire Night, European nights, and so much more... yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/home-is-wh...
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Home Is Where The Heart Is 3 - The Hawthorns
In pastures green
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José Roberto Nuñez @josernunez91.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
All Jack McGlynn does is score bangers, and he has done it again for his first with Stoke City. This time with his weaker foot. MASSIVE GOAL FOR JACK MCGLYNN. Break out the USA chants! #doop #MLS #USMNT #USYMNT #STOKECITY 📹: PARAMOUNT+
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CBS Sports Golazo @cbssportsgolazo-m.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Eric Bocat starts and finishes a brilliant Stoke move to put the away side 2-0 up at Watford 🔴⚪️
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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Cor Blimey, it's Biley vs Bailey: Derby v Man Utd. Meanwhile, a wayward parachutist avoids a drab affair at Spurs, and WBA's Peter Barnes demands to go to the loo. Not once, but twice. @themagicofthecup.bsky.social & @scraggy74.bsky.social yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/football-r...
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Football Revisited 1979/80: Para 1.20a Derby County v Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur v Southampton, Manchester City v WBA 2/2/80
Dressed to kill
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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
If the kids are United! Actually, they're not. It's Tottenham and Swindon, who are booked in for the Clive Thomas Show. @scraggy74.bsky.social @themagicofthecup.bsky.social go in search of Sham 69 but stumble across Villa v Cambridge United yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/football-r...
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Football Revisited 1979/80: Para 1.19d FA Cup Fourth Round: Tottenham Hotspur v Swindon Town, Aston Villa v Cambridge United 30/1/1980
By the book
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Dave 'Him Over There' Proudlove 🏴‍☠️ @daveproudlove.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
#StreetFootball in Football Book Reviews www.pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/street-...
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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Our very own Phantom Flan Flinger takes you to the first round of the 1967/68 FA Cup, where Runcorn are our plucky heroes, while a whole host of Davids are slain mostly by other slightly bigger Davids. This is the FA CUP! yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/the-magic-...
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The Magic of the Cup: 1967/68 - Part 2
Sex & drugs & sausage rolls
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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
1973: Perhaps the greatest FA Cup Final from the greatest decade for FA Cup Finals. YBTAHOAB likely lads @themagicofthecup.bsky.social and @scraggy74.bsky.social are joined by Sunderland fan Bill Hern for this trip back in time yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/just-look-...
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Just Look At His Face: 1973 FA Cup final
Porterfield!
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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
ACTION REPLAY: A tale of two injuries as England and Sweden play-out a mutually beneficial draw. Warning, there may be a spillage of blood within this sorry tale. @chrislepkowski.bsky.social heads back to 1989 yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/action-rep...
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Action Replay - September 6, 1989
By Chris Lepkowski
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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The FA Cup 4th round gives us a heavyweight clash between Nottingham Forest and Liverpool, and it does not disappoint. We also talk Liam Brady & the glory of the Arsenal tunnel. @scraggy74.bsky.social & @themagicofthecup.bsky.social preside yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/football-r...
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Football Revisited 1979/80: Para 1.19b FA Cup Fourth Round: Nottingham Forest v Liverpool, Arsenal v Brighton 26/1/1980
The marbled mould of Highbury
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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Our own @scraggy74.bsky.social goes through his vast archive of newspapers. Things are moving on the transfer front with Ray Clemence, Ally McCoist, Imre Varadi competing for page-space with outraged Welsh female domino players. How very 1981 yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/what-the-p...
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What The Papers Said
By Steven Scragg
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Dave 'Him Over There' Proudlove 🏴‍☠️ @daveproudlove.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The first review of #StreetFootball Very grateful and humbled www.pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/street-...
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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
ACTION REPLAY: August 10, 1985. When football and TV went to war: no televised English club soccer for 5 months. Was it the spiritual start of the Premier League? @chrislepkowski.bsky.social believes so... yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/action-rep...
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Action Replay – August 10, 1985
By Chris Lepkowski
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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
What the Papers Said, 45 years ago this week... Transfers for Clemence and Robson? John Bond and Peter Barnes have a war of words, while The Nolans are in a legal spat... @scraggy74.bsky.social turns the pages as we go back to 1981 yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/what-the-p...
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What The Papers Said
By Steven Scragg
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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Remember when England reaching a 'bronze final' (FIFA words not mine) was a novelty... Our finest revisit the first time England played for 3rd place. 🥉
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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
We're off to Baden Baden for the mother of all parties with the WAGs. Meanwhile, England's men are trying to win a World Cup. @80s90sfootball.bsky.social @aidanwilliams74.bsky.social @chrislepkowski.bsky.social & Matthew Gibbs go back to 2006 yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/you-have-t...
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You Have To Say That's Magnificent: England 2006
Golden, you say?
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Jane A. @jane-in-progress.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
The yankification of the world cup really pisses me off. Do football fans really want to sit through a pop concert delaying the second half? And why the fuck is the USA anthem being sung? They're not playing. 🤷‍♀️ www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
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World Cup 2026: Half-time for final to last up to 25 minutes
The half-time break in Sunday's World Cup final is expected to last between 20 and 25 minutes.
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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
📚BOOK CORNER: The 1994 European Cup Final was so iconic that @robfletcher.bsky.social wrote a whole book about it. Michael Hamlen joins Rob to discuss the story behind the Barcelona vs Milan epic and 'The Final: In Pursuit of Greatness' yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/the-book-c...
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The Book Corner: The Final: In Pursuit Of Greatness
If you don't want to know the score, look away now
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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
The Three Tenors? Pah! Introducing our Four Fivers: @scraggy74.bsky.social @brisbanestokie.bsky.social @aidanwilliams74.bsky.social @chrislepkowski.bsky.social. They revisit Italia90 & address the big issue... Killer: Seal or Adamski? yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/you-have-t...
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You Have To Say That's Magnificent: England 1990
May I be excused?
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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
It's the one we've all been waiting for. Can England win Italia 90? @brisbanestokie.bsky.social @scraggy74.bsky.social @aidanwilliams74.bsky.social & @chrislepkowski.bsky.social splash on the Aramis and factor 50. There may be tears. yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/you-have-t...
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You Have To Say That's Magnificent: England 1990
May I be excused?
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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
We'll be CCCPing you. @themagicofthecup.bsky.social swings open his wardrobe to talk classic football World Cup kits. yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/you-have-t...
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You Have To Say That's Magnificent: Classic World Cup Kits - Dave Bowler
I'll be CCCPing you
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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Injured skippers, red carded vice-captains, a Portuguese pickpocketing, a Polish unpicking, dastardly Diego, and much more. @aidanwilliams74.bsky.social @scraggy74.bsky.social and Joe Byatt pop some altitude tablets and talk Mexico 86 yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/you-have-t...
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You Have To Say That's Magnificent: England 1986
Shouldering the blame...
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The London Economic @thelondoneconomic.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
"He's had a milkshake thrown at him, Jo Cox and David Amess were murdered - the man is a whining coward." Read more: www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/jam...
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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
It's Scotland versus Brazil; fitba vs Samba. @aidanwilliams74.bsky.social @scraggy74.bsky.social join Lewis Ness to delve into some tales from the past. yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/you-have-t...
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You Have To Say That's Magnificent: Scotland v Brazil
McJogo Bonito
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Derek Barry @derek-barry.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Maiwar: The Brisbane River story woollydays.wordpress.com/2026/06/11/m...
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Maiwar: The Brisbane River story
The Brisbane River near Kurilpa Bridge. Photo: Author’s collection According to the Dreamtime story, Maiwar was carved into the earth by the great Rainbow Serpent slithered down from the Grea…
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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
It's back to 1982: 👕Admiral ⚠️Falklands chit-chat ⚽a glorious 27 seconds 🥊inglorious hooliganism 2️⃣2️⃣Ron's 22 🎶this time, more than any other time...right? @scraggy74.bsky.social & Joe Byatt join @aidanwilliams74.bsky.social to talk England yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/you-have-t...
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You Have To Say That's Magnificent: England 1982
Firing blanks
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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
The @ybtahoab.bsky.social HQ resembles A&E as our resident South American experts @aidanwilliams74.bsky.social and @drpetewatson.bsky.social attempt to recreate Manuel Negrete's wondergoal. MEXICO, we are all over you! Arriba! yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/you-have-t...
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You Have To Say That's Magnificent: Mexico
The final part of our trio of podcasts about the upcoming World Cup hosts heads down to Mexico to talk El Tri and their World Cup history: a tale of repeated frustration amid the occasional high point...
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brisbanestokie.bsky.social @brisbanestokie.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
@mott73.bsky.social
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brisbanestokie.bsky.social @brisbanestokie.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
@derek-barry.bsky.social @simonhill1894.bsky.social @leaveforthecup.bsky.social @tfhbs.bsky.social
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Chris Lepkowski @chrislepkowski.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
🗓️19/5/1985: The Sunday Times delivers a withering editorial about the state of English football. 📖It would become the genesis of a book title: THE SLUM SPORT. ⚽️1985/86 would need to be better... To order THE SLUM SPORT please go to: www.curtis-sport.com/all-programm...
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brisbanestokie.bsky.social @brisbanestokie.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
@glennairey.bsky.social @howler123.bsky.social @deadcatdave.bsky.social @slopingpitch1.bsky.social @daveproudlove.bsky.social @bneshrimper.bsky.social @jonnypotter87.bsky.social @st4potter.bsky.social
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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
So then kids, what happens when your stylish midfielder has to go in goal before the days of sub keepers? @themagicofthecup.bsky.social and @scraggy74.bsky.social head off to #ManchesterUnited vs #Spurs to find out... yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/football-r...
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Football Revisited 1979/80: Para 1.16c FA Cup Third Round Replay: Manchester United v Tottenham Hotspur 9/1/1980
I don't wanna go in goal
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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Join @themagicofthecup.bsky.social and @scraggy74.bsky.social at White Hart Lane for FA Cup third round action, and an intriguing insight into Manchester United goalkeeper Gary Bailey's distraction techniques. BOO! yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/football-r...
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Football Revisited 1979/80: Para 1.16c FA Cup Third Round: Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester United, Birmingham City v Southampton 5/1/1980
It's the end of the world as we know it...
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Derek Barry @derek-barry.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Heart of Exile: Irish state prisoners in Van Diemen's Land woollydays.wordpress.com/2026/04/27/h...
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Heart of Exile: Irish state prisoners in Van Diemen’s Land
The grave of infant Henry Emmet Fitzgerald Meagher outside St John’s Catholic church, Richmond, Tasmania. Photo: Author’s collection The inspiration for Patsy Adam-Smith’s Heart o…
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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
📚Today's Book Corner is all about THE SLUM SPORT, taking us back to the 1985/86 Football League season. @scraggy74.bsky.social @allbluedaze.bsky.social and book author @chrislepkowski.bsky.social talk about a campaign of readjustment yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/the-book-c...
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The Book Corner: Chris Lepkowski
The Slum Sport
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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
IT'S FRIDAY. And we have a Christmas Crackerjack game for you as #DerbyCounty get rinsed by gunge at Anfield. #Liverpool win. As usual. @themagicofthecup.bsky.social and @scraggy74.bsky.social crack open the festive Sherry podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...
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1979/80: Para 1.14b Derby County v Liverpool 22/12/1979
Podcast Episode · Your Boys Took A Hell Of A Beating · March 27 · 34m
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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
It's #Everton vs #ManCity. Panto season starts early thanks to referee Gwyn Owen. Meanwhile, #NFFC eh? What's going on there? @scraggy74.bsky.social & @themagicofthecup.bsky.social hold their nose & watch it all, so you don't have to. HELP! yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/197980-par...
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1979/80: Para 1.14a Everton v Manchester City 22/12/1979
Season's greetings
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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Two other YBTAHOAB members worth a follow: our very own Potter-in-Oz @brisbanestokie.bsky.social and our studious Latin American Sport expert @drpetewatson.bsky.social
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brisbanestokie.bsky.social @brisbanestokie.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/module-15-... Podcast in which I go on about Stoke 84/85 calamity. there's some popular culture shit during which I make my declaration on Paul McCartneys frog chorus @mott73.bsky.social @howler123.bsky.social @stokiesal.bsky.social @st4potter.bsky.social
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MODULE 15: Stoke City 1984/85
Whoops apocalypse...
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brisbanestokie.bsky.social @brisbanestokie.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/module-15-... Podcast in which I go on about Stoke 84/85 calamity. there's some popular culture shit during which I make my declaration on Paul McCartneys frog chorus @mott73.bsky.social @howler123.bsky.social @stokiesal.bsky.social @st4potter.bsky.social
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MODULE 15: Stoke City 1984/85
Whoops apocalypse...
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Smudge @smudgestoke.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
youtu.be/lXsvZoDE0b8?... We'll have to make do with this from the year before🙂
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1975 02 01 Stoke City v Manchester City
YouTube video by UK Retro Football Classics and more
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Adrian Goldberg @goldbergradio.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Calling all my London friends... Got this launch event @stanchionbooks.bsky.social on Feb 5 at 6.30 PM for my book 'Where's The Money Gone? The Battle For The Soul of English Football.' As "strongly recommended" by Alistair Campbell. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-battle...
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The Battle for the Soul of English Football with Adrian Goldberg
An event with the author of the book ‘Where's the Money Gone?’
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Nigel Howle @howler123.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Hey #FIFA, that peace prize is going well, don't you think? Trump is a tyrant.
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Frosty @1xfrosty.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Ben Pearson’s first goal in six years 👌🏻🤖🔴⚪️ #scfc #stoke #swansea
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Derek Barry @derek-barry.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
My ebook "Irish Eye: Stories about #waterford and the south east" is now available. If you are looking for a decent read about south east #ireland then look no further bookshop.org/p/books/iris...
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Irish Eye: Stories of Waterford and the south east
Stories of Waterford and the south east
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brisbanestokie.bsky.social @brisbanestokie.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
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