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Daniel Brigham

@danbrigham.bsky.social
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I write copy. Former editorial Wisden, former head of content, Norwich City. Author of Grant Holt’s autobiography and The Place Is Going Bananas.

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Jonathan Liew @jonathanliew.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
as the late economist Allen Sanderson put it: “if you want to inject money into the local economy, it would be better to drop it from a helicopter than invest it in a new ballpark”. column on the facts and the fictions of New Trafford www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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A new Manchester United stadium isn’t about regeneration and never will be | Jonathan Liew
If ‘New Trafford’ is such a nailed-on wealth generator, then why aren’t Ratcliffe and the Glazers funding it themselves?
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Daniel Brigham @danbrigham.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Some may say the running time of this week’s pod is too long, but it’s only 18% of the entire Godfather trilogy, so… Stay for @lyanrivermore.bsky.social’s superb hosting, Steve and I quizzing-off, and me arguing the case for making the penalty area smaller in Brad Hills to Die On. #ncfc
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#175 Barry Thronking Sausage
Podcast Episode · On The Ball - A show about Norwich City · 03/18/2025 · 1h 44m
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Zoë Morgan @zoevfmorgan.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Podcast time! We talk about Blackburn, refereeing, the agony of throwing three points away, and how long youthful naivety can be forgiven. Plus a @lyanrivermore.bsky.social quiz classic! pod.fo/e/2b42e7
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#174 An elbow to the jaw and a kick in the teeth
Podcast Episode · On The Ball - A show about Norwich City · 03/04/2025 · 1h 21m
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Daniel Brigham @danbrigham.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
There’s an awful lot of discourse around why Jos Buttler doesn’t open the batting in ODIs anymore, which, I dunno, seems a bit odd for someone who has never opened the batting in ODIs??
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Daniel Brigham @danbrigham.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Sorry to say we’re being all hopeful about Norwich again. #ncfc Plus: 🚜 We dig into the Farming Simulator review archives 🔫 @zoevfmorgan.bsky.social practices decisiveness in Gunn to the Head 😴 I bang on about midfield combinations yet a-bloody-gain 🙄 Steve still isn’t on Bluesky
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#173 Sargent majors again
Podcast Episode · On The Ball - A show about Norwich City · 02/25/2025 · 1h 6m
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MyFootballWriter - Norwich City @myfootballwriter.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
🟢🟡 Norwich are peak midtable. What happens next? 🗣️ @danbrigham.bsky.social 💭 "When we’re good this season, we’re better than we were last season, and when we’re bad, we’re not as awful as we were." LINK: norwichcity.myfootballwriter.com/2025/02/19/n...
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Daniel Brigham @danbrigham.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
If you were thinking you wanted to read a piece about Norwich City with absolutely nothing new to say but that does deliver a strong whiff of optimism about where the club is at, then this is the article for you! #ncfc
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Daniel Brigham @danbrigham.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
We ask the big questions in the latest #ncfc pod: 🟡 What’s the optimal number of games Sargent can miss per season so he’s good for us but no one bids for him? 🟡 Who wins a Championship mascot race? 🟡 What are people saying about Farming Simulator? 🟡 Can Norwich sneak into the top 6?
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#171 Say hello to my little friend
Podcast Episode · On The Ball - A show about Norwich City · 01/28/2025 · 1h 35m
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Ryan Livermore @lyanrivermore.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Please be patient with me, with us, with everyone. It’ll be okay guys, right? Sharp blades, expected dogs, Gunns to the head, and the price of height. No further context needed. #NCFC podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/1...
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#170 Playing the long game
Podcast Episode · On The Ball - A show about Norwich City · 21/01/2025 · 1h 28m
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Zoë Morgan @zoevfmorgan.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
New pod! Hoping for a long run for our new feature, ‘Shane Pickeduppy’
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Daniel Brigham @danbrigham.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Don’t let that magical, warming afterglow of Forson’s magic 4 minutes fade away just yet… First pod of 2025, with injury time mayhem, bye-bye Barnes, another oddball Farming Simulator 25 review and general good cheer with @zoevfmorgan.bsky.social and Steve Sanders #ncfc
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#169 May the Fors be with you
Podcast Episode · On The Ball - A show about Norwich City · 01/07/2025 · 1h 16m
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Daniel Brigham @danbrigham.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Just the facts
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Daniel Brigham @danbrigham.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Bloody love Nunez, gonna be so sad when he ends up at Brentford or Fulham or wherever
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Martin Calladine @uglygame.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
This is an absolutely bizarre and enthralling story: the brewing magnate who has such strong views on what a pub should be that he would rather have his pubs closed than even allow someone to swear in them. www.theguardian.com/news/2024/de...
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Humphrey’s world: how the Samuel Smith beer baron built Britain’s strangest pub chain
Since the 1970s, Humphrey Smith has acquired scores of pubs and historic properties around the UK. But time after time, he has left the buildings empty. Why has he allowed his empire to moulder?
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Ryan Livermore @lyanrivermore.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Merry Christmas #NCFC community on Bluesky! Steve won’t get this app as the blue clashes with his Christmas tree lights, but thank god @danbrigham.bsky.social and @zoevfmorgan.bsky.social are here to spread the festive joy after a difficult week. 💛🎄💚
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Daniel Brigham @danbrigham.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Christmas pod! Sadly no Xmas cheer against Scott Parker’s gilet but lots of fun with @lyanrivermore.bsky.social’s quiz, another Farming Simulator review, and @zoevfmorgan.bsky.social shaming Steve’s Ipswich Christmas tree. #ncfc
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#168 All I want for Christmas is...
Podcast Episode · On The Ball - A show about Norwich City · 12/17/2024 · 1h 26m
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Daniel Brigham @danbrigham.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Impossible to overstate how much I would S myself facing Will O’Rourke
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Daniel Brigham @danbrigham.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Best home scorers vs best away defence today, but no idea what to expect from Norwich. If they’re fit enough then it feels like Nunez, Slimane and Marcondes have to start, with Nunez in the Kenny role. Just really want 3 points against Scott Parker’s gilet 🙏
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Daniel Brigham @danbrigham.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
10 goals, 6 points, and 1 big happy week. @lyanrivermore.bsky.social hosts, and Steve (still not on Bluesky but we’re trying) and I rabbit on. Plus, finally we’re giving the fans what they’ve been crying out for: genuine reviews of the game taking Carrow Road by storm, Farming Simulator. #ncfc
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Daniel Brigham @danbrigham.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
What’s the midfield 3 when everyone’s fit? Nunez, Kenny and Marcondes? Or Nunez, Kenny and Slimane?
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Daniel Brigham @danbrigham.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
England’s run rate here making it very difficult to be mean about Labuschagne scratching around like a no.11
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Daniel Brigham @danbrigham.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
“Knows what is needed in this league to be successful”
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Daniel Brigham @danbrigham.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Plymouth so bad but think we’ve seen tonight why we paid decent money for Crnac. Finally managed to get a fit, functioning midfield behind him and the potential seems clear.
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Zoë Morgan @zoevfmorgan.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Still no NCFC Numbers on Bluesky (unbelievable) so sharing this here. @chrisgoreham.bsky.social joins Steve, @lyanrivermore.bsky.social and I to talk goalkeeping, nice boys, Alex Neil and Kenny. And there’s a quiz! pod.fo/e/287857
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#166 A time to shine
Podcast Episode · On The Ball - A show about Norwich City · 11/26/2024 · 1h 20m
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Daniel Brigham @danbrigham.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Nightwatchman feels like the only natural role in the order Labuschagne has left
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Daniel Brigham @danbrigham.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Great point, good fun, created the better chances, midfield looked fitter than pre-international break, never want to hear Andy Johnson making weird noises ever again
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Daniel Brigham @danbrigham.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Not sure Test cricket gets better right now than Bumrah doing classic Bumrah things and Head doing classic Head things
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Daniel Brigham @danbrigham.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Of absolutely no interest to anyone, but just noticed that Manchester City were relegated from the second tier in 1998 with a -1 goal difference, which feels far too Spursy to have been Man City. Relegated with the 8th-best goal difference in the division, you'll never sing that.
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Daniel Brigham @danbrigham.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Thoughts on Roy Keane’s reaction in the studio to his future son-in-law scoring against Ireland? Wry smile + minuscule shake of the head for me
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Daniel Brigham @danbrigham.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
The ‘why does Harry Kane drop deep lads’ having yet another bad night
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Daniel Brigham @danbrigham.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
There goes Starmer’s chance of making England’s Ashes squad
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Daniel Brigham @danbrigham.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
What’s the Bluesky equivalent of getting death threats for saying Ravi Bopara is better than Sachin Tendulkar like in the great early days of Twitter?
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Si Lloyd @smnllyd5.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
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Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Holy mackerel. That's a big one. www.theguardian.com/media/2024/n...
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Guardian will no longer post on Elon Musk’s X from its official accounts
Platform’s coverage of US election crystallised longstanding concerns about its content, says Guardian
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Daniel Brigham @danbrigham.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Trying to move people over from twitter to bluesky
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Daniel Brigham @danbrigham.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Here’s a Norwich City podcast! Maybe over here on Bluesky we’ve not lost 3 in a row? #ncfc
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#165 Adding insults to injuries
Podcast Episode · On The Ball - A show about Norwich City · 12/11/2024 · 1h 16m
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Daniel Brigham @danbrigham.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Well I’ve given this more thought than I gave Threads, so there’s that
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