Danny Kelly @dannykellywords.bsky.social · 10/08/2026KELLY CANCER KRONIKLES. Cos so many of you kindly asked for an update... My treatment has most definitely NOT gone to plan. SEVEN hospitalisations have turned an already tough journey into a messy stagger. I spent last week in the Intensive Care Unit. Scary stuff.. 582003
Danny Kelly @dannykellywords.bsky.social · 20/07/2026"... a working class hero is something to be..." 419717
Danny Kelly @dannykellywords.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Farewell then, Jõao, and thanks. Your attitude, and actions, during the relegation run-in means that, for me at least, you're a Spurs legend forever. #warrior 101367
Danny Kelly @dannykellywords.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Kelly cancer correspondence. Back home after another horrid spell in orspital. But I've just had the most fantastic non-medical pick-me-up. Ireland - yes Ireland- have just beaten India - yes, world champions INDIA! - at T20. Their first ever win over mighty India in any format. #wow 161796
Danny Kelly @dannykellywords.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Kelly cancer kronikles. At the risk of causing you all compassion-fatigue, I've spent the last 8 days in hospital, once AGAIN dancing with Mr D. Another horrible, unpredicted, bump in the road. Much better today: first food for a week. I live to fight another day... ✊️💊 656158
Danny Kelly @dannykellywords.bsky.social · 21/06/202691 years apart. My mum, Josie, 92 in a few days, getting her first ever glimpse of her newest great grandchild, the mighty Teddy. I could cry. I DID cry. #family 91601
Danny Kelly @dannykellywords.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Kelly cancer communiqué. First off, forgive me for the month-long radio silence. I've not been jn great shape. I'll explain all here; not for drama, or sympathy, but cos I said from the start I'd be honest. And, yes, I've bought a blue tick; so much things to say right now... 552496
Danny Kelly @dannykellywords.bsky.social · 09/05/2026Day 45. Chemo compilation COMEDY! Platelet injection allows no sleep. So I listened to some old tapes. This @NME one celebrates 10 yrs of the fab reggae label Greensleeves. It's SO great, I thought; perfect tunes, brilliantly sequenced. Then I looked at the credits! #true #0memory🤣🤣 81041
Danny Kelly @dannykellywords.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Kelly chemo cornucopia, day 43. HUGE DAY. 275km round trip to have the PICCline (carries the chemo to the big vein near the heart) removed in TEN SECONDS. And here it is: been inside me for 8 weeks. I'm supposed to say "farewell, old friend". I actually say "fuck off PICCline!" 51020
Danny Kelly @dannykellywords.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Kelly chemo countdown, day 41. BIG day: last chemo blast (for now). I come appropriately and inconspicuously dressed for vibes! Cream hoodie. MC5 shirt. And plain old lid to keep a baldy heed cosy. 🤣🤣🤣 Best wishes, vibes and prayers gratefully recieved. 6147114
Danny Kelly @dannykellywords.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Kelly chemo cavalcade, day 36. Another horrible week. But with one positive. ZaZa is Ireland's baddest cat, but from a kitten, she chose ME. Thru this horror, she is with me every moment. I'm a softie, a peace-n-luv guy: she is a ferocious battle cat, fearless and stern. We make a very good pair.💚 81673
Danny Kelly @dannykellywords.bsky.social · 24/04/2026Kelly chemo cringing, day 31. 3rd blast done. But now comes dreaded platelet injection. Most folk do "ok"; it smashes me to a sobbing ball of pain and fear. Nurse has a plan. No other plans needed, ta 🙏. What I DO need are your prayers, wishes, vibes, itrw or on here. Wish me🤞#drugstabbingtime 852893
Danny Kelly @dannykellywords.bsky.social · 24/04/2026RIP Barrie Tomlinson, writer, publisher, comic book legend, and keeper of the Roy Of The Rovers flame. Recently, I got to "know" him on socials. Lovely. Before I discovered music, football comics were my window on the world: which I guess makes Barrie some sort of spirit-guide. He'd laugh at that. 3615
Danny Kelly @dannykellywords.bsky.social · 23/04/2026🔥🔥NEW VFTL🔥🔥 The must-hear pod about the must-win game. Plus your must-answer questions chin-strokjngly considered. It's a must-listen, amigos. pod.fo/e/405086pod.foThe View From The Lane: A show about Spurs: Previewing another 'must win' game against Wolves this weekend! + your questions!Host Kate Mason is joined by The Athletic's James Maw, Jack Pitt-Brooke and Dan Kilpatrick to discuss yet another historically important game against Wolves on Saturday. They talk: team selection, ... 1251
Danny Kelly @dannykellywords.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Kelly chemo coiffure, day 28. Further to revelation that I have a chemically-induced allover bald spot... I suddenly realise that many of my role models are slapheads... Pablo, Prof Farnsworth, Ike, MJ, Kurtz, Monty, Shaft, Homer, Don. ("hair?... no fxxking way... no fxxking way... no fxxking way") 16743
Danny Kelly @dannykellywords.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Kelly chemo confessions, day 28. Inevitably, my mad old geezer hair is all falling out. Soon I'll be as smooth as a cue-ball. No more freak flag. Tbf, nature had already put me well down this road. And - don't shout at me - I feel it's much worse for women. 😞 141323
Danny Kelly @dannykellywords.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Kelly chemo cavortings, day 28. Sitting in the hotel in Dublin, on way to Blast No3 of disgusting poisons. First song roaring into the sedate foyer? Geno by the mighty Dexysl. I take this as a VERY goid sign. My heart soars like a hawk... 111253
Reposted by Danny KellyJack Pitt-Brooke @jackpittbrooke.bsky.social · 10/04/2026New @vftlpodcast.bsky.social Sunderland preview, more De Zerbi @jamestmaw.bsky.social, Kate Mason and @andynaylorbrighton.bsky.social pod.fo/e/3fb1d9pod.foSpurs are FINALLY back, Kudus injury + Andy Naylor talks De Zerbi at BrightonPodcast Episode · The View From The Lane: The Athletic FC's Spurs show · April 10 · 47m 1122
Danny Kelly @dannykellywords.bsky.social · 10/04/2026For those without Spotify... youtu.be/piHWpH5cyrQ?is… Flying High In The Friendly Sky🤣🤣🤣youtu.beMarvin Gaye - Flyin' High (In The Friendly Sky) (Visualizer)YouTube video by MarvinGayeVEVO 1321
Danny Kelly @dannykellywords.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Kelly Chemo Ravings, Day 16. Dreaded platelet injection 2moro, but today has been fine. So much so I, even wanted to play a few tunes. Guess what my drugs-ravaged body wanted to hear first??? 🤣🤣🤣 ... open.spotify.com/track/7zP0DIIO… 🤣🤣🤣 I am a cliché. 8911
Reposted by Danny KellyMꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Spring is in the air 16800173
Reposted by Danny KellyDavid Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 07/04/2026INCOMING! www.kickstarter.com/projects/dav...kickstarter.comComing soon: The Lost Films of Hollywood Bookby David Quantick and Chris Barker 32112
Danny Kelly @dannykellywords.bsky.social · 07/04/2026And of course I have not come unarmed to this entirely predictable battle for taste and sanity. #musicsnob #rockfunksoulrapfolkdub 1571
Danny Kelly @dannykellywords.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Kelly Chemo Cantankerousness, day 14. In the waiting area before the toxins begin. It's gonna be tough. But they very kindly prepare you for nausea and vomit by playing "Classic 90s Hits" radio through the world's tinniest speaker. Luckily, I am armoured by the Spirit t-shirt I'm wearing. 9801
Danny Kelly @dannykellywords.bsky.social · 07/04/2026UPDATE! shower cap bodge WORKED! Bite me, NASA scientists! 😂😂😂😂😂 2592
Danny Kelly @dannykellywords.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Kelly Chemo Conundrum, day 14. Chemoblast round 2 begins with an hilarious problem. Just 2 ingredients... 1) the shower in an unfamiliar hotel. 2) a PICC line in your right bicep that MUST NOT get wet! (I can feel some disastrous bodge involving a "shower-cap" coming on 🙄) 5381
Danny Kelly @dannykellywords.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Kelly Chemo Chaos, day 13. Today (Tue) is chemoblast rnd 2. It's also the day various groups plan to blockade Ireland's roads and cities. I can't miss my treatment in the morning. PANIC. So, last min, I've driven 110km thru the night to Dublin. In a hotel, listening to the BBC's classic Le Carré.✊️💊 11871
Reposted by Danny KellyRob Chapman @scribblerrob.bsky.social · 06/04/2026RIP Rupie Edwards. Responsible for the most revolutionary dubwise single to ever make the Top 20. Nobody had heard empty space like that before on a chart hit. Completely confused the audience on TOTP. www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1VC...youtube.comRupie Edwards - Ire Feelings (Skanga)YouTube video by AxelAtTheControls 48525
Reposted by Danny KellyAndy Brassell @andybrassell.bsky.social · 05/04/2026Trans Europe Express @talksport.com on the way at 9pm UK with me & @kevinhatchard.bsky.social - get well soon @dannykellywords.bsky.social - with some huge games done, other huge games going on, @dfisi.bsky.social picking the bones out of Italy’s bad week & a lovely bit of Tim Vickery 1131
Danny Kelly @dannykellywords.bsky.social · 05/04/2026Kelly Chemo Carryon, day 12. First, sorry for the silence, but I've been totally f××ked. They warn of 100s of side-effects; my body decided to try the full tasting menu. A trip to the hospital, and I'm "ok". Still the support arrives. Look what the tough guys at talkSPORT sent... 232313
Danny Kelly @dannykellywords.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Still bewildered by Italy. I grew up among (N London) Italians: love their food, culture, raw vivacity. And to me Italian football IS football. What the hell has happened that they can't qualify for a 46-team World Cup? It will not be the same without them... #welldoneB&H #viva 191166
Danny Kelly @dannykellywords.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Kelly chemo capers, day 7. The dark days of the cycle close in. Fatigue flattens, symptoms spiral, sleep replaced by anxious staring. New drugs bring new pains: tablets help. But we endure, not cos we're "brave" or "tough", but cos we told our loved ones we would do our best. 141521
Danny Kelly @dannykellywords.bsky.social · 29/03/2026Kelly chemo cavalcade, day 6. Darker, post-steroid day. Felled by fatigue (not the usual laziness). But rays of light glow from unexpected places. A beloved relative has just had a BENIGN response to their biopsy. I am so delighted. (and, yes, this HAS really happened ✊️💊💚) 81410
Danny Kelly @dannykellywords.bsky.social · 29/03/2026Here's the (possibly drug-addled) thing. NOBODY is coming to "save" Spurs. Managers aren't wizards. There's no time. They can put out cones, scrawl stuff on tablets, shake the odd fist. But in the end, for better or worse, Spurs' fate is now in the hands (feet and minds) of the players. #COYS 101043
Danny Kelly @dannykellywords.bsky.social · 28/03/2026Kelly chemo carnival, day 5. BONUS: As initial poisoning recedes, the cats are allowed near (but not toooo near) me again. ZaZa and KiKi KNOW something is up... 🦁🐯💊✊️ 91181
Reposted by Danny KellyThe Loft @theloftuk.bsky.social · 27/03/2026We’ll be playing before the mighty Belle & Sebastian at this shabby pub venue on 8 April. Tickets still available: tickets.royalalberthall.com/syos2/perfor... 1121
Danny Kelly @dannykellywords.bsky.social · 28/03/2026And they followed soon... just two days after Mary's triumph, Ann Packer became the second British woman to win a track and field Olympic gold, smashing the world record in the 800m final. In the Tokyo Olympic village, Mary and Ann were roommates... 2444
Danny Kelly @dannykellywords.bsky.social · 28/03/2026RIP Mary Rand, first British woman to win Olympic gold in track and field (the long jump, Tokyo, 1964). At the same Games, she won silver in the Pentathlon and bronze in the 4×100m relay. She kicked in the doors for generations of athletes who followed. 0396
Danny Kelly @dannykellywords.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Kelly chemo capers, day 4. Sent to me by my pal Andy Jacobs of the magnif Hawksbee & Jacobs. Kindly penned by Martin Samuels in The Times. Everyone is being soooo kind. Which, naturally, I love. Also, shock horror, revelation, Martin knows more about popular music than me... 71064
Danny Kelly @dannykellywords.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Kelly chemo chronicles, day 3. The ubiquitous hospital bracelet. Very necessary of course; don't want 'em to saw the wrong bit off! But I'm not due back for 10 days: it can come off. To the (brilliant) medics, I am a project + personal details. Free of the band, I'm just myself for a few days. 🔥💊👍 91450
Danny Kelly @dannykellywords.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Kelly chemo cancer, day 2. HILARITY! Some voodoo involving one of my drugs means... I'm not allowed to get cold; nor allowed to eat, drink or even touch anything cold. Or risk: dysesthesia! So outside, inevitably, it is now SNOWING! 🤣🤣🤣🤣💊💊💊💊 ❄️ 🏔 🌨 ⛄️ 7942
Danny Kelly @dannykellywords.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Kelly Cancer Chemo, day 2. Worst thing so far: having to shun ZaZa. From a kitten, she has adopted me. Fiercesome, nobody else is even allowed to touch her! Now we must temporarily part. She likes to lick my nose; she might infect me; I might poison her. She's outside my bedroom door, bawling 😕💊 🐈 71321
Danny Kelly @dannykellywords.bsky.social · 24/03/2026Cancer update. Poking over. Treatment starts! Now: PICC line inserted. Then this pm, chemo and immuno drugs begin ("tough" say the docs). I'm wearing my Disraeli Gears hoodie, multi-hued Donegal tweed lid, and acid green shirt. Not Psychedia v Chemo... Psych *helping* the Drugs! 💚✊️💊 763072
Danny Kelly @dannykellywords.bsky.social · 23/03/2026🔥🔥NEW VFTL🔥🔥 DOWN, DOWN, DEEPER AND DOWN Brilliant and serious and funny, of course. BONUS!!!... it's 99% me-free! Join the gang @dankp.bsky.social @jaydmharris.bsky.social @jamestmaw.bsky.social and, introducing...Kate Mason!!! They're pulling like dogs for the mighty Spurs... pod.fo/e/3ba334pod.foThe View From The Lane: A show about Spurs: Are Spurs doomed to relegation?Host Danny Kelly is joined by The Athletic's Jay Harris, James Maw and Dan Kilpatrick to discuss the latest home defeat to Nottingham Forest. They talk: the atmosphere, the build up to the game, th... 7360
Reposted by Danny KellyJack Pitt-Brooke @jackpittbrooke.bsky.social · 19/03/2026New @vftlpodcast.bsky.social Tottenham 3-2 Atletico Madrid @dannykellywords.bsky.social @jaydmharris.bsky.social and me pod.fo/e/3b2417pod.foThe View From The Lane: A show about Spurs: Tudors first win + encouraging signs vs Atletico MadridHost Danny Kelly is joined by The Athletic's Jay Harris and Jack Pitt-Brooke to discuss an encouraging win vs Atletico Madrid, albeit an exit from the Champions League. They talk individual perform... 0222
Danny Kelly @dannykellywords.bsky.social · 19/03/2026🔥🔥NEW VFTL🔥🔥 A, GULP, HOME WIN!!! ⚽️ At last, something to cheer. 🙌 Unity, effort, front foot... who knew? 🧨 Simons, Gray, Tel... youth to the fore... 😎 And then A HUGE GAME against Forest. Me @jaydmharris.bsky.social @jackpittbrooke.bsky.social pod.fo/e/3b2417pod.foThe View From The Lane: A show about Spurs: Tudors first win + encouraging signs vs Atletico MadridHost Danny Kelly is joined by The Athletic's Jay Harris and Jack Pitt-Brooke to discuss an encouraging win vs Atletico Madrid, albeit an exit from the Champions League. They talk individual perform... 9320