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Iain Macintosh @iainmacintosh.bsky.social · 23h

This is the first time I've watched him properly, but yeah, he looks talented/skittish and needs one to go in soon before his confidence evaporates.

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Iain Macintosh @iainmacintosh.bsky.social · 23h

It's like me on the pool table between three and four pints. I hope this flow state lasts longer for him though...

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Iain Macintosh @iainmacintosh.bsky.social · 23h

Is...is Bobby Thomas always this good? This is a first half performance for the ages.

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Iain Macintosh @iainmacintosh.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

It’s so weird that, outside of it being a tremendous day out for a few thousand City fans, we have no idea what this game means. Presumably not important points in the title race. Possibly important points in the relegation dogfight. Possibly it will be expunged. Are we all wasting our time?

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Iain Macintosh @iainmacintosh.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I enjoyed his tussle with ‘retrospectively’ earlier. He is a child of this neighbourhood, btw, and everyone who knows him says that he is the best of chaps.

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Iain Macintosh @iainmacintosh.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

100% this. Also, buy Sathnam’s books, they’re excellent.

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Iain Macintosh @iainmacintosh.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I once recorded an episode of a podcast in a studio separated from Ms Wilde only by a glass wall. She was doing commercial voiceovers, I was doing a show about Charlton Athletic. I thought perhaps something might happen. A stolen glance. A thought of what might be. But nah, nothing. Her loss.

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Iain Macintosh @iainmacintosh.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I’m perma-suspicious of the online world now, but always keen to find new places for Track Radio to make new friends.

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Iain Macintosh @iainmacintosh.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Can't we just have one thing without Nazis? They're popping up everywhere these days.

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Iain Macintosh @iainmacintosh.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

What's the view on Substack here? As a place to promote, oh I don't know, a plucky sports and music radio station, for example? Is it any good? Are people there? Are they all mad like at The Other Place?

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Iain Macintosh @iainmacintosh.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I'm afraid so. The dog's been going crackers every half hour with every door knock. I'm so glad it's over.

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Iain Macintosh @iainmacintosh.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

39% turnout largely because everyone was sick of their doorbell going every half hour with another canvasser.

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David Ornstein @david-ornstein.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

🚨 EXCL: Everton put up for sale by The Friedkin Group. #EFC owner already seeking investment but now ready to exit if/when right buyer emerges. TFG plan to maintain full support in meantime after stabilising club + completing stadium move 🚨 @theathleticfc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/767...

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Everton owner The Friedkin Group open to full sale of club

The Athletic reported in September that Everton's American owner was looking for fresh investment into the club.

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Iain Macintosh @iainmacintosh.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This holiday needs a memoir not a postcard.

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Iain Macintosh @iainmacintosh.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Quite right. There is no rock bottom when it comes to these people. That said, I always thought Infantino was a wrong-un. Even when he was just there to do cup draws, he had the air of that one bloke on a stag night who takes it too far.

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Iain Macintosh @iainmacintosh.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I've met Ramon Vega a few times. He moved into finance after football and he's a very smart cookie indeed. He also has the hardest handshake in the world. He lifts his hand above his head and brings it down on yours like a fucking Stuka. He'll do for me.

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Iain Macintosh @iainmacintosh.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Obviously, we're very excited to have Gary Lineker on @wearetrackradio.bsky.social today, but we've also got Christian Vieri and he's delivering the goods. (He's also much more cheerful than he looks here) ((And I wouldn't want to mark him at a set piece)).

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Iain Macintosh @iainmacintosh.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

We didn't discuss on stage, but we did beforehand and I am pleased to report that your man still feels robbed by the Cup Final of '86 and insists (with no small amount of justification) that Everton were the better team.

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Iain Macintosh @iainmacintosh.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I’ve sent in a list of business-like podcast-centric questions, but I’m actually going to go rogue and keep it “85/86: What Might Have Been” focused.

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Iain Macintosh @iainmacintosh.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Aw, thanks Tatts, that's really nice of you to say. I do agree though. I think the world would be in a better place if I was sat in a corner writing 800 words on Liverpool's back four. This is all far too grown up.

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Iain Macintosh @iainmacintosh.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

If you're at #leadersweek tomorrow, you can find me interviewing Gary Lineker about podcasts on the Business & Leadership stage. I've even promised to stop wanging on about @wearetrackradio.bsky.social for a limited time and I nearly always keep my promises...

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Iain Macintosh @iainmacintosh.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Why do you do this to me? Is it to make me cry? Because congratulations Mr Trunk. I'm crying. <buys>

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Iain Macintosh @iainmacintosh.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I concur about AJ. The bit about everyone in the White House bunker slowly air-frying anyway was quite the bit. I read it, I'm glad I read it, I'm glad I never have to read it again.

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Iain Macintosh @iainmacintosh.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

October Hols! I used to promise myself October Hols when I was freelance and I never did it. Had similar plans for February Hols. All such schemes came to naught. I am intensely jealous.

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Svetovid @svetovid.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Well, that's a hell of a thing to leave next to a statue of Joan of Arc.😏

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Iain Macintosh @iainmacintosh.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

01/02 is obviously the zenith of the series. My God, where did the time go?

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Iain Macintosh @iainmacintosh.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Yeah, the slow burn satisfaction of bringing them through the U18s for two seasons, the U23s for three months and then getting completely overexcited and chucking them in off the bench in the League Cup.

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Iain Macintosh @iainmacintosh.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Yeah, you really need two hours minimum before you press continue for the first time. Probably six hours for a proper pre-season. But then I play a little slower than most. My real life year of FM17 gave me 12 seasons. I really should look at my life choices.

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Iain Macintosh @iainmacintosh.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I've already set up the Only Fans page.

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Iain Macintosh @iainmacintosh.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I just loved spending five mins every now and then roaming through the other leagues, checking out up and coming talent, looking out for old favourites. I play it more like a RPG than a football sim.

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Iain Macintosh @iainmacintosh.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I never finished a season on FM24, it just felt very clicky. I think FM22 was the last one I really fell for.

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Iain Macintosh @iainmacintosh.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Encouraging noises from SI about FM27, but the key is going to be the immersion level. The FM26 match engine/tactical overhaul was positive, but the reason I didn't play it very much was that it didn't feel like my own little world. I played FM17 all year instead, which did.

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Iain Macintosh @iainmacintosh.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The woman who gave me the most obvious look was age appropriate to have seen that in the cinema. As am I, it should be noted.

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Iain Macintosh @iainmacintosh.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Took the dog for a walk. Vaguely aware people were staring at me. Wondered if it was curry stained grey joggers or old beer promotional t shirt. Wondered why people were so judgemental about fashion. Came home. Just seen there’s a massive globule of bright white moisturiser on my face.

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Iain Macintosh @iainmacintosh.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Rueben Durmock, Australian media magnate, and his feud with Mobbert Raxwell. Like reading a novel by the team who brought you Pro Evo Soccer.

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Iain Macintosh @iainmacintosh.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I might have to try Penny. Never read it. I’ll stick it on the list.

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Iain Macintosh @iainmacintosh.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Fourth Estate is very funny, possibly not on purpose. It’s Kane and Abel with Murdoch/Maxwell’s Wikipedia pages augmented with fake names, heavy handed exposition and a mysterious plunge off a yacht…

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Iain Macintosh @iainmacintosh.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I really enjoyed Kane & Abel. And yes, I know, exposition is supposed to be more subtle than that. And yes, dialogue too. I hear you. I’m just saying that the man could make you turn a page.

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Iain Macintosh @iainmacintosh.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Friends. Please don’t tell my wife that I’ve said this. But the episode where there’s a misunderstanding about Chandler masturbating to shark documentaries….Eeesh.

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Ian M @marriotti67.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

He probably thinks this award is about him.

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Iain Macintosh @iainmacintosh.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Southend, having taken the lead and made another impressive start, have just scored an own goal for the ages. Think Lee Dixon, but on the deck. I’d be more upset but we’ve restored the lead while I was typing.

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Iain Macintosh @iainmacintosh.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

It’s vile. It’s a Coca-Cola executive’s idea of youth culture. I want everybody involved sent to the Hague.

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Iain Macintosh @iainmacintosh.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I used to work in the Dyson factory in Malmesbury. Local radio piped into the assembly lines. That song was played every hour. That and Scrubs by TLC. I grew to loathe the pair of them. The more you hear them and listen the lyrics, the more offensive they get. I’ll never be okay about them.

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Iain Macintosh @iainmacintosh.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

It also has a bit where Simon Bates says “any mother fucker can do it.”

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Iain Macintosh @iainmacintosh.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

That’s my favourite ever nonfiction book. Read it in one go on the train from Paddington to Truro going back to Uni in 99. Read it again during Muddy Knees Media and again before starting @wearetrackradio.bsky.social

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Iain Macintosh @iainmacintosh.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I can’t believe this is a real thing. Saw it pop up in a couple of places and just assumed it was an Onion video that didn’t quite land.

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Iain Macintosh @iainmacintosh.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Don't look at me, mate. My wife would disapprove of me even having this conversation.

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