Jamie Fahey @jamiefahey.bsky.social · 20hFirst it was Billy Kenny’s book, now within 24 hours of The Goodison Gazza being released, Everton Football Club is up for sale too Buy (the book 📘) here: www.amazon.co.uk/Goodison-Gaz... 011
Reposted by Jamie FaheyChristopher Beesley @cbeesleyecho.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The video of my exclusive interview with Billy Kenny, Everton’s biggest lost talent, is now live www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbLQ... 141
Reposted by Jamie FaheyDavid Luxton Associates @dluxassociates.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Congratulations to Billy Jenny and Jamie Fahey with The Goodison Gazza published today by @reach_sport Read the inside story of Football’s No.1 Lost Talent Billy Kenny. Written with the help of The Guardian’s Jamie Fahey. #football #everton 011
Reposted by Jamie FaheyChristopher Beesley @cbeesleyecho.bsky.social · 05/10/2026“I was possessed” Billy Kenny had the footballing world at his feet as a teenager and told me how Liverpool’s Kenny Dalglish and Manchester United’s Alex Ferguson were both trying desperately to get him to join them and reject Everton www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/footba...liverpoolecho.co.ukBilly Kenny explains how Liverpool and Man Utd wanted him to reject EvertonEXCLUSIVE: Former Everton player Billy Kenny tells the ECHO how he also had his pick of Liverpool and Manchester United as a teenager 021
Jamie Fahey @jamiefahey.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Ryan Giggs, Davjd Beckham and a guaranteed three-year professional contract: how Alex Ferguson’s Manchester United tried to beat off Liverpool & Everton to the signature of teenage Billy Kenny Exclusive extract from The Goodison Gazza in @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/football/202...theguardian.comThrown in with Giggs and Beckham: how Manchester United tried to get Billy KennyFormer Everton midfielder, known as the ‘Goodison Gazza’, recalls being made to feel special by Alex Ferguson in this autobiography extract 000
Reposted by Jamie FaheyJ. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026@statesideking.bsky.social did you see this?theguardian.com‘Goodison Gazza’ Billy Kenny: ‘The only time I’ve had peace was when I was locked up’Everton’s great lost talent of the 90s tells Donald McRae about the drinking culture that enveloped him as a teenager, his time in jail, struggles with depression and how he got clean 141
Reposted by Jamie FaheyDon McRae @donmcrae.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Thanks Billy Kenny for speaking so movingly about his lost career. Once the most promising young footballer in England, the Goodison Gazza fell to the drinking culture of the 1990s. Drugs swept him away to prison but he was just a kid and felt abandoned by Everton www.theguardian.com/football/202...theguardian.com‘Goodison Gazza’ Billy Kenny: ‘The only time I’ve had peace was when I was locked up’Everton’s great lost talent of the 90s tells Donald McRae about the drinking culture that enveloped him as a teenager, his time in jail, struggles with depression and how he got clean 144
Reposted by Jamie FaheyThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 29/09/2026‘Goodison Gazza’ Billy Kenny: ‘The only time I’ve had peace was when I was locked up’theguardian.com‘Goodison Gazza’ Billy Kenny: ‘The only time I’ve had peace was when I was locked up’Everton’s great lost talent of the 90s tells Donald McRae about the drinking culture that enveloped him as a teenager, his time in jail, struggles with depression and how he got clean 1225
Reposted by Jamie FaheyEverton Fan Advisory Board @efc-fanadvisory.bsky.social · 16/09/2026A very happy birthday to the greatest goalie we know #EFC www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VEr...youtube.comNeville Southall v Sheff Wed, 1985YouTube video by Andy Watson 0153
Reposted by Jamie FaheySachin Nakrani @sachinnakrani.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Great transfer window for Everton, by the way. 2161
Jamie Fahey @jamiefahey.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Titled the Goodison Gazza (a nickname given to Billy by Peter Beardsley), it covers the untold story of Billy’s dramatic rise & fall, which I saw up close as someone who played with & against him as teens It’s a brutally honest story that simply had to be told ✍️ www.amazon.co.uk/Goodison-Gaz...amazon.co.ukThe Goodison Gazza: Amazon.co.uk: Kenny, Billy, Fahey, Jamie: 9781916811652: BooksBuy The Goodison Gazza by Kenny, Billy, Fahey, Jamie (ISBN: 9781916811652) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. 010
Jamie Fahey @jamiefahey.bsky.social · 02/09/2026As one EFC transfer window fiasco ends, it’s timely to reveal this story of lost talent from the early Premier League era The book reveals the full story of Billy Kenny, the Everton & England u21 star sacked by #EFC 18 months after earning MoM in the 1st Premier League derby Out October 8 ⬇️ 1/2 101
Jamie Fahey @jamiefahey.bsky.social · 27/02/2026“The smear campaign against the Greens will now reach unprecedented heights. It will come from an unholy alliance of Reform, Conservatives, Blairites and large swathes of the media. And much of it will be racist” Great analysis by @owenjones.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comI saw how the Greens channelled voters’ anger – and fused it with hope. That’s why they won in Gorton and Denton | Owen JonesStarmer called the byelection a battle for the nation’s soul. This result shows Labour has lost that – and I think it will lose much more, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones 000
Reposted by Jamie FaheyCarole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 25/01/2026NEW: this is how the US press would report on this if it was happening in a ‘shithole country’. It’s an execution. But it also reveals how weak Trump really is open.substack.com/pub/broligar...open.substack.comDeath Squads Execute Second DissidentOr what the US press would say if this was happening on the streets of a "shithole" country overseas 171249498
Reposted by Jamie FaheyLed By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 24/01/2026Board of Peace - Season 1 472115346468
Reposted by Jamie FaheyThe Sutton Trust @suttontrust.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Have you ever been mocked because of how you sound? Did you ever get mocked at university because of the way you speak? Our research on accents and social mobility features testimonials from students and professionals who have experienced accent bias ⤵️ www.suttontrust.com/our-research...suttontrust.comSpeaking Up - The Sutton TrustHow does accent impact social mobility? 172
Reposted by Jamie FaheyPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 11/01/202624m Britons live below minimum socially acceptable living standards. Major parties make sound bites, no plan to address cost of living crisis. Won't end profiteering, increase real wages, redistribute wealth, curb power of corporations/rich. Need more working class people in parliament. 12307101
Reposted by Jamie FaheyWarrington Guardian @warringtonguardian.bsky.social · 10/01/2026What has Labour ever done for us!? Charlotte Nichols columndlvr.itWhat has Labour ever done for us!? Charlotte Nichols columnWarrington North MP Charlotte Nichols shares her views in her first column of the year for us. 1198
Jamie Fahey @jamiefahey.bsky.social · 09/01/2026The story behind the striking depiction of Trump as Hitler published by a Slovenian news magazine www.newsweek.com/trump-depict... 110
Jamie Fahey @jamiefahey.bsky.social · 05/01/2026Got to feel for Thomas Frank He says he can get to the big roundabout on the North Circular and is more than happy to pay your petrol money… 010
Jamie Fahey @jamiefahey.bsky.social · 05/01/2026Wonder how many more club staff will have to be sacked now to fund Ruben Amorim’s payoff and the shocking waste/incompetence of Ratcliffe & the other Man United high-ups… www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...bbc.co.ukMan Utd redundancies: Up to 200 staff to be made redundantAfter 250 members of staff were made redundant last year, Manchester United announce up to 200 more redundancies to 000
Jamie Fahey @jamiefahey.bsky.social · 03/01/2026Steven Knight & Stephen Graham on class and acting/writing 👊🏼 “It takes 20 years to recover from a working-class upbringing,” says Knight “It took me ages to get rid of that imposter syndrome,” adds Graham. “It’s only dissipated completely in the past 5 years” www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...theguardian.com‘I’ve seen a lot of great pissheads’: Stephen Graham on booze, Baftas and the return of his bone-crunching boxing thrillerStephen Graham and Steven Knight had an astonishing 2025. As A Thousand Blows explodes back, they talk about taking decades to become overnight sensations, the Peaky Blinders movie – and why it could ... 010
Jamie Fahey @jamiefahey.bsky.social · 22/12/2025Also 54 years ago today, I was born an Evertonian The very day #EFC left fans devastated by selling resident World Cup winner Alan Ball to Arsenal for a British transfer record fee 161
Reposted by Jamie FaheyAdam Smith @adamlsmith.bsky.social · 21/12/2025Great that this bullshit is being called out more now. 2232
Jamie Fahey @jamiefahey.bsky.social · 21/12/2025It was pathetic. Embarrassing. And shameful for Arsenal But it just gives EFC a chance to reaffirm the huge commitment to all the vital work @sfoodbanks.bsky.social does 1234
Jamie Fahey @jamiefahey.bsky.social · 02/12/2025Hillsborough: the scandal of police lies and political/institutional/scumbag tabloid cover-ups that seemingly never ends Yet still the perpetrators go unpunished www.theguardian.com/football/202...theguardian.com12 police officers would have faced gross misconduct cases over Hillsborough, says watchdogNone of the former officers named by the IOPC will face disciplinary proceedings because they have all retired 000
Reposted by Jamie FaheyKiran Stacey @kiranstacey.bsky.social · 24/11/2025To all the people who love to explain that this is not in fact a make or break budget, you're wrong. Hopefully this week's episode will show why. 082
Reposted by Jamie FaheyBianca Hillier @biancahillier.bsky.social · 22/11/2025Think indoor soccer. Then make it 5v5, switch the ball, change some rules, and amp up the speed. Now it's futsal, a game "born in Uruguay and raised in Brazil" per @jamiefahey.bsky.social. The first FIFA Women's Futsal World Cup is on now. My story for @theworld.org theworld.org/segments/202... 033
Reposted by Jamie FaheyRandeep Ramesh @stillwatersrandeep.bsky.social · 19/11/2025So two non economists on BBC radio 4 flagship news programme to answer the question on how fiscal choices shape growth. Ridiculous. “Only business creates wealth” says businessman. “Cut welfare” says political adviser. That’s the inane debate chaired by who else Amol Rajan ! 183
Reposted by Jamie FaheyThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 17/11/2025Labour has entered its musical chairs era – and we’re sucked into another pointless death spiral | Nesrine Maliktheguardian.comLabour has entered its musical chairs era – and we’re sucked into another pointless death spiral | Nesrine MalikBriefing wars, toxic infighting, paranoid office politics: we’ve seen it all before. And once again, the drama at No 10 has absolutely nothing to do with us, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik 6397
Reposted by Jamie FaheyRichard Partington @rjpartington.bsky.social · 15/11/2025Half of all UK jobs shed since Labour came to power are among under-25s Exclusive: David Blunkett warns Keir Starmer Britain’s youth are in danger of becoming ‘lost generation’ on his watch www.theguardian.com/business/202...theguardian.comHalf of all UK jobs shed since Labour came to power are among under-25sExclusive: David Blunkett warns Keir Starmer Britain’s youth are in danger of becoming ‘lost generation’ on his watch 133
Reposted by Jamie FaheyRichard Partington @rjpartington.bsky.social · 15/11/2025AI, Covid and taxes: what is behind steep rise in youth unemployment? Last year’s employer NICs increase and a weak economy are adding to tricky conditions for young people www.theguardian.com/society/2025...theguardian.comAI, Covid and taxes: what is behind steep rise in youth unemployment?Last year’s employer NICs increase and a weak economy are adding to tricky conditions for young people 021
Jamie Fahey @jamiefahey.bsky.social · 12/11/2025“Starmerism was always devoid of principle & purpose. Its original sin was deceiving the membership by offering Corbynism without Corbyn, only to cynically ditch all that in an attempt to drive the left into permanent oblivion” @owenjones.bsky.social on Labour www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comLabour is standing on a precipice: if it breaks its election promise on tax, it will never be trusted again | Owen JonesRuling out tax rises in its 2024 manifesto was utterly reckless and will fan the flames of the far right, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones 020
Jamie Fahey @jamiefahey.bsky.social · 31/10/2025Great picture. A decade before i was playing around there as a kid though. Can’t work it out. What end of Queens Road is it? Breck or Mill Road end? 010
Jamie Fahey @jamiefahey.bsky.social · 02/07/2025“Welcome to Britain in 2025, where musicians angry at genocide are dragged through the justice system, while politicians facilitating genocide walk free” @owenjones.bsky.social on the campaign of deflection from Britain’s complicity in the crime of the century www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comWelcome to Britain 2025: where a musician's words cause more outrage than the murder and horror in Gaza | Owen JonesThe issue of what happened at Glastonbury is obscuring the outrage about real bombs and actual death, and I think that is deliberate, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones 030
Jamie Fahey @jamiefahey.bsky.social · 24/06/2025About time… And the sort of mass action that should have been instinctive last year to support the seven Labour MPs suspended for daring to oppose the despicable two-child benefit cap. It would have sent a clear message of defiance and prevented this continuing austerity shitshow 010
Reposted by Jamie FaheyThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 23/06/2025Socialist Zohran Mamdani could be New York’s next mayor. This is what the western left could learn from him | Owen Jonestheguardian.comSocialist Zohran Mamdani could be New York’s next mayor. This is what the western left could learn from him | Owen JonesHe has used clear messaging to redirect anger from the disenfranchised to the economic elites. That the wealthy are worried shows it’s working, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones 1132139
Reposted by Jamie FaheyThe Sutton Trust @suttontrust.bsky.social · 23/06/2025💬 "The Trust’s report, A Class Act (2024), demonstrates that this area of British culture is disproportionately produced by the most privileged segment of the population." Our research on class diversity in the creative sector cited @uk.theconversation.com ⬇️theconversation.comWho represents Britain on screen? UK film and TV culture still has a worrying class problemThe narrowness of this field is bad news for diversity – we need greater breadth and depth when it comes to British culture and those who produce it. 055
Reposted by Jamie FaheyOpal - Toitū Te Tiriti 🍉 @opaltiger.bsky.social · 24/06/2025This is a barn-stormer. The part about Keir Starmer is boggling. 219477
Reposted by Jamie FaheySam Jones @swajones.bsky.social · 16/05/2025Man who stabbed Salman Rushdie sentenced to 25 years in prison www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...theguardian.comMan who stabbed Salman Rushdie sentenced to 25 years in prisonHadi Matar was convicted of attempted murder for 2022 attack that left writer blind in his right eye 021
Reposted by Jamie FaheySimon Hattenstone @shattenstone.bsky.social · 16/05/2025What a loss. Duncan was a hero to so many of us. A great journalist and a great man. Bullshit free, loved by all, supremely fair, incredibly wise and so effortlessly cool. A unique combo. God, he'll be missed. ❤️❤️❤️ www.theguardian.com/media/2025/m...theguardian.comDuncan Campbell, celebrated Guardian crime reporter, dies aged 80Tributes paid to ‘courageous’ journalist who covered police corruption, Rosemary West trial and Hatton Garden heist 03413
Reposted by Jamie FaheyMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 16/05/2025If this person sat next to you on a bus or train and started ranting about Bruce Springsteen in this way, you would get up and move to a different seat. In the United States, we have him the nuclear codes. 3796325247107
Reposted by Jamie FaheyLarry Tenney @larrytenney.bsky.social · 16/05/2025The Boss: telling it like it is Springsteen shining a light on the chaos, threats & injustices of the moment with hope and love in his heart for America 🇺🇸 10334431229
Jamie Fahey @jamiefahey.bsky.social · 24/04/2025”Acting on Kendall’s advice to ‘let the Gwladys Street suck the ball in the net’, Everton bombarded Bayern. I played my part, skittling the ball to @nevillesouthall.bsky.social to maintain intensity’ Goodison’s greatest night: #EFC v Bayern, 40 years ago today www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/m... 040
Jamie Fahey @jamiefahey.bsky.social · 23/04/2025Know what you mean. Entry deffo valid in Liverpool. But also enno/ennog (abbreviations that weren’t really) & jigger Outside the north-west, jitty was apparently used in Leicestershire (and maybe elsewhere) 110
Reposted by Jamie Faheyiniseoghain.bsky.social @iniseoghain.bsky.social · 22/04/2025Gary Lineker: "This is the mistake the BBC makes. The BBC tries to appease the people that hate the BBC rather than worrying about the people that love the BBC." And it's the mistake that the Labour Party is making. Trying to appease those who hate the Labour party and will never vote for it. 14703158
Jamie Fahey @jamiefahey.bsky.social · 23/04/2025“It’s what he wanted all along” etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc 000
Reposted by Jamie FaheyPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 22/04/2025UK charities warn of record high child poverty if two-child benefit cap not scrapped. £3.6bn would lift 350,000 children out of poverty, reduce poverty for another 700,000. Govts that bail out & subsidise corporations can eradicate poverty. Ditch the Tory policy. Tax the rich. Save the future.independent.co.ukCharities warn of record high child poverty if two-child benefit cap not scrappedFailing to scrap the limit could put child poverty at its highest level since records began by the end of this parliament, charities have warned 13302151
Jamie Fahey @jamiefahey.bsky.social · 22/04/2025Revealed: Oxford academics supped from a cup made from skull of a human - possibly an enslaved woman - until 2015 College response? We dealt with the issue “ethically and thoughtfully” 🤯🤯🤯 www.theguardian.com/science/2025...theguardian.comOxford academics drank from cup made from human skull until 2015, book revealsDecades-long use of chalice at Worcester College highlights violent colonial history of looted human remains, says Prof Dan Hicks 000