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Josh

@josh-butler.bsky.social
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Senior writer and socials for These Football Times. Find me in The Guardian, World Soccer Magazine and When Saturday Comes. Sometimes I speak Norwegian. United and Tromsø IL.

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Josh @josh-butler.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Spent far too long agonising over these nine albums. Tried not to repeat an artist although, of course, Tom Delonge features twice.
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Josh @josh-butler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Spanish Love Songs never, ever miss. open.spotify.com/track/7qqLey...
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Doom Tripping
Spanish Love Songs · Doom Tripping · Song · 2026
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Josh @josh-butler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Only something as funny as the impending relegation and imminent dismantling of Manchester City can finally unite, albeit briefly, supporters of Manchester United and Liverpool in a state of mutually acknowledged mockery.
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Josh @josh-butler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
While drying her hair, Dand used voice to text to ask me “Are there any wired headphones downstairs? Can you get them for me?” But, to my great confusion, I received this while making a cuppa 😂
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Josh @josh-butler.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
My absolute worldie full-back is kicking off about not being able to settle in Spain. What's the issue? The good food? The great weather? The snooze in the middle of the day?
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Josh @josh-butler.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Hei! @thesefootballtimes.shop har laget et magasin om norsk fotball. Jeg skrev (selvfølgelig) om Ronny Johnsen, men inne i magasinet finner du historier om Arctic fotball, RBK, Brann, Oslo, Bodø/Glimt, VM-98 og VM-26, etc. Vær så snill kjøp et eksemplar! thesefootballtimes.shop/collections/...
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Norway
Football at the top of the world is anything but dull. Cold, eclectic, exhilarating, intense. If there's one thing to be said of Norway: expect the unexpected
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Josh @josh-butler.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
My wife, an author, just asked me for a surname for character. English-sounding, she said. She’s settled on Hargreaves, but just asked, “Did you just name footballers?” My suggestions: Rooney, Neville, Ferdinand, Carrick, Hargreaves.
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These Football Times @thesefootballtimes.shop · 28/09/2026
Introducing the new issues: Norway and Anthology: 1991/92. The story of Norwegian football through its iconic players and influential cities, and an epic look back at the brilliant 1991/92 season. Out now for your reading pleasure. thesefootballtimes.shop/mag
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Josh @josh-butler.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🇳🇴 Nordmenn! Vi har endelig klart det. Et helt magasin om Norge! (Og vi leverer selvfølgelig til Norge.)
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Josh @josh-butler.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Facebook is largely dreck, but sometimes it shows me nice things, like the Frome Skate Project, who’ve designed a board for Frodo, Frome’s famous resident cat.
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Josh @josh-butler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Strip them of every title and relegate them one division per illicit title gained. Cheating rats.
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Josh @josh-butler.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“Where are all the white dudes making music in garages?” THEY NEVER WENT AWAY! open.spotify.com/track/1SaMvr...
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Something Real
KIDPUNK · BLACKEYE · Song · 2025
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Josh @josh-butler.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I see we’ve given up using the current squad and our calendar is nostalgic now 😂
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Josh @josh-butler.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Josh @josh-butler.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
This result has highlighted the difference between Maresca and Carrick. The former quickly adapted his team after the red card, while Carrick pressed on with the same system, same personnel, doing the same thing and hoping something would happen.
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Josh @josh-butler.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
We can bemoan the goal all we want, but how the fuck has Carrick watched forty minutes of us being unable to score against ten men and not entertained the idea of a substitution?
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Josh @josh-butler.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I love Cunha. I think he’s a terrific footballer. But he’s not a striker, so bring on Sesko ASAP because Cunha is giving us absolutely nothing again.
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Si Lloyd @smnllyd5.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
If United get a win here, all the noise in the days to come will be about Fernandes not getting a red and the narrative that United get all the decisions etc, etc, all while we wait for the verdict on the 115+ charges
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Josh @josh-butler.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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Josh @josh-butler.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I am once again asking Michael Carrick to refrain from playing Cunha as a striker.
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Josh @josh-butler.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Phil Foden is such a dislikable bloke. See yer later 👋🏻
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Josh @josh-butler.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Call me old-fashioned, but I think selling all your best players midseason and then failing to reinforce the squad with adequate replacements is not the ideal way to maintain competitiveness. I trust TIL know what they’re doing, but, man, not a great run, this.
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Josh @josh-butler.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Jeg er en bedre forsvarsspiller enn Leon Hien, og jeg har aldri spilt som forsvarsspiller i hele mitt liv.
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Josh @josh-butler.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
It’s been a great year of reading.
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Josh @josh-butler.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Facebook informed me yesterday that it’s ten years since I was in the paper for scoring twice against Cutters Friday during an 8-1 win where it absolutely lashed it down all game. Oh, to be 26 with a working Achilles again 😂e
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Josh @josh-butler.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I dag, føler jeg meg Tysk.
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Josh @josh-butler.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Finally found an app to track gigs like Futbology does football matches. You can follow me to see just how often I stand in a dark room while some angry/sad guys shout at me about how much they miss their childhoods. www.concertarchives.org/joshbutler90
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Ole Liland @olegif.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
What’s an example of perfect casting?
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Gandalf The White Return
ALT: Gandalf The White Return
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Josh @josh-butler.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I love Cunha as a footballer, but he’s not a centre-forward. We have zero presence with him up top. Need Sesko back to fitness so we can have Cunha wide.
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Josh @josh-butler.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
It’s objectively very funny that Spurs have spent several hundred million pounds to be no better than they were last season when they finished 17th. It’s even funnier that their rape apologist of a manager is hating his existence right now.
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Josh @josh-butler.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Det finnes ikke en Dire Straits reel som Jens Hjertø-Dahl ikke allerede har likt, I swear to god 😂
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Josh @josh-butler.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Tromsø supportere: «Overgangsvinduet vårt er helt forferdelig.» LP:
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Josh @josh-butler.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Vegard Erlien kommer tilbake til Tromsø
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Josh @josh-butler.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I am personally a huge fan of Liverpool’s policy of signing absolutely clueless footballers.
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Nathan Phillips @nathanphillips.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Liverpool are speed running into their post-Ferguson United era
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Josh @josh-butler.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Another great Tromsø away day. Thanks to @forzatromso.bsky.social for organising yet another unforgettable trip. An incredible evening. Brighton was, as always, the most beautiful and inviting city. Home supporters were a delight. Eya TIL!
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Josh @josh-butler.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
For those wondering, it’s taken less than 24 hours for Dandy to beg me to stop singing “Feed the rat, feed the rat king!”
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Josh @josh-butler.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Personally have to hand it Mateta. Hated his life at Palace so much he went on strike so the club had to spend £60m on his replacement. He then couldn't find a suitable buyer so came back, thus causing competition with the very man signed for an exorbitant figure to replace him.
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Josh @josh-butler.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
You could give Mbeumo 30 attempts today and he wouldn’t score 😂
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Josh @josh-butler.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
As I live and breathe, is that Paddy McNair on the Hull bench 😂
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Josh @josh-butler.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Rashford has done more in 6 minutes than Dorgu managed in 45.
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Josh @josh-butler.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
New season, same old desire to never have to witness Patrick Dorgu in a Manchester United shirt ever again.
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Josh @josh-butler.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
New season, same inability to defend a set piece.
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Josh @josh-butler.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
The way this game is going, we are going to cross relentlessly into the box to no avail, bring on Sesko, and then cease the crosses altogether.
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Josh @josh-butler.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Hull City have fully deserved that goal. Been much the better team this opening 20 minutes.
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Josh @josh-butler.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
My eight-year-old niece is staying this week so she’s been exposed to a healthy dose of blink-182, Sum 41, Avril Lavigne, Paramore, The Story So Far, No Pressure, The Menzingers and Billy Talent. She today asked for Teenage Dirtbag on the radio in the car. I am winning.
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Josh @josh-butler.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
For et resultat! Alle til Amex. Eya TIL 🔴⚪️
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Josh @josh-butler.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Have I missed something? Why is there an icon of Andriy Shevchenko on this Bath City game I’m going to? 😂
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Josh @josh-butler.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
The Bath Spa Cup returns for its 10th year, and Sørloth’s Sh*ggers are back. I got second pick in the draft, immediately went for Bruno and built from there. Obviously had to pick up Jens!
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Josh @josh-butler.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
GUTAN OLÉ!
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