Sign in

Martin Atherton

@pnestatto.bsky.social
82 followers 57 following 97 posts

Official statto for PNE since 1997 and fan since 1968. Formerly @AthertonPNE on the toxic place. All PNE/football queries answered Humber Bridge and Hessle Foreshore addict

PostsRepliesMedia
Martin Atherton @pnestatto.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Congratulations, Channel 5. Only two episodes in to your coverage of the Tour de France and you have driven me away to YouTube. ITV/Channel4's coverage wasnt broken but you definitely haven't fixed it. Bye ...
020
Martin Atherton @pnestatto.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Who does @nigelfarageuk.bsky.social think he is, sending publicity material to my home that uses my family's first names? We are not your friends and we will take out our eyes with spoons rather than support Reform UK's racist, tax dodging millionaires friendly agenda.
000
Martin Atherton @pnestatto.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Available from Monday, the final batch of the incredible story of the one and only Invincibles. 180 pages of history and personal.stories, with over 30 photos. £15 including delivery. More details from Invinciblesbook@gmail.com
000
Martin Atherton @pnestatto.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Back on sale for Christmas. 180 pages on the history of the first great professional football team. Details on how to get a copy from Invinciblesbook@gmail.com
000
Reposted by Martin Atherton
Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
🔥 A song about Trump’s visit to the UK. Very few songs are genius. This one is. Those lyrics are killer. Awesome work @marshfamilysongs.bsky.social
youtu.be
"Put Up Some Fences" - Marsh Family parody of "Walking in Memphis" about Donald Trump UK State Visit
YouTube video by Marsh Family
24588323
Martin Atherton @pnestatto.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Forced to subject my knackered knees to 3 hours standing on concrete last night. The 'view' from our seats at Barrow FC only included half the pitch, thanks to being next to high railings and a floodlight pylon. Thank you to the steward who let us on the terrace but those seats should not be sold.
100
Martin Atherton @pnestatto.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Major setback on the new Tram Bridge in Preston. High river levels have damaged the walkway used by workers to access the second pier. The walkway has been flipped over for most of its length and the handrails damaged. It will be a big job to repair it.
000
Martin Atherton @pnestatto.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
I didn't realise Halloween had been brought forward this year. No other reason for Home Bargains to have related goods on sale on 2nd July ...
000
Martin Atherton @pnestatto.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Looking to lose weight quickly? Stay at a Premier Inn during hot weather - 27C in my room and no ventilation, never mind AC ...
000
Martin Atherton @pnestatto.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Dear Tesco I am wondering why your petrol is 124.9/l in Warrington and 133.9/l in Cambridge. I presume the Cambridge petrol is of a higher quality ...
000
Martin Atherton @pnestatto.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Which genius decided to put temporary traffic lights on two major junctions on the A6 through Preston - half a mile apart? 27 minutes to travel 2 miles ...
000
Martin Atherton @pnestatto.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Struggling to see Starmer as anything more than a Tory with a red rosette. What a disappointment he is proving to be.
010
Reposted by Martin Atherton
The i Paper @theipaper.com · 12/05/2025
Keir Starmer has faced staunch criticism from opposition parties for the Government’s latest white paper, which includes sweeping measures to reform the immigration system. Eleanor Langford explains
inews.co.uk
The holes in Labour's immigration plan - and how Farage will exploit them
The Prime Minister has been accused of using his immigration changes to win over Reform UK voters
021
Reposted by Martin Atherton
George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
The great @zoesqwilliams.bsky.social is so damn right about this. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
‘Cheap foreign labour’ – this is how Keir Starmer denigrates the migrant carers looking after your loved ones
The government’s claims about immigration driving down wages are so demonstrably untrue, it’s hard to feel the appropriate level of outrage
15587140
Reposted by Martin Atherton
Annette Dittert @annettedittert.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Hard to say how disappointing this morning‘s speech really was. Morally AND intellectually. Agree with every line here by @iandunt.bsky.social 👇
inews.co.uk
Starmer is as bad as those who came before him. What a bitter disappointment
Echoing the far right on immigration, his moral and intellectual stature has fallen away
811360360
Martin Atherton @pnestatto.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Only 71 players have appeared in more league and Cup games for PNE than Ryan Ledson with 215. Thanks for all your effort and commitment, Ryan and best wishes for the rest of your career.
000
Martin Atherton @pnestatto.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Preston North End's 20 draws equals the record for a 46 game league season set in 2005/06. This is the 13th time in 126 seasons of league football that we have not had a positive goal difference at any point.
010
Martin Atherton @pnestatto.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
As my German friend says, 'Hope dies last' but it feels like all PNE fans are on life support today. No matter what happens by 2.30, this is the most important summer since John McGrath had to rebuild the squad after re-election in 1986. #COYW
000
Martin Atherton @pnestatto.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Congratulations to Sky News for the most tenuous link of the year in a news story by managing to connect Jamie Vardy's retirement to the death of Pope Francis.
000
Martin Atherton @pnestatto.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Since the start of the 2020/21 season, PNE have played 227 league games. They have only had a positive goal difference after 23 of those games. The aggregate GD for that period is -45 with three games of the current season to play.
000
Martin Atherton @pnestatto.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Two seasons ago, PNE won six of the final 15 league games. Last season, it was five. With three games still to play, PNE have one win in the previous 12 league games so a (highly unlikely) maximum of 4 in 15
001
Martin Atherton @pnestatto.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Dear @unitedutilities.bsky.social You have just put up my water bill by 16.48% so please can you list the extra services I will be receiving? My water consumption has been steady for the past four years so it isn't because I am using more ... Maybe it is to pay for all those new reservoirs?
000
Reposted by Martin Atherton
Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
The government has published no evidence to suggest that cutting disability benefits will get people back to work. The evidence it has published found that these cuts would plunge hundreds of thousands of people into poverty. I’m joining @trusselluk.bsky.social in calling on the gov’t to rethink
516968
Martin Atherton @pnestatto.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Hard as nails left back John Ritchie was born 81 years ago today in Ashington. Despite having all four knee cartilage removed, he continued playing into his 30s in a career that included Port Vale, PNE and Bradford City. John died in 2012 aged 68.
000
Martin Atherton @pnestatto.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
I cannot in good conscience vote for any party that penalises people for having disabilities and refuses to tax those who can most afford to contribute to the country.
010
Martin Atherton @pnestatto.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
PNE have set one new record this season and could still pass or equal another. The 12 home draws is a record for a 46 game season (previously 10) and our 19 draws in all is only one behind the current record set in 2005/06.
000
Martin Atherton @pnestatto.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Anyone heading to Deepdale tonight from London Road, be aware the new traffic lights at the prison are causing very, VERY long delays for traffic turning right into Ribbleton Lane/Deepdale Road. #designedbyidiots
000
Martin Atherton @pnestatto.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
OTD 1983 Alex Bruce made his final appearance for PNE. Discarded by Gordon Lee in the summer, he joined Wigan for two seasons and gave a masterclass on his teturn to Deepdale in a 3-2 win. He remains PNE's second highest scorer with 171 goals in 404 appearances.
000
Martin Atherton @pnestatto.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Interesting to see that Southampton's reward for challenging to be the worst team in PL history will be the slight matter of £49 million next season. How will they ever cope?
000
Martin Atherton @pnestatto.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
My son's MS nurses have confirmed today that there is no medical evidence that cutting his disability benefits will cure him of this life-limiting condition.
020
Martin Atherton @pnestatto.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
First time two Theos have appeared togethe in the PNE first team ...
010
Martin Atherton @pnestatto.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
PNE and Aston Villa have faced each other on six previous occasions in the FA Cup, with each club progressing to the next round three times. Based on that, I choose to interpret the odds of PNE winning today as evens ... #clutchingatstraws #COYW
000
Martin Atherton @pnestatto.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Looking for omens? On 30th March 1889, PNE's Invincibles completed the League and Cup Double by beating Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-0 at the Oval Cricket Ground to win the FA Cup for the first time in our history.
000
Martin Atherton @pnestatto.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
If you claim to be a PNE fan and your heart is not already beating faster than normal in anticipation of Sunday's game, you might want to see your GP. Only three words needed on the day: loud and proud. #COYW
000
Martin Atherton @pnestatto.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Just watched the 1995 playoff games vs Torquay. PNE scored three goals from corners in 90 minutes - more than we have managed all season so far ...
010
Martin Atherton @pnestatto.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Worth reposting this today ...
000
Martin Atherton @pnestatto.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
I never thought I would go against the pledge I made my grandfather and not vote Labour but I am close to finished with these #torieswearingredrosettes My tad's hero was Nye Bevan, who would have had strong words to say on what 'Labour' are doing to those most in need
000
Martin Atherton @pnestatto.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Would it not be simpler for Reeves to make it law that anyone with a disability has to give all their money to the State and no-one with more than a million pounds need pay any tax on anything? Problems solved, surely?
010
Reposted by Martin Atherton
Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Thursday’s @mirror.co.uk front page
34631170
Reposted by Martin Atherton
Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Jeez. The Government’s own impact assessment on welfare cuts finds they would drive 250,000 more people, including 50,000 children, into poverty
39346182
Martin Atherton @pnestatto.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Good to see some Labour MPs standing up to these scandalous austerity measures but what about the rest of them? If they aren't going to vote this down, at least be honest and tell disabled people they have no value in the UK ...
000
Reposted by Martin Atherton
Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
“If Starmer and his team do not wake up, the Brexit monster will also consume the Labour government. Those cries to ‘Starmer out’ have very serious implications for us all.”
northeastbylines.co.uk
Labour’s neo-austerity measures: softening solutions on the right side of history
Labour in principle is sympathetic to unions, workers' rights and the NHS,.yet they are not battin g in our corner with their economic policies. They could make it so much better.
59908297
Reposted by Martin Atherton
Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Disability Rights UK's Statement on the government’s planned benefits cuts “The Government is demonising and punishing Disabled people for the economic failures of successive governments. Why isn't it looking to the rich to plug its funding gap?”
25772306
Reposted by Martin Atherton
Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Labour MP condemns his party's 'devastating' benefit cuts Chris Webb, the MP for Blackpool South, has told Sky News the benefit changes are "not what any of us stood on" during the general election news.sky.com/story/new-la...
news.sky.com
Labour MP condemns his party's 'devastating' benefit cuts
Chris Webb, the MP for Blackpool South, has told Sky News the benefit changes are "not what any of us stood on" during the general election - and he warned the measures could make his constituents wor...
31440118
Reposted by Martin Atherton
Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
“The ‘nasty party’ is back — this time wearing a red rose.” 🌹 This is brutal. 👇
northeastbylines.co.uk
The Nasty Party is back
The ‘nasty party’ is back—this time wearing a red rose. Labour’s Wes Streeting claims mental health is ‘overdiagnosed.’
52761280
Reposted by Martin Atherton
Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Kevin Bridges mocks Labour, "They after disabled people? That takes balls." "And through disabled people's doors. This is your fault, mate. You" "We could go after tax, avoid multinationals" "We could go after Vodafone, Starbucks, Amazon, Google" "But it's your fault, You"
633593
Reposted by Martin Atherton
Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Single disabled people are already four times more likely to be falling behind on their bills, six times more likely to go cold and nine times more likely to skip meals. Cuts will make things worse www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/pol...
prospectmagazine.co.uk
The devastating reality of disability benefit cuts
The government must face the consequences of taking support from the poorest, and try to find a better way
37672282
Martin Atherton @pnestatto.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Dear Stephen Timms, Please can you clarify if an incurable, life-altering illness counts as a proper disability or not? Asking for a son ...
000
Martin Atherton @pnestatto.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
This is only the second season PNE have been drawn at home in four consecutive rounds of the FA Cup. The previous occasion was 1887/88 when we reached the final for the first time. Not looking for omens but ...
000
Martin Atherton @pnestatto.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
I never thought I would see the day when a Labour government punished the most vulnerable in society whilst letting the richest off their moral responsibility. Nye must be spinning in his grave ...
010