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Rob Conlon

@robconlon.bsky.social
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Writer of words, talker of shite — @thesquareball.net, @realclass.co.uk Subscribe to the free Real Class rugby league newsletter and podcast realclass.co.uk

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Rob Conlon @robconlon.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Can’t believe Leeds spent over a year playing Matt fucking Frawley rather than giving Jack Sinfield a run of games, but still, g’warn Wakey.
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Rob Conlon @robconlon.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Just the 5-0 win for Castellon yesterday.
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Rob Conlon @robconlon.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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The Square Ball @thesquareball.net · 07/09/2026
Brighton 1-1 #LUFC: New Energy Zoom out and it becomes apparent just how far this Leeds United team has come. Zoom in a little closer and it’s evident Leeds are still getting better. by @robconlon.bsky.social thesquareball.net/leeds-united...
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Brighton 1-1 Leeds United: New Energy • The Square Ball
Zoom out and it becomes apparent just how far this Leeds United team has come. Zoom in a little closer and it’s evident Leeds are still getting better.
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The Square Ball @thesquareball.net · 05/09/2026
Blood, snow & espionage — #LUFC behind the Iron Curtain, 1965 “What happened in those early European games had a big impact on how Revie wanted us to play. He knew we had to look after ourselves.” by @robconlon.bsky.social, free to read from issue one of the mag thesquareball.net/leeds-united...
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Blood, snow & espionage • The Square Ball
Missing Bobby Collins, Leeds’ adventure behind the Iron Curtain to face SC Leipzig forced Don Revie’s team of young upstarts to grow up quickly.
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The Square Ball @thesquareball.net · 03/09/2026
Deadline day from the other side For once we could sit back and enjoy the loathsome madness clubs put themselves through on deadline day. Hi, Angus! by @robconlon.bsky.social #LUFC thesquareball.net/leeds-united...
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Deadline day from the other side • The Square Ball
For once we could sit back and enjoy the loathsome madness clubs put themselves through on deadline day. Hi, Angus!
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The Square Ball @thesquareball.net · 28/08/2026
The Square Ball: Season 37, Issue 01 We're back, we're full of optimism and in this mag we've got: - #LUFC behind the Iron Curtain - England No.1s - Blackwell's boys on drugs - Dublin On sale now + @ Elland Road on Sunday! Cover by Tom Lathom-Sharp
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The Square Ball @thesquareball.net · 22/08/2026
Well that was nice, wasn't it? #lufc So nice, that perhaps we should make a t-shirt: thesquareball.net/shop/united-...
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The Square Ball @thesquareball.net · 15/08/2026
Everyone at TSB is very saddened to hear the news that our good friend Ottar Kvalheim has passed away. A truly lovely guy & dedicated Norwegian White, who will be missed by many #LUFC fans. Our thoughts are with his daughters Mari & Sarah and all family & friends.
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The Square Ball @thesquareball.net · 14/08/2026
Never devalue the value of Bruno Fernandes making a tit of himself @robconlon.bsky.social on three days of #LUFC fun in Dublin. thesquareball.net/leeds-united...
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Never devalue the value of Bruno Fernandes making a tit of himself • The Square Ball
The wait for the Boyle Sports Cup goes on. But I'm all for trying again to win it next summer.
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btngnrtn @btngnrtn.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Wrote some words because I'm as mad as hell and I'm not gonna take this anymore. #neinzuRB #lufc
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The Square Ball @thesquareball.net · 22/07/2026
Ahead of #LUFC's trip to Anderlecht, Eirik Bakke warned their dismissive manager Aime Anthuenis: “I’ll be perfectly fit to go hunting for scalps.” "We didn’t care who we were playing," Bakke tells @robconlon.bsky.social 25 years later. "We thought we could beat anyone.”
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Hunting For Scalps • The Square Ball
“We didn’t care who we were playing,” Eirik Bakke tells Rob Conlon. “We thought we could beat anyone.”
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Rob Conlon @robconlon.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Good stuff from @cmcmenamy.bsky.social👇
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Rob Conlon @robconlon.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Turns out the handbrake does exist
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Rob Conlon @robconlon.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Loved that. Bastards make football ace* *Apart from that Sunderland game at Elland Road
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Rob Conlon @robconlon.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
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The Square Ball @thesquareball.net · 07/07/2026
🎤☘ TSB LIVE SEASON PREVIEW, DUBLIN We'll be at the Laughter Lounge for a #LUFC season preview podcast on 11 August, the night before Leeds play That Lot at Croke Park. 🎟️ Tickets on sale now! laughterlounge.com/products/the...
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Rob Conlon @robconlon.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Leeds playing Bradford at Magic Weekend gave us a nice excuse to look back at one of the daftest games of rugby league you'll ever watch. "A total and complete and utter mess." I thought it was ace. open.spotify.com/episode/27A0...
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Cult Classics: Gansongate, Leeds Rhinos vs Bradford Bulls 2007
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The Square Ball @thesquareball.net · 10/06/2026
Pablo Hernandez can’t escape the ghosts of #LUFC @robconlon.bsky.social has seen this film before, only this time it was soundtracked by Ennio Morricone rather than Joy Division.
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Pablo Hernandez can't escape the ghosts of Leeds United • The Square Ball
We've seen this film before, only this time it was soundtracked by Ennio Morricone rather than Joy Division.
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Rob Conlon @robconlon.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
A Fistful of Dollars meets A Mouthful of Tissues thesquareball.net/leeds-united...
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Pablo Hernandez can't escape the ghosts of Leeds United • The Square Ball
We've seen this film before, only this time it was soundtracked by Ennio Morricone rather than Joy Division.
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Rob Conlon @robconlon.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
The good news is Pablo has got Castellon playing like Bielsa's Leeds. The bad news is they've just recreated the play-off semi-final against Derby.
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Rob Conlon @robconlon.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
I've waited my entire lifetime for a league win at Old Trafford, so naturally I missed it. Saved watching back the whole game for a little treat at the end of the season, and bloody hell, we really were brilliant.
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Chris McMenamy @cmcmenamy.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Wrote about the origins of the Yorkshire Rose crest. An incredible competition with mad designs that ended with #LUFC refusing to pay the winner. thesquareball.net/leeds-united...
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The price of identity • The Square Ball
With Leeds United returning to the Yorkshire Rose crest, it's time to give designer Brenda Reader her credit — and start looking to the future.
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The Square Ball @thesquareball.net · 03/06/2026
The existential crisis of James Milner retiring @lukebre7.bsky.social missed James Milner's #LUFC debut, since the view from his dad’s testes was quite unclear, but he's sure he enjoyed it nonetheless. thesquareball.net/leeds-united...
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The existential crisis of James Milner retiring • The Square Ball
I missed James Milner's Leeds debut, since the view from my dad’s testes was quite unclear, but I’m sure I enjoyed it nonetheless
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Rob Conlon @robconlon.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
One of me faves
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Paul Thompson @jakethackrayfan.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
A football column quoting a Jake Thackray lyric is a fine thing indeed.
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btngnrtn @btngnrtn.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Congrats on doing what I never did in 10 years at Viz: getting “fuck” on the front cover 👍 @robconlon.bsky.social @eamov1.bsky.social @oddytsb.bsky.social @michaeltsb.bsky.social @dan.thesquareball.net @cmcmenamy.bsky.social 👏 #lufc
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Zac Connolly @zacconnolly.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
It's been an absolute cracker of a season, hasn't it!? Enjoy this feeling while It's here. #lufc
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Rob Conlon @robconlon.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Can only apologise for making @jonnyhughes1990.bsky.social relive one of his darkest days as a rugby league fan. I did enjoy it, though. open.spotify.com/episode/3qjx...
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Cult Classics: The Battle of Belle Vue
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Rob Conlon @robconlon.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
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Rob Conlon @robconlon.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Well worth it if only for this page IMO. Cut it out and frame it on your wall, or fold it up and keep it in your wallet forevermore. Just buy the mag for one last time this season, basically.
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Rob Conlon @robconlon.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
For the integrity of the Premier League I sincerely hope Leeds rock up at Spurs tomorrow with Ethan Ampadu wearing a traffic cone on his head and Daniel Farke pretending to do a line in the dugout. And still win, obvs.
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Rob Conlon @robconlon.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Never expected so much Michael De Vere and Peter Gill chat, but here we are. open.spotify.com/episode/5UJD...
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He's drawing a dog!
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The Square Ball @thesquareball.net · 23/04/2026
Bournemouth 2-2 #LUFC: Sorry not sorry Who are you and what have you done with the Leeds United I fell in love with? by @robconlon.bsky.social
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Bournemouth 2-2 Leeds United: Sorry not sorry • The Square Ball
Who are you and what have you done with the Leeds United I fell in love with?
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The Square Ball @thesquareball.net · 20/04/2026
#LUFC 3-0 Wolves: Everybody loves the sunshine And sometimes, just sometimes, the sun shines on Elland Road. So make sure you savour it. by @robconlon.bsky.social
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Leeds United 3-0 Wolves: Everybody loves the sunshine • The Square Ball
And sometimes, just sometimes, the sun shines on Elland Road. So make sure you savour it.
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Jon Howe @jonhowe1971.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
If, like me, you are still shaking with adrenalin and can't be trusted to drive a motorised vehicle for another 24 hrs after last night, & are likewise confused by the structural concept of public transport, you can also still purchase online at @thesquareball.net thesquareball.net/shop/days-of...
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Days of Treacle | Jon Howe | Signed & Personalised Book • The Square Ball
Days of Treacle – a brand-new fiction book by Jon Howe You’ve read all the facts you’ll ever need to know about Leeds United, now read the fiction. TSB legacy contributor Jon Howe adds to his canon of...
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Ed Morrish @edmorrish.com · 06/04/2026
"how very fucking hell" really does sum it up
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Rob Conlon @robconlon.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Can only apologise for this. thesquareball.net/leeds-united...
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West Ham 2-2 Leeds United (P): What is this feeling? • The Square Ball
I need to sit in a dark room on my own for a month.
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Rob Conlon @robconlon.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Three rugby league fans fight with their own bias. open.spotify.com/episode/1MXJ...
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Who are Super League's greatest treble winners?
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Migraine Boy @migraine-boy.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Is it questionable AI?
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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
IT'LL BE GOOD TO SEE MATCH OF THE DAY AGAIN.
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Rob Conlon @robconlon.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
#butterthefoodbutterthemood
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The Square Ball @thesquareball.net · 04/03/2026
#LUFC 0-1 Sunderland: Shut the curtains Anyone know how to wash bleach out of your eyes? Asking for a mate. by @robconlon.bsky.social
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Leeds United 0-1 Sunderland: Shut the curtains • The Square Ball
Anyone know how to wash bleach out of your eyes? Asking for a mate.
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Michael Normanton @michaeltsb.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
That may be the worst game of football I've ever seen
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The Square Ball @thesquareball.net · 02/03/2026
#LUFC 0-1 Manchester City: When the sun goes down There was a lot to like about Leeds United vs Manchester City, and enough to leave a sour taste. by @robconlon.bsky.social
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Leeds United 0-1 Manchester City: When the sun goes down • The Square Ball
There was a lot to like about Leeds United vs Manchester City, and enough to leave a sour taste.
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Rob Conlon @robconlon.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
In 1932, Joe Thompson boarded a ship from Southampton for his third Ashes tour of Australia carrying a leather Victor suitcase. Almost a hundred years later, I had a rummage through the same suitcase to see what he brought back. www.realclass.co.uk/unearthing-t...
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Unearthing the treasure chest of Big Joe Thompson
The story of one of the greatest rugby league players you've never heard of.
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Rob Conlon @robconlon.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
In 1932, Joe Thompson boarded a ship from Southampton for his third Ashes tour of Australia carrying a leather Victor suitcase. Almost a hundred years later, I had a rummage through the same suitcase to see what he brought back. www.realclass.co.uk/unearthing-t...
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Unearthing the treasure chest of Big Joe Thompson
The story of one of the greatest rugby league players you've never heard of.
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The Square Ball @thesquareball.net · 26/02/2026
Season 36, Issue 06 25 years have passed since #LUFC swaggered their way to a #UCL semi-final, so we wrote about it: - Eirik Bakke interview - Joe Brennan speaks to Gaizka Mendieta Plus asking for divine help, conquering Rome, best XI faced and more! thesquareball.net/shop/2025-26-issue-06/
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Zac Connolly @zacconnolly.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Cracking article by @cmcmenamy.bsky.social of @thesquareball.net Taking an unfashionable cue from Will Smith by saying, "Keep my club's* name out of your f*ing mouth!". #lufc thesquareball.net/leeds-united...
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Jesse Marsch needs to find a new hobby • The Square Ball
Now that Jesse Marsch has resorted to using spreadsheets in defence of his Leeds United tenure, we think it's time he finds something better to do with his time.
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Rob Conlon @robconlon.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
and then I wake up the next morning and remember there's no fucking chance
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