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Steven Scragg

@scraggy74.bsky.social

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Author of A Tournament Frozen in Time, Where the Cool Kids Hung Out, The Undisputed Champions of Europe, In the Heat of the Midday Sun and Euro 88. Podcast host and occasional talking head on various radio stations.

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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

England v Ireland 6/2/80: @scraggy74.bsky.social and @themagicofthecup.bsky.social talk us through England vs Ireland. Kevin Keegan plays his part, Bryan Robson makes his debut, Laurie Cunningham feels the freeze. Back to 1980 we go... yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/football-r...

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Football Revisited 1979/80: Para 1.20c England v Ireland 6/2/80

A game of no halves

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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

What The Papers Said: WC 28/9/1981. There's sad news as football mourns the passing of a legend, George Best eyes an international return, and WBA seemingly fall to some Swiss chewing herbivorous insects. @scraggy74.bsky.social is across those back (and front) pages substack.com/home/post/p-...

What The Papers Said

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Outside Write (Chris Lee) ⚽️ @outsidewrite.co.uk · 27/09/2026

Dropping overnight UK/CET - @drpetewatson.bsky.social joins me on the pod to dissect the 2026 World Cup in Latin America. Including: 🇦🇷 Argentina's soft power disaster 🇺🇾 Is Uruguay a 'heritage brand' now? 🇧🇷 Is the worst Brazil side in a century? 🇲🇽 🇨🇴 When will Mexico and Colombia succeed? And more!

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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

WHAT THE PAPERS SAID: 21/9/81. A new league structure is discussed, as are perimeter fences and iron curtains. WBA pursue Daley as Robson prepares to say his goodbyes. Wonder where he will go? @scraggy74.bsky.social investigates yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/what-the-p...

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What The Papers Said

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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

19/9/1999: Newcastle 8 Sheffield Wednesday 0. @aidanwilliams74.bsky.social takes us back to Sir Bobby Robson's first game as Newcastle manager, following Ruud Gullit's 'suicide note' in the Tyne-Wear derby. Must read for #NUFC fans yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/action-rep...

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Action Replay - September 19, 1999

By Aidan Williams

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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

YBTAHOAB: 1979/80: Para 1.20b: Luton Town v Notts County, Leicester v Newcastle, Burnley v Fulham 2/2/1980. Early sightings of Lineker, orange balls, Moore v Harrison, and so much more. @scraggy74.bsky.social @themagicofthecup.bsky.social yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/football-r...

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Football Revisited 1979/80: Para 1.20b: Luton Town v Notts County, Leicester City v Newcastle United, Burnley v Fulham 2/2/1980

For hands that do dishes

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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

WTPS: Week comm'ing 14/9/81. It's bust ups galore as some big names lose their heads. The Haçienda seem to be the only Manchester club not in for Bryan Robson, while Mr Steel is primed to become PM. Yes, really. Over to @scraggy74.bsky.social yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/what-the-p...

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What The Papers Said

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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS: Episode 2. @scraggy74.bsky.social talks us through his devotion to Liverpool's Anfield. @allbluedaze.bsky.social presents. @anythinglfc.bsky.social @spiritofshankly.bsky.social @lfchistory.net yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/home-is-wh...

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Home Is Where The Heart Is 2 - Anfield

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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Cor Blimey, it's Biley vs Bailey: Derby v Man Utd. Meanwhile, a wayward parachutist avoids a drab affair at Spurs, and WBA's Peter Barnes demands to go to the loo. Not once, but twice. @themagicofthecup.bsky.social & @scraggy74.bsky.social yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/football-r...

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Football Revisited 1979/80: Para 1.20a Derby County v Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur v Southampton, Manchester City v WBA 2/2/80

Dressed to kill

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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

WHAT THE PAPERS SAY: Week commencing 7/11/1981. @scraggy74.bsky.social talks us through a turbulent week as England lose in Norway. The Daily Mail go full Daily Mail, while Bernie Winters gives it to Kendal (not Howard). It's all go yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/what-the-p...

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What The Papers Said

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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Happy Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating Day. Join @themagicofthecup.bsky.social and @scraggy74.bsky.social to relive a very bad day for England and a very memorable day for Norwegian broadcasters. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...

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MODULE 8: YBTAHOAB Origin Podcast

Podcast Episode · Your Boys Took A Hell Of A Beating · 17 June 2025 · 1hr 30min

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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

ACTION REPLAY: September 11, 2001. @scraggy74.bsky.social talks about his recollections of a dark and surreal day, including Liverpool's Champions League game against Boavista - with minds very much distracted by events in the US yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/action-rep...

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Action Replay - September 11, 2001

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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

If the kids are United! Actually, they're not. It's Tottenham and Swindon, who are booked in for the Clive Thomas Show. @scraggy74.bsky.social @themagicofthecup.bsky.social go in search of Sham 69 but stumble across Villa v Cambridge United yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/football-r...

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Football Revisited 1979/80: Para 1.19d FA Cup Fourth Round: Tottenham Hotspur v Swindon Town, Aston Villa v Cambridge United 30/1/1980

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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

What the papers say: w/c 31/8/81. It's all go for Trevor Francis; AFC, AVFC, LUFC, Man C, Man Utd, Saints, & WBA all keen. But where will he end up? Also: QPR's plastic pitch, Rubik's Cubes + M-eggy Thatcher. Over to @scraggy74.bsky.social yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/what-the-p...

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What The Papers Said

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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

1973: Perhaps the greatest FA Cup Final from the greatest decade for FA Cup Finals. YBTAHOAB likely lads @themagicofthecup.bsky.social and @scraggy74.bsky.social are joined by Sunderland fan Bill Hern for this trip back in time yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/just-look-...

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Just Look At His Face: 1973 FA Cup final

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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

The FA Cup 4th round gives us a heavyweight clash between Nottingham Forest and Liverpool, and it does not disappoint. We also talk Liam Brady & the glory of the Arsenal tunnel. @scraggy74.bsky.social & @themagicofthecup.bsky.social preside yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/football-r...

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Football Revisited 1979/80: Para 1.19b FA Cup Fourth Round: Nottingham Forest v Liverpool, Arsenal v Brighton 26/1/1980

The marbled mould of Highbury

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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

What the Papers Said: week commencing 17/8/81. Includes irate Ecuadorians, Justin Fashanu, a grumpy John Bond, why goalkeepers and cars don’t mix, Glanville unhappy with the Wembley press box windows and more. Over to @scraggy74.bsky.social yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/what-the-p...

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What The Papers Said

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SPLAS at The University of Leeds @splasatleeds.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

In the1920s, the Olympic football competition was widely regarded as the World Championships for the game. Uruguay triumphed in both the 1924 and 1928 tournaments, & won the 1st World Cup in 1930. How did it happen? @drpetewatson.bsky.social discusses this on yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com

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YourBoysTookAHellOfABeating’s Substack | Substack

The Mothership for football. Click to read YourBoysTookAHellOfABeating’s Substack, a Substack publication. Launched a year ago.

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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Our own @scraggy74.bsky.social goes through his vast archive of newspapers. Things are moving on the transfer front with Ray Clemence, Ally McCoist, Imre Varadi competing for page-space with outraged Welsh female domino players. How very 1981 yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/what-the-p...

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What The Papers Said

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Pete Watson @drpetewatson.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Episode 3 of La Pausa now ready for your ears! More Latin American vs European football encounters, this time focusing on the first tournament meetings: the 1924 and 1928 olympics and the 1930 World Cup. Get comfy, get a maté, some Chilean wine or a Quilmes and press play. Like, share, subscribe!

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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

ACTION REPLAY: August 10, 1985. When football and TV went to war: no televised English club soccer for 5 months. Was it the spiritual start of the Premier League? @chrislepkowski.bsky.social believes so... yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/action-rep...

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Action Replay – August 10, 1985

By Chris Lepkowski

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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

LOOK WHO'S BACK! Intrepid duo @scraggy74.bsky.social @themagicofthecup.bsky.social resume their journey through 1979/80. Today it's #Brentford vs #SheffieldWednesday; Jack Charlton in That London; Brian Moore understating common assault. yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/football-r...

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Football Revisited 1979/80: Para 1.18b Brentford v Sheffield Wednesday 19/1/80

Goody goody yum yum

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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

What the Papers Said, 45 years ago this week... Transfers for Clemence and Robson? John Bond and Peter Barnes have a war of words, while The Nolans are in a legal spat... @scraggy74.bsky.social turns the pages as we go back to 1981 yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/what-the-p...

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What The Papers Said

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Pete Watson @drpetewatson.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

open.spotify.com/episode/7lrp... here’s the Spotify link to the new episode of La Pausa on @ybtahoab.bsky.social. The focus is on South American football club tours to Europe in the interwar years. Tales of Friedenreich, Arellano and other legends of the 1920s

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La Pausa: Encounters 2

Your Boys Took A Hell Of A Beating · Episode

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Sachin Nakrani @sachinnakrani.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

On the day Mohamed Salah joined Trabzonspor, a reminder of the sacrifices he made and sheer bloody-mindedness he displayed to make it in the first place, via this exclusive extract from Melissa Reddy’s latest book for @sport.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/football/202...

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Mohamed Salah’s story of success and sacrifice: ‘Chasing a dream I had to reach’

In this exclusive book extract, Melissa Reddy documents the Egyptian King’s sacrifice and dedication to make his vision a reality

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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Pause for La Pausa: Back into the South American Studies department we go today, for module two of our Latin experience. Host Stuart Horsfield is joined by @allbluedaze.bsky.social @scraggy74.bsky.social and @drpetewatson.bsky.social yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/la-pausa-e...

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La Pausa: Encounters 2

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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

What's this? T-Rex in the charts, Revie's dossiers, #Arsenal's Alan Ball-sing it up, the Queen abandoning her car willy-nilly. It must be the 1972 FA Cup Final. Over to @scraggy74.bsky.social & @themagicofthecup.bsky.social #LUFC #LeedsUtd yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/just-look-...

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Just Look At His Face: 1972 FA Cup final

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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

It is 60 years since England last won a major tournament after finishing 3rd in the 2026 World Cup. So, what next? @drpetewatson.bsky.social @themagicofthecup.bsky.social @scraggy74.bsky.social talk national identity, history & Englishness yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/you-have-t...

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You Have To Say That's Magnificent: Can England Ever Win?

So it’s now 60 years and counting since England last won a major tournament after finishing third in the 2026 World Cup.

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TheFSA @thefsa.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

"The bill's progress is a testament to the stamina and courage of the Hillsborough survivors and families." - FSA chair Tom Greatrex reacts to the progress of the Hillsborough Law through Parliament. thefsa.org.uk/news/hillsbo...

Hillsborough Law clears House of Commons - Football Supporters' Association

The much-anticipated Hillsborough Law has finally passed the House of Commons this week and takes another step towards achieving Royal Assent.

Steven Scragg @scraggy74.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Ned? Ned Ryerson?

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Norway Vs. Switzerland as a World Cup semi-final is going to be wild.

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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

The Three Tenors? Pah! Introducing our Four Fivers: @scraggy74.bsky.social @brisbanestokie.bsky.social @aidanwilliams74.bsky.social @chrislepkowski.bsky.social. They revisit Italia90 & address the big issue... Killer: Seal or Adamski? yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/you-have-t...

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You Have To Say That's Magnificent: England 1990

May I be excused?

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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

It's the one we've all been waiting for. Can England win Italia 90? @brisbanestokie.bsky.social @scraggy74.bsky.social @aidanwilliams74.bsky.social & @chrislepkowski.bsky.social splash on the Aramis and factor 50. There may be tears. yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/you-have-t...

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You Have To Say That's Magnificent: England 1990

May I be excused?

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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

We'll be CCCPing you. @themagicofthecup.bsky.social swings open his wardrobe to talk classic football World Cup kits. yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/you-have-t...

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You Have To Say That's Magnificent: Classic World Cup Kits - Dave Bowler

I'll be CCCPing you

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rich57h.bsky.social @rich57h.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

@scraggy74.bsky.social Just finished this beauty. I was 9 in 1966, 13 in 1970 so those are the 2 WC’s burnt into my subconsciousness. But yes, 1986 was a classic, ahead of 82 and 78 imo. FWIW, 90 and 94 are my most forgettable tournaments - both vastly overrated. Good luck with next project

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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Injured skippers, red carded vice-captains, a Portuguese pickpocketing, a Polish unpicking, dastardly Diego, and much more. @aidanwilliams74.bsky.social @scraggy74.bsky.social and Joe Byatt pop some altitude tablets and talk Mexico 86 yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/you-have-t...

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You Have To Say That's Magnificent: England 1986

Shouldering the blame...

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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

"Ole Ola! We're gonna bring the World Cup back from over there," so said Rod Stewart. He was wrong. @scraggy74.bsky.social @aidanwilliams74.bsky.social join Stu Horsfield for a run down of the World Cup chart busters & ear-burning horrors yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/you-have-t...

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You Have To Say That's Magnificent: World Cup songs

Express yourself...

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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

It's Scotland versus Brazil; fitba vs Samba. @aidanwilliams74.bsky.social @scraggy74.bsky.social join Lewis Ness to delve into some tales from the past. yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/you-have-t...

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You Have To Say That's Magnificent: Scotland v Brazil

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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

You have to say that's magnifique! @aidanwilliams74.bsky.social and @scraggy74.bsky.social are joined by Seb Hutchinson to talk France 98. And, frankly, they're all b*witched. C'est La Vie yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/you-have-t...

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You Have To Say That's Magnificent: France '98

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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

In this episode @scraggy74.bsky.social and @aidanwilliams74.bsky.social are joined by Lewis Ness to discuss Scotland's fitba and the nation's post-1998 wilderness years. Aye sir, you can boogie! yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/you-have-t...

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You Have To Say That's Magnificent: We Won't Be Coming

Scotland since 1998

Steven Scragg @scraggy74.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

www.pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/there-a... 21 years ago to this very minute, some seriously mad shit was going down in Istanbul. I know of this book that goes into the whole chaos of it, inclusive of a bemused Philippe Senderos at Watford Gap services.

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There are Places I Remember: Liverpool FC and the Miracle of Istanbul

Steven Scragg whisks us back to the domestic dysfunction and unexpected European glory of Liverpool's 2004/05 season, when Rafael Benítez's new team seemed to match every two steps forward with one to...

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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

It's West Ham vs Watford at the Boleyn Ground. Graham Taylor wraps up; a linesman is targeted by hooligans. Does he not like that. @scraggy74.bsky.social & @themagicofthecup.bsky.social head down to the Smoke for a right old cockney tear up. yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/football-r...

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Football Revisited 1979/80: Para 1.17b: West Ham United v Watford 12/1/1980

John Motson? Woof!

Steven Scragg @scraggy74.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

We now live in a world where Peter Withe wasn't the last and only man to score a goal for Aston Villa in a major European final...

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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

It's back to 1982: 👕Admiral ⚠️Falklands chit-chat ⚽a glorious 27 seconds 🥊inglorious hooliganism 2️⃣2️⃣Ron's 22 🎶this time, more than any other time...right? @scraggy74.bsky.social & Joe Byatt join @aidanwilliams74.bsky.social to talk England yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/you-have-t...

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You Have To Say That's Magnificent: England 1982

Steven Scragg @scraggy74.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Here's a mad one. If Middlesbrough gain promotion to the Premier League, through a penalty shootout, in the Championship play off final, then they would go up, without winning a play off game in regulation time, against a team that hadn't lost one.

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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

It's #Liverpool v #Southampton, and #NFFC v #WBA. North v South, East v West (Midlands). Over to @scraggy74.bsky.social and @themagicofthecup.bsky.social yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/football-r...

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Football Revisited 1979/80: Para 1.17a: Liverpool v Southampton 12/1/1980

In which Liverpool don't win

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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

⚽Join us on La Pausa, our new series dedicated to the game in South America. Stu Horsfield looks after the passports and is joined by fellow travellers @scraggy74.bsky.social @allbluedaze.bsky.social @drpetewatson.bsky.social yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/la-pausa-e...

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La Pausa: Encounters 1

They'll be drowning in the streets of Raith tonight...

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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

So then kids, what happens when your stylish midfielder has to go in goal before the days of sub keepers? @themagicofthecup.bsky.social and @scraggy74.bsky.social head off to #ManchesterUnited vs #Spurs to find out... yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/football-r...

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Football Revisited 1979/80: Para 1.16c FA Cup Third Round Replay: Manchester United v Tottenham Hotspur 9/1/1980

I don't wanna go in goal

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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Join @themagicofthecup.bsky.social and @scraggy74.bsky.social at White Hart Lane for FA Cup third round action, and an intriguing insight into Manchester United goalkeeper Gary Bailey's distraction techniques. BOO! yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/football-r...

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Football Revisited 1979/80: Para 1.16c FA Cup Third Round: Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester United, Birmingham City v Southampton 5/1/1980

It's the end of the world as we know it...

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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Friday is Module-Drop-Day with @scraggy74.bsky.social and @themagicofthecup.bsky.social. It's going to be January 1980 - and, oh wow, do we have a treat for you... As Bruce Forsyth never said: Nothing in this game for two in a bed. In this game for two in a bed, nothing.

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