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sjmaskell.bsky.social @sjmaskell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Well. I can only say that we said it was only a matter of time. Just utterly pissed that it took them so long. Certain clubs should be looking over their shoulders right now.
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Ian King @twoht.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Premier League aren't going to be able to stay silent about the Manchester City shenanigans forever. This week's Monday Almanac. unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/the-monday...
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The Monday Almanac: Nature Abhors a Vacuum of Manchester City Announcements
Well, the Premier League haven’t said anything about it, so all there is to do is speculate into the void for what or what might not come next.
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Ian King @twoht.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Morning one and morning all. This weekend the bairns and I were off on a bit of the tourist trail, and then off to that fuzzy area between London and Essex. unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/the-weeken...
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The Weekend Match: Dagenham & Redbridge 1-0 Hampton & Richmond Borough - Two Human Beings and The Pellys and Me
It’s off the the fuzzy line between London and Essex this weekend, but not before we’ve done a bit of a tourist trail through the centre of the city first.
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Ian King @twoht.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
An FA sub-committee have made a decision over a refereeing mistake in an FA Cup qualifier which could end up having far-reaching consequences. unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/the-fa-hav...
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The FA Have Just Opened a Can of Worms That They May Find Difficult to Close Again
A dodgy penalty decision in an FA Cup qualifier has led to an even dodgier decision by a Football Association sub-committee.
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sjmaskell.bsky.social @sjmaskell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We can all see this. Frustration at the inactivity of those in power is off the scale.
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Ian King @twoht.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I also had to rank all 24 Championship grounds by their atmosphere. Apologies to West Ham and Blackburn fans, but someone had to come bottom. (I do enjoy writing this sort of thing. FLW is where I can give a little side-eye and be contentious.) footballleagueworld.co.uk/all-24-efl-c...
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All 24 EFL Championship club stadiums graded from A to F for their atmosphere
A good atmosphere for home matches can have an effect on a team's performance on the pitch, so here's how the 24 Championship clubs weigh up.
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Ian King @twoht.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
It's half time, and that gives you enough time to read this. Or share it. Or do both. Actually, do both. Please. Thank you. unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/the-weeken...
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The Weekend Match: Wingate & Finchley 0-0 Felixstowe & Walton United - All the World Is a Very Narrow Bridge
This week, we’re off to north-west London, where a club with a convoluted history have a home FA Cup match against a team who missed out on promotion at the end of 2025-26 by a very narrow margin.
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sjmaskell.bsky.social @sjmaskell.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
TWENTY YEARS! For twenty years and longer we have been flagging this stuff in football.
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Man's Exasperated Facepalm
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sjmaskell.bsky.social @sjmaskell.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Eclipse winner. 😆
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sjmaskell.bsky.social @sjmaskell.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Only just thought of this one, has he? 🤷🏼‍♀️
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sjmaskell.bsky.social @sjmaskell.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
We have a winner …
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Ian King @twoht.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Time to say goodbye. unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/single-par...
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Single Parenthood & I: ...Until We Meet Again, Some Sunny Day
It was time to say goodbye to somebody very special, so we were determined to give him the send-off he deserved.
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Ian King @twoht.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
This weekend's opening match of the season was a post-funeral trip taking in rainbows, a fort and a BLOODY MASSIVE BOAT. unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/the-weeken...
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The Weekend Match: Newhaven 1-1 Crawley Down Gatwick - Once More in the Name of Love
The start of the new season comes at the end of a period of big change in my life, but non-league football is one constant that helps to keep everything else in line.
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Ian King @twoht.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Morning. There's going to be a vacancy at the top of FIFA soon, and here's my pitch to replace him. unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/grand-thef...
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Grand Theft Futbol 2: Count Ianface's Manifesto
If Gianni Infantino's position is set to become available, it's time to put my manifesto forward to replace him.
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Ian King @twoht.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The direction of momentum is clearly travelling away from Infantino, and this could yet turn out to be his European Super League moment. unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/grand-thef...
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Grand Theft Futbol: Why Infantino's latest heist may be his European Super League moment
The announcement of a decision to to sell off a chunk of the World Cup to his mates has been met with a furious response, and this hubris might even effect much-needed reform.
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sjmaskell.bsky.social @sjmaskell.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
THERE IS NO POINT HAVING A £2 BUS FARE CAP IF THERE ARE NO BUSES RUNNING WHERE YOU LIVE. #Burnham #buses
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Ian King @twoht.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
On Kevin Keegan: unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/kevin-keeg...
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Kevin Keegan: A Career Defined by Love
The first true British 'superstar' in a modern sense, Kevin Keegan was a trailblazer, both as a player and a manager.
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sjmaskell.bsky.social @sjmaskell.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Thank you, Spain. #thatisall
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Ian King @twoht.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
I really resent being made to feel like a conspiracy theorist over a World Cup, because that's really not my natural inclination, but FIFA really have administrated this tournament abysmally. unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/the-dirty-...
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The Dirty Cup: Tainted Love
This World Cup has been fundamentally tainted by a series of decisions which have little explanation that makes sense which doesn't involve someone pressing their thumb down on the scales.
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
On my way, Clacton.
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sjmaskell.bsky.social @sjmaskell.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
What happens if NO ONE stands in a by election?
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sjmaskell.bsky.social @sjmaskell.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Well. Isn’t that what crypto’s for? 🤔 #hidinginplainsight
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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Hang it in the Musée Magritte.
Lukaku, in Belgium's Magritte inspired away kit, taunting the most American fans ever devised, decked out in stars and stripes
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sjmaskell.bsky.social @sjmaskell.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Holds barred = none.
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Ian King @twoht.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Yesterday at the World Cup. unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/the-dirty-...
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The Dirty Game: Middle-Aged Man Who Denies The Allegations Scores Inevitable Penalty
Ten-man Portugal overcame Croatia after stoppage-time, with FIFA's video goblins giving them a helping hand through a very late disallowed goal.
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Ian King @twoht.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
On England and DR Congo last night. Onwards and (literally) upwards now, to Mexico City. unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/the-dirty-...
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The Dirty Cup: Doctor Congo Struck Off
England edged through against DR Congo, but if they haven't learned lessons from another deeply flawed performance this time, they will suffer in the next round in Mexico City.
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sjmaskell.bsky.social @sjmaskell.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
O FFS RASHFORD.
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Pudgy Penguin Crying and Falling Down
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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
LOADS OF PEOPLE DIED IN YOUR PRECIOUS SUMMER OF 1976 YOU DIDN'T JUST "get on with it" AT ALL, YOU NEVER STFU ABOUT IT FOR STARTERS.
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Ian King @twoht.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
A round-up from yesterday at the World Cup. unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/the-dirty-...
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The Dirty Cup: The Neuroses of the Former Champions
Cape Verde have now held two former World Cup winners to a draw, and have given themselves an incredible chance of getting through to the knockout stage of the competition.
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sjmaskell.bsky.social @sjmaskell.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
So … the sleazy porn baron has turned out to be …… a sleazy porn baron. 😱
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sjmaskell.bsky.social @sjmaskell.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Sportswashing. If you ever have to wonder why someone wants to own your club… www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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David Sullivan: how did the pornographer rise so high in modern football?
Sullivan hoped football could legitimise him but claims about historical conduct have led to his resignation from West Ham
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Ian King @twoht.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
David Sullivan, then. unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/david-sull...
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David Sullivan Leaves West Ham, As Fast As His Little Legs Can Carry Him
Just like that he's gone, and with an extraordinary statement which threatened the entire media, as well about reminding us - as if we didn't already know - about his 'colourful' past.
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sjmaskell.bsky.social @sjmaskell.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Is this sign of a man whose platform is slipping? (Ooer missis!)
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sjmaskell.bsky.social @sjmaskell.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Meet Andy. He promises to keep doing everything the same as it is now.
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sjmaskell.bsky.social @sjmaskell.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Well. Who’s paying him? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Tony Blair tells Starmer and rivals: abandon net zero and move closer to Trump
In highly unusual intervention, ex-PM says his party’s ‘almost infinite capacity for self-delusion’ makes it likely to lose next election
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sjmaskell.bsky.social @sjmaskell.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
This farce will run and run … Southampton have done a Titanic! 🍿
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sjmaskell.bsky.social @sjmaskell.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
🤭
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sjmaskell.bsky.social @sjmaskell.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
No laughing matter? This is true. But #Pompey fans are probably already working on the chants for next season. The Universal problem of an unbalanced system …
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sjmaskell.bsky.social @sjmaskell.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
What not being owned by a despot or an oligarch gets you … But … I can find something ironic to laugh at here…
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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 13/05/2026
NHS staff increasingly believe Wes Streeting is doing a bad job as health secretary and that the Labour government is handling the NHS badly Streeting as health secretary Good job: 22% (-3 from 19-28 Feb 2025) Bad job: 53% (+13) Labour handling of NHS Well: 24% (-6) Badly: 66% (+13)
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sjmaskell.bsky.social @sjmaskell.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
😱🤣🤣🤣
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sjmaskell.bsky.social @sjmaskell.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Why we need to abandon FPTP.
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Carol Hedges @riotgrandma.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Elderly British Jew here, Alona. Lost my zaide and bubbe in the Holocaust. ANY Jew cheering the deputy leader of Reform is deluding themselves.
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sjmaskell.bsky.social @sjmaskell.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Too much football, not enough excitement, so Southampton devise a side-show!
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sjmaskell.bsky.social @sjmaskell.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
An interesting candidate for the ‘Fit and Proper’ test …
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Ian King @twoht.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
This weekend's match took us to Carshalton, where the game was terrible but there was at least a glittery beach ball. unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/the-weeken...
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The Weekend Match: Carshalton Athletic 1-0 St Albans City - No Glory to be Hunted Here
There's a lot of excitement to be had on the final normal weekend of the non-league season, but I'm eschewing that, in favour of a group of supporters saying farewell to a disappointing season.
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Ian King @twoht.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
AND ANOTHER ONE! A piece on Storch statement about the state of Sheffield Wednesday. Yesterday was, for a Thursday, a very Wednesday-heavy day for me. footballleagueworld.co.uk/david-storch...
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New Sheffield Wednesday takeover revelation may worry Owls fans
The prospective new owner of Sheffield Wednesday has said that the club are in 'deep distress', and this will worry fans of the club.
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sjmaskell.bsky.social @sjmaskell.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
This.
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Ian King @twoht.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Don't forget to stock up copies of this month's @wsc.co.uk (there's no law preventing you from buying ten or twenty copies of it, just sayin'), in which you can find me warbling on about Dagenham & Redbridge.
Photo of a page from this month's When Saturday Comes, showing my name.
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Ian King @twoht.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
On the thorny subject of Manchester United. unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/manchester...
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Manchester United and Breaking the Cycle
A little bit of a dip in form and a home defeat to Leeds United have started raising extremely familiar questions at Old Trafford.
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