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All the glory of the FA Cup. Editing Your Boys Took A Hell Of A Beating podcasts. www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0BNF6X… yourboystookahellofabeating.substac…

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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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Steve Gray @kaptkopter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Good thing that this couldn’t have been predicted almost a year ago <runs bitter victory lap> and the government didn’t just blithely carry on doing the same thing. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/718...

The Magic Of The Cup @themagicofthecup.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

As Yusuf and his knuckle dragging brethren in Reform always like to say, "If you don't like it, you know where the door is".

The Magic Of The Cup @themagicofthecup.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Let them have it. They can apply for visas if they want to work outside the town, we can stop paying them pensions, benefits, child allowance, make them pay on demand for the NHS, and we can set up border patrols around the village to ensure they don't come into England in their small cars. Wankers.

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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

By Steven Scragg

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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

BOYS ON FILM: Looking For Eric. "...At its heart, “Looking For Eric” is a comedy, and a very good one...Football is much the poorer without Cantona in it. The cinema is the richer for his presence..." Our review, here... yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/boys-on-fi...

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Boys On Film: Looking For Eric

Play it again, Sam

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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

The Magic Of The Cup @themagicofthecup.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Every time I think that Parliament cannot get any more contemptible, they find a way. I hope that the ones who voted against it have to watch someone go through what my parents went through, and then go through it themselves. And if you think that's vindictive, damn right it is.

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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

By Steven Scragg

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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 · 09/09/2026

BOYS ON FILM: Club For A Fiver. Oh yes, it's THAT documentary. "Football is a filthy profession, swimming in filth." John Sitton We look at the legendary fly-on-the-wall doc. Bring yer dinner! yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/boys-on-fi...

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Boys On Film: Club For A Fiver

Bring yer dinner!

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Rogus @rogus69.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

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

HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS, part 1: @allbluedaze.bsky.social introduces a new series about those stadia that have a special place in our heart. @chrislepkowski.bsky.social goes all Charity Shield by offering up Wembley as the curtain raiser yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/home-is-wh...

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Home Is Where The Heart Is 1 - Wembley

The national stadium, old and new

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Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 07/09/2026

Astonishing to hear people say they'd rather asylum seekers drowned than be saved by the RNLI. Next comes letting people die in burning hostels rather than be saved by the fire brigade and letting people get kicked to death in the street rather than be saved by the Police. Don't platform this hate.

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Stephen Baker @stephenbaker.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Dear England, You’re playing with fucking fire here.

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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

By Steven Scragg

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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

The Magic of the Cup, part 3. It's 1967/68, as we look back on the second round of the FA Cup. Time to find out how the final non-leaguers get on... yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/the-magic-...

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The Magic of the Cup: 1967/68 - Part 3

Fools on the hill

The Magic Of The Cup @themagicofthecup.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

They'll have to take the last of those 'city of culture' banners down first.

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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

By Steven Scragg

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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 · 02/09/2026

Boys On Film: The Saturday Men. An absorbing, brilliant documentary on life at #WestBromwichAlbion back in the day. The film is beautifully captured here by our reviewer. yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/boys-on-fi...

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Boys On Film: The Saturday Men

Where did you get that hat?

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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Our very own Phantom Flan Flinger takes you to the first round of the 1967/68 FA Cup, where Runcorn are our plucky heroes, while a whole host of Davids are slain mostly by other slightly bigger Davids. This is the FA CUP! yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/the-magic-...

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The Magic of the Cup: 1967/68 - Part 2

Sex & drugs & sausage rolls

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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

ACTION REPLAY: A tale of two injuries as England and Sweden play-out a mutually beneficial draw. Warning, there may be a spillage of blood within this sorry tale. @chrislepkowski.bsky.social heads back to 1989 yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/action-rep...

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Action Replay - September 6, 1989

By Chris Lepkowski

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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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OpeningTheFuture @openingthefuture.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Pete’s book, Football and Nation Building in Colombia (2010-2018) was published #OA by @livunipress.bsky.social with funding from @copim.bsky.social via #OtF 🧡 Join the debate about Latin American, Caribbean teams & nations in the aftermath of #FIFAWorldCup #FWC26 👉 yorku.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Copim @copim.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Find out more about @drpetewatson.bsky.social and his experience of publishing his #OABook Read his author profile over on our website 👇 copim.pubpub.org/pub/football...

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Opening the Future, Author Profile: Peter Watson

Copim catch up with author Peter Watson (Teaching Fellow at the University of Leeds) about his book "Football and Nation Building in Colombia (2010-2018)", which was published OA by Liverpool Universi...

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The Magic Of The Cup @themagicofthecup.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

If you want to relive some glorious FA Cup seasons, serialised over the next few months, here's the place to go: yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/the-magic-...

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The Magic of the Cup: 1967/68 - Part 1

From the slopes of Tow Law Town to the wide open spaces of Wembley Stadium

The Magic Of The Cup @themagicofthecup.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

If you want to relive some glorious FA Cup seasons, serialised over the next few months, here's the place to go: yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/the-magic-...

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The Magic of the Cup: 1967/68 - Part 1

From the slopes of Tow Law Town to the wide open spaces of Wembley Stadium

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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

By Steven Scragg

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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Boys on film: The Impossible Job. The insight to end all insights. Can we not knock it? yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/boys-on-fi...

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Boys On Film: The Impossible Job

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Ghislaine Hull @ghizzybear.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

The Magic Of The Cup @themagicofthecup.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Do you want to find everything from @ybtahoab.bsky.social all in one handy place? Podcasts, articles, general nostalgic footballing nonsense? Of course you do. And here it is: yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com

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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 · 18/08/2026

Graham Taylor's England: Joe Byatt, Michael Hamlen, @chrislepkowski.bsky.social & @aidanwilliams74.bsky.social revisit one of the most bewildering periods. Expect misery, bad luck, a mystery TV crew and dubious team selections... yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/beautifull...

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Beautifully Brought Down By Bergkamp: Graham Taylor's England

England reaching the semi-finals of major tournaments is not a new thing - it happened in 1990 and 1996.

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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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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 · 12/08/2026

Pause, for La Pausa. We look at Uruguay's historic impact on world football. @drpetewatson.bsky.social offers insight, @allbluedaze.bsky.social chips in with a few thoughts, while @scraggy74.bsky.social and Stu Horsfield mess around at the back of the class. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...

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La Pausa: Encounters 3

Podcast Episode · Your Boys Took A Hell Of A Beating · August 12 · 2h 4m

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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

89: Think 'Aguero' is shorthand for the most dramatic title decider? Think again. We look at the ultimate title decider, as told in a documentary about the most incredible football finale of all time. It's up for grabs now... yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/boys-on-fi...

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Boys On Film: 89

It happened one night...

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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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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

The Magic Of The Cup @themagicofthecup.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Will no-one think of Maureen Lipman?

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Pete Watson @drpetewatson.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Oh my god, we’re back again! Episode two of La pausa, examines footballing encounters between Europe and Latin America. In this one we look at the first football tours by Latin American teams to Europe, including Paulistano, Nacional, Boca Juniors, Colo Colo … enjoy, like and subscribe

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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

70 years on: We revisit Matt Busby's influence at Manchester United @utdbeforefergie.bsky.social @mufczone.bsky.social @manutdfc.bsky.social yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/the-busby-...

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The Busby Babes

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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

1966 REVISITED: Today we are joined by the great author Norman Giller - the ONLY journalist to be in the dressing room on this day 60 years ago. England 4-2 West Germany. Enjoy this journey back to English football's greatest day! yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/the-book-c...

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The Book Corner: Norman Giller World Cup 1966

There's some people on the pod...

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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

🎬⚽As Zinedine Zidane returns to the front line of football, we take a look at “Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait” - one of the finest movies about one of THE greats. 🍿Enjoy! substack.com/home/post/p-...

Boys On Film: Zidane - A 21st Century Portrait

Life in slow motion

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 29/07/2026

Dead or alive, Mitch McConnell is on extended medical leave — on your dime. This is the same Mitch McConnell who voted against: paid family and medical leave for everyone else.

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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