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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 · 13/10/2026

Today we revisit THAT game between Norwich and Liverpool, celebrate Cyrille Regis's 22nd birthday, and enjoy a glut of goals down at The Dell with Southampton. @themagicofthecup.bsky.social & @scraggy74.bsky.social are your guides yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/football-r...

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Football Revisited 1979/80: Para 1.21a Norwich City v Liverpool, WBA v Spurs, Southampton v Brighton 9/2/80

Goals, goals, goals

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

In other news millions of people in the UK are living in poverty, destitution & using food banks

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

What The Papers Said: WC 5/10/81: Andy Gray is the hot topic of conversation today, despite the best efforts of Charlie Nicholas and Mel Gibson. Meanwhile, Romania are humbled. @scraggy74.bsky.social reports back from 1981 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 · 10/10/2026

The 1968 FA Cup reaches the semi-final stage. A stampede for tickets, a kidnap threat, Birmingham City hit the recording studio, while Everton and Leeds sees a rock go up against a hard place. Still, WBA are going well. yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/the-magic-...

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The Magic of the Cup: 1967/68 - Part 8

The Magic Of The Cup @themagicofthecup.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Box set of every year, given how often it comes out.

The Magic Of The Cup @themagicofthecup.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Yes, scarred for life by the Walrus mix. Again, what in the name of all that's holy were they doing? Not just doing it, but didn't somebody listen before release and realise it was a practical joke?

The Magic Of The Cup @themagicofthecup.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

This is where I stop. £125 for 4 Cds? I've got the mono. I don't care about the Capitol release & Giles Martin hasn't got his dad's ears. I'd buy the 2CD version with the Sessions, but they've chopped half of those off. Pepper, White Album were perfect boxes. Diminishing returns ever since.

The Magic Of The Cup @themagicofthecup.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Some of you are going to die - martyrs of course to the freedom that I shall provide...

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The Magic Of The Cup @themagicofthecup.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Why do all these tech lunatics look like they were created to be the most unhinged character in a David Lynch film?

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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

The Magic Of The Cup @themagicofthecup.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Never had that problem...

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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

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

What particularly galls me - among a million things - is that I reckon 75% or more of those who voted against will have taken the family dog or cat to the vet to be put own at some point, "to put it out of its misery". We can't do that with people?

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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

In my experience, the answer to "What would Jesus do?" is always "Exactly the opposite of the God botherers."

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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.

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

I hope you don't have to suffer the death that my dad did, or that you are not put in the position that I was with him and my mom. I will not go the same way and will therefore have to take my own life if and when the time comes. I cannot see how that is a good outcome.

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

Here in the UK, thanks to the orange bastard, it's around £9. For the love of God, get rid of him.

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

She should never have been attracted to being Thatcher.

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The Magic Of The Cup @themagicofthecup.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

At what point are we going to drop this "Group" bullshit and use the proper word - "Racists". Is anybody seriously trying to suggest this would have happened if it had been the New Zealand Under-19s cricket team?

The Magic Of The Cup @themagicofthecup.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

At what point is the Home Secretary going to stop and think, "You know, I might be on the wrong side here"?

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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.

The Magic Of The Cup @themagicofthecup.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Never mind stop the boats. When are we going to stop the brain dead?

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

To add to this Huguenot Farage wants to exhume the body of Napoleon III and return it to the land of his - and Napoleon's -fathers, presumably because he doesn't like dead foreigners either. The UK. Completely lost its mind in the week following Diana's death in 1997 and hasn't found it since.

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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?

The Magic Of The Cup @themagicofthecup.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

It was the week in which this country lost its mind. It has never recovered it.

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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

The Magic Of The Cup @themagicofthecup.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

More likely J. Edgar Hoover

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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