Thom Gibbs @thomgibbs.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I am in Madrid, where a lot of people feel oddly warm and fuzzy towards Jose Mourinho www.telegraph.co.uk/football/202...telegraph.co.uk 000
Thom Gibbs @thomgibbs.bsky.social · 20/08/2026My 2026-27 Premier League kit rankings. Please enjoy, but enjoy them by being disciplined. Unlike Newcastle (home) www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/02f3b0c...telegraph.co.ukPremier League new kits 2026-27: Every home and away shirt rankedThom Gibbs casts a sartorial eye over another season’s worth of jerseys after a summer dominated by Arsenal shirts 111
Thom Gibbs @thomgibbs.bsky.social · 10/06/2026I have ranked the World Cup kits and can confirm that 96 kits is too many kits www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/42861bb...telegraph.co.ukWorld Cup 2026 kits: every shirt rankedFrom the tragic to the tasteful, there will be multitude of kits on display – Thom Gibbs offers his take on all the sartorial styles 020
Thom Gibbs @thomgibbs.bsky.social · 21/03/2026One of those results that does leave you slightly questioning the usefulness of xG 010
Thom Gibbs @thomgibbs.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Fabrizio Romano has some great news from the Middle East! www.telegraph.co.uk/football/202...telegraph.co.ukFabrizio Romano’s Saudi propaganda video is dangerous moment for football journalismJournalist famed for reporting transfers praised Saudi Arabia’s humanitarian work – then posted an exclusive on Ronaldo staying in kingdom 030
Thom Gibbs @thomgibbs.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Three days after the unpleasant iftar booing, I went to Elland Road to try to get my head around its atmosphere www.telegraph.co.uk/football/202...telegraph.co.ukI went to Elland Road and found a defiant, intimidating bear pitLeeds United’s gritty home stands apart from the Premier League’s sanitised norm – vote for the top flight’s best atmosphere at the bottom 000
Thom Gibbs @thomgibbs.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Practicing various game faces for Fighting Talk. On 5Live at 11am, or whenever on the BBC Sounds app 020
Thom Gibbs @thomgibbs.bsky.social · 25/02/2026For any QPR fans in need of cheering up today, please enjoy this interview I did with Rodney Marsh www.telegraph.co.uk/football/202...telegraph.co.ukRodney Marsh interview: I made a joke to Alf Ramsey and never played for England againMaverick forward reflects on eventful career on and off the pitch, his friendship with George Best and an unfortunate interaction with Pelé 020
Thom Gibbs @thomgibbs.bsky.social · 23/02/2026Loved the Winter Olympics and almost all of the TV coverage of it. Such a great antidote to the perma-fury of most other sport. www.telegraph.co.uk/olympics/202...telegraph.co.ukBBC should spare us the tears in their Winter Olympics cheerleadingThese Games have a unique ability to hook sport-sceptics and the coverage was compelling – until the presenters started crying 010
Thom Gibbs @thomgibbs.bsky.social · 14/01/2026I’m now writing a daily sport newsletter. Every morning, entirely free, just for you, sign up here: www.telegraph.co.uk/customer/sec... 010
Thom Gibbs @thomgibbs.bsky.social · 23/12/2025My favourite songs of 2025. Enjoy! open.spotify.com/playlist/0As...open.spotify.com2025 bangers 020
Reposted by Thom GibbsColonel Q @lowqualityregen.bsky.social · 16/12/2025If I could be extra indulgent:letterboxd.comA ★★★★ review of La bella stagione (2022)"On my deathbed I will declare that it was absolutely not a foul" In the past 15 years documentaries have taken over from books as the most prominent medium of reliving sporting history, leading to bo... 111
Thom Gibbs @thomgibbs.bsky.social · 16/12/2025"(it's not 'London, 1992' is it? There's The Shard over there for one thing)," hahahaha! 100
Thom Gibbs @thomgibbs.bsky.social · 16/12/2025Loved researching and writing this. Think number one is just one of my favourite films ever FULL STOP www.telegraph.co.uk/football/202...telegraph.co.ukRanked: The 10 best football documentariesFrom Diego Maradona’s flawed genius to North Korea’s first World Cup appearance, the beautiful game has inspired a host of beautiful films 110
Thom Gibbs @thomgibbs.bsky.social · 25/11/2025Watched In The Box, in which starry Arsenal and Spurs fans (and Gary Lineker) volunteered to be locked in a room during NLD. Found it an awkward mix of the new (YouTubers performing authentic fandom) and old (throw money at celebs) ways of making TV www.telegraph.co.uk/football/202...telegraph.co.ukLineker and YouTubers locked in a box without the football: A show as bad as it soundsSky Sports’ online offering left former MotD presenter ‘feeling like an idiot’ but at least there were some classy retro shirts on display 020
Thom Gibbs @thomgibbs.bsky.social · 20/11/2025I'm now writing the Telegraph's Sport Briefing daily email Monday-Friday (do sign up, link below). Looking for sport-related questions to put to our writers. Could be topical, general, leftfield. Shout if you've got one! www.telegraph.co.uk/customer/sec...telegraph.co.ukSport Briefing Newsletter from the Telegraph - every weekdayFor the latest news from the world of sport, sign up to our Sport Briefing Newsletter for regular updates, highlights, features and interviews. 010
Thom Gibbs @thomgibbs.bsky.social · 16/10/2025It's filming themselves for social clips. This and many more revelations in my longread on the history of football commentary: www.telegraph.co.uk/football/202...telegraph.co.ukHow football commentary has transformed in 100 yearsFrom the early BBC’s clipped and proper tones to Ferdinand and Savage losing it on TNT, describing the game has morphed through the decades 000
Thom Gibbs @thomgibbs.bsky.social · 16/10/2025Can you guess what these football commentators are all talking about? 240
Thom Gibbs @thomgibbs.bsky.social · 16/10/2025gofund.me/2924f9b7fgofund.meDonate to Team Lily Green & Pickle: Beating Cancer Together, organized by Marti Wells LifschinJoin us in lifting up Lily, her family and her loyal pup Pickl… Marti Wells Lifschin needs your support for Team Lily Green & Pickle: Beating Cancer Together 030
Thom Gibbs @thomgibbs.bsky.social · 20/09/2025On Fighting Talk on 5Live at 11am, please listen, my children need points from @rickedwards1.bsky.social 020
Thom Gibbs @thomgibbs.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Bravely went to Juve vs Inter in Turin on Saturday, to see if I could do it cheaper from London than Sunderland vs Brentford two weeks earlier. Can I just shock you? www.telegraph.co.uk/football/202...telegraph.co.ukI flew to Italy to watch Juventus... and it was cheaper than going to a Premier League gameExorbitant cost of rail fares at home mean flying to Italy is cheaper, but how do the two match-day experiences compare for value for money? 020
Thom Gibbs @thomgibbs.bsky.social · 31/08/2025I agree! It’s wearing. And suspect it’s driven by fans consuming mainly on telly rather than the (frequently more equamimious) match attending lot 110
Thom Gibbs @thomgibbs.bsky.social · 31/08/2025Tedious and predictable response warning: I don't write the headline 100
Thom Gibbs @thomgibbs.bsky.social · 31/08/2025Did you read the article? Which mentions origination of Allez Allez Allez tune in Italy? Cheers 200
Thom Gibbs @thomgibbs.bsky.social · 31/08/2025On the brutal Merseyside / Islington song theft beef www.telegraph.co.uk/football/202...telegraph.co.ukLiverpool and Arsenal fans are at war... over their songsNorth Londoners stand accused of imitating You’ll Never Walk Alone and unoriginality but can any chants be truly authentic? 1030
Thom Gibbs @thomgibbs.bsky.social · 12/08/2025Happy new football everybody. Here are the nation's only kit rankings: www.telegraph.co.uk/football/202...telegraph.co.ukPremier League new kits 2025-26: every home and away shirt rankedPastel shades and stripes are in vogue at the start of another season as Thom Gibbs offers his definitive sartorial verdict 110
Thom Gibbs @thomgibbs.bsky.social · 31/07/2025Full review: www.telegraph.co.uk/football/202...telegraph.co.ukTom Brady questioned Wayne Rooney’s work ethic at Birmingham, new documentary revealsDuring Rooney’s 83-day reign at St Andrew’s, camera captured Brady expressing his concerns about the manager 000
Thom Gibbs @thomgibbs.bsky.social · 31/07/2025I really enjoyed the Birmingham Tom Brady doc, found it far more interesting than its many similar predecessors, largely because it makes no attempt to paint Brady as cuddly / relatable. It's funny, too 251
Thom Gibbs @thomgibbs.bsky.social · 29/07/2025The Lionesses at Downing Street, feat. Pimm's, sausages and a generation inspired by how well the red carpet was laid out www.telegraph.co.uk/football/202...telegraph.co.ukLionesses brought down to earth with a banger after Rayner meeting at No 10Euro 2025 winners’ visit to PM’s residence lacks riotousness of 2005 Ashes heroes, but they did celebrate with sausages and Pimm’s 010
Thom Gibbs @thomgibbs.bsky.social · 09/07/2025Transcontinental fridge invasions, ruined mattresses, Nadal turning up on the doorstep. All this and more in my piece about what happens when Wimbledon residents invite tennis players to stay www.telegraph.co.uk/tennis/2025/...telegraph.co.ukWhat really happens when Wimbledon residents host playersFrom a ruined mattress to a visit from Nadal, a select few Londoners get a unique insight into the tennis world every summer 000
Thom Gibbs @thomgibbs.bsky.social · 01/07/2025Ate a sandwich and stayed hydrated at Wimbledon, with change from £60 www.telegraph.co.uk/tennis/2025/...telegraph.co.ukHow I did the full Wimbledon experience for less than £60Budget-conscious fans can have a fantastic day at the Championships if they prepare well – and steer clear of the £8.85 pints 000
Thom Gibbs @thomgibbs.bsky.social · 29/06/2025Am cohosting a Very Special Episode of 606 from 19.30 on 5Live about tickets, prices and general fan experience 010
Thom Gibbs @thomgibbs.bsky.social · 25/06/2025Went to see Nick Kyrgios’ pivot to podcasting last night. www.telegraph.co.uk/tennis/2025/...telegraph.co.ukI spent an evening with Nick Kyrgios – it was bleaker than expectedA stone’s throw from where he should be donning his whites next week, tennis’s bad boy instead downs shots at a live podcast recording 000
Thom Gibbs @thomgibbs.bsky.social · 18/06/2025My ten favourite football awaydays www.telegraph.co.uk/football/202...telegraph.co.ukThe 10 best football away days rankedWhether for ambience, decibel levels or pubs per capita, these are our favourite trips in English football 000
Thom Gibbs @thomgibbs.bsky.social · 16/06/2025Here's the article, which ended up disappointingly light on Ultravox trivia www.telegraph.co.uk/football/202...telegraph.co.ukTyson Fury’s early evening f-bomb sums up strange appeal of Soccer AidA light entertainment show ruined by sub-testimonial football, but more worthwhile than the Club World Cup 000
Thom Gibbs @thomgibbs.bsky.social · 16/06/2025While researching something related to Soccer Aid yesterday I came across this Midge Ure fact, is this common knowledge? I was yesterday years old etc... 101
Thom Gibbs @thomgibbs.bsky.social · 06/05/2025My night at Baller League. Didn’t hate it. www.telegraph.co.uk/football/202...telegraph.co.ukI went to see the future of football and all the fans were on their phonesBaller League is ‘a new era for football’ if you like watching YouTubers showboat for celebrity fans and placid, distracted teenagers 010
Thom Gibbs @thomgibbs.bsky.social · 04/05/2025Hahaha. Might have to limit it to the business class seats in front row of SA Road upper 120
Thom Gibbs @thomgibbs.bsky.social · 04/05/2025Enjoyed some transgressive drinking in view of the pitch www.telegraph.co.uk/football/202...telegraph.co.ukI behaved like a rugby fan at the footballCould an easing of draconian rules governing drinking at games make the spectacle any better? I found out... 110
Thom Gibbs @thomgibbs.bsky.social · 30/04/2025An interview with Championship Manager 01/02 cheat code Cherno Samba. Cheering to hear his story and what he’s doing now www.telegraph.co.uk/football/202...telegraph.co.ukCherno Samba: We tracked down one of the original Championship Manager wonderkidsEngland U15 striker and team-mate of Wayne Rooney became a sensation when a hugely successful video game picked him out for superstardom 010
Reposted by Thom GibbsJohn Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 15/03/2025Morning! This is an exclusive extract from my new book Maybe I'm Amazed, about my autistic son James & how music became our shared language. Wait for the Velvet Underground bit at the end www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...theguardian.com‘He nails it on the first take’: how the Beatles helped my autistic son find his voiceAfter John Harris’s son was diagnosed, conversation always seemed focused on the things he would struggle with. But a shared passion for playing music grew into something James could do – brilliantly 4027265
Thom Gibbs @thomgibbs.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Went to Benidorm for first day of Cheltenham. Going: hard to very hard www.telegraph.co.uk/racing/2025/...telegraph.co.ukI went to Benidorm to watch Cheltenham on the cheapA cold, expensive week in the Cotswolds or enjoying the action in the sun while downing beers costing under £2 – for many it is a no-brainer 000
Thom Gibbs @thomgibbs.bsky.social · 28/02/2025I've reviewed the new Jurgen Klopp documentary, a meeting which could have been an email www.telegraph.co.uk/football/202...telegraph.co.ukLiverpool’s exciting present makes Jurgen Klopp documentary limited viewingGerman’s reign at the club deserves examination, but not right now – this new film has come too soon 000
Thom Gibbs @thomgibbs.bsky.social · 26/02/2025On last night's protest at Stamford Bridge. Simultaneously baffling, understandable and quite fun www.telegraph.co.uk/football/202...telegraph.co.ukChelsea fans protesting after club’s £1bn spend need a reality checkWith two Champions League triumphs in recent memory, opposition supporters could be forgiven for a lack of sympathy towards club’s ‘plight’ 100