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Tom Brogan

@tombrogan.bsky.social
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Author of Scotland 101 An Introduction to the National Team and We Made Them Angry Scotland at the World Cup Spain 1982.

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Tom Brogan @tombrogan.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Wordle 1,943 1/6 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Celebrated this like a last minute winner.
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Tom Brogan @tombrogan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
One of the best pieces of writing I’ve ever read was @fraserc69.bsky.social’s parody of Jeffrey Archer’s prison diaries. From the much missed by its handful of readers Cheery Bananas.
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Tom Brogan @tombrogan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Ross Kemp turning “Did you just kill me in plain sight?” into the new “Did you just spill my pint?”
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Tom Brogan @tombrogan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“A statuesque man” 🤣🤣
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Mairi Damer @marzid.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
In other news, I just wrote a piece about the lack of robust resistance to the far right. If you’re looking for neutrality, jog on ✊ www.wordupscot.co.uk/2026/09/cour...
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Tom Brogan @tombrogan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I was there as well. Remember him being really smart then his Bobby Digital show that night getting scandalous tabloid headlines.
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Martin Fitzgerald @4hundredblows.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Just 3 performances left! A handful of tickets available for each one. Tickets here - www.edfringe.com/tickets/what...
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Tom Brogan @tombrogan.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Zodiac, Goodfellas, Dog Day Afternoon
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Tom Brogan @tombrogan.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Let me know what you make of it Mairi!
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Nutmeg Magazine @nutmegmagazine.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
👀 A peek inside the brand new issue of Nutmeg. ✍️ Ex-pro Liam Grimshaw on the purgatory of being a free agent and an offer that seemed too good to be true... Read the full story & 20+ more: 🛒 Order yours: shorturl.at/w9E15 🏬Or buy in these shops: shorturl.at/xYHl7
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Tom Brogan @tombrogan.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
My boss at work has just confessed to an addiction to Wham bars.
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Fraser Campbell @fraserc69.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
If you wonder why politicians say this stuff, it's to convince people who don't claim benefits that getting benefits is easy, a lifestyle choice. It's neither. So why lie? Because politicians no longer work for us. They work to manage the decline of our society for the billionaires who own them.
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Tom Brogan @tombrogan.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Sorry for your loss Iain. He sounded like a great guy.
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Tom Brogan @tombrogan.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Has ‘Take some scalps’ not joined the list of things you can’t say anymore? It’s one of Coisty’s favourite phrases.
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Tom Brogan @tombrogan.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Loudest I’ve cheered for a goal all World Cup.
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Tom Brogan @tombrogan.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Have we just changed the phrase now to “low sense of gravity”? Thanks to Danny Murphy and Robbie Savage before him.
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Tom Brogan @tombrogan.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Yeah that was the other bit I was thinking of. I think he did that as Bob Doolally when we were on at the Classic Grand.
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Tom Brogan @tombrogan.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
He was on with us a few times and I remember us cracking up at a few of his routines. Like his Ian Paisley “I have here in my hand a valentines card…”
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Tom Brogan @tombrogan.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Me and @kaymarquis.bsky.social went to Edinburgh for a bookshop tour.
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Nutmeg Magazine @nutmegmagazine.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
☀️Have you got yours yet? Issue 40 comes with free sunshine. Possibly. 🛒 Order direct: shorturl.at/w9E15 🏬Or buy in these shops: tiny.cc/a862101 In beach bar or static caravan, the perfect summer read.
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Tom Brogan @tombrogan.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Never known a tournament like it for the media's focus on individuals and individual records. Many of which no one, other than the guy going for the record, cares about.
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AJRedЯum @ajred.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Hydration break. #WorldCup #SCOMAR
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Tom Brogan @tombrogan.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Haiti well worth a draw here.
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Tom Brogan @tombrogan.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
I’m more annoyed than I should be at everyone saying we’re “currently top of the group”.
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Tom Brogan @tombrogan.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
We can lay off with the “It was 28 years ago since…” patter now.
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Tom Brogan @tombrogan.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
The Cats Protection on Crow Road has added some old Scotland shirts to its display.
Charity shop window with Scotland and England football shirts on display.Charity shop window with Scotland and England football shirts on display.
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Tom Brogan @tombrogan.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
😂😂😂
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Tom Brogan @tombrogan.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Class World Cup display at the Cats Protection shop on Crow Road.
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Tom Brogan @tombrogan.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
🤣 It’s a young man’s game.
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Tom Brogan @tombrogan.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Agree with all of that. A few inspired sketches. A likeable cast with some exceptional performers. A very enjoyable season.
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Steve Bullock @guitarmoog.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Make it so the biggest regret of their lives is winning, and being forced to work, deliver and face scrutiny and accountability for their failures.
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Tom Brogan @tombrogan.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
"People will remember Al Bundy long after Ted Bundy is gone and buried."
A 1997 Los Angeles Times article on Married...With Children .
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Tom Brogan @tombrogan.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Thanks for the plug Rónán!
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Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Always good to read books in season, so here's a shout-out for Going to the Wire by @tombrogan.bsky.social about dramatic escapes on the final day of the football season, from Spurs in 1975 to Derby County in 2021. Perfect companion for the weekends ahead.
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Mairi Damer @marzid.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
I dusted off my journalistic skills and summoned up lots and lots of courage to write a piece for @glasgowbell.bsky.social about online dating when you’re (nearly) decrepit… www.glasgowbell.co.uk/the-down-and...
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The down and dirty of dating in your 60s
When her 20 year marriage ends, Mairi Damer finds herself single in Glasgow. How much has romance in the city changed?
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Tom Brogan @tombrogan.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
I find slim pickings these days in 2nd hand shops but picked these two up today.
A Blu-Ray of A Taste of Honey and a DBD of Theatre of Blood. Also today’s Carlisle United vs Gateshead match programme.
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Tom Brogan @tombrogan.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
😂😂😂
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Tom Brogan @tombrogan.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Classic you.
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Tom Brogan @tombrogan.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
🤣🤣🤣
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Tom Brogan @tombrogan.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
The same colour scheme as well from what I noticed.
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Tom Brogan @tombrogan.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
That’s spot on. I can recall the ball rolling with that distinctive design.
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Tom Brogan @tombrogan.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Yeah Tango is the greatest but I loved that ball too. Someone at school had one. It didn’t have panels though. It was your regular ball with that design painted on.
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Tom Brogan @tombrogan.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
A few years ago, I wrote about one of my favourite films. Bud Cort RIP. medium.com/@tombrogan/f...
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Fourteen Interesting Facts About Harold and Maude
Released in late 1971 Harold and Maude portrayed the relationship between the 20-year-old death-obsessed Harold (Bud Cort) and the…
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Neil Cooper @neilcooper.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
My thoughts in the @heraldscotland.bsky.social on the enforced closure of Theatre 118, one of Glasgow’s most important grassroots arts spaces. www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2584...
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Tom Brogan @tombrogan.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
A lazy cat having a lazy morning.
A tortoiseshell shorthair cat lying on a grey sofa.A tortoiseshell shorthair cat lying on a grey sofa.A tortoiseshell shorthair cat lying on a grey sofa.
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Tom Brogan @tombrogan.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
On the 96th anniversary of his birth here’s an article I wrote on Les Dawson and his serious novel. tombrogan.medium.com/the-apocalyp...
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The Apocalyptical Novel Written by One of Britain’s Best Loved Comedians
Les Dawson’s 1986 novel A Time Before Genesis puzzled many critics, but it was the comic’s greatest wish he be taken seriously as a writer.
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Tom Brogan @tombrogan.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Lloyd Cole and Friends Again at The Old Fruitmarket tonight.
Lloyd Cole in double denim with guitar on stage at The Old Fruitmarket.Lloyd Cole in double denim with guitar on stage at The Old Fruitmarket.Chris Thomson of Friends Again on stage at the Old Fruitmarket.James Grant of Friends Again on stage at the Old Fruitmarket.
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Gail @spacegirlgail.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
One of my oldest friends has gone missing in Thailand. Sharing this on all platforms and would appreciate any reposts
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Tom Brogan @tombrogan.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Wordle 1,668 2/6 🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Tom Brogan @tombrogan.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Yeah, I found them especially annoying to start off with, and also started to feel it was too close to the Celeb version. However, after episode 3, I'm quite into it. Some good moments in that one.
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