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Rick Walton @waltwriting.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Oof. That’s some start to the 2nd half, for #Wales. Clumsy challenge sees a defender sent off, then #Williams drills in the free-kick - possibly a bit too easily. 2-1. Dreamland. #Norway #NationsLeague

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Rick Walton @waltwriting.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Really don't do much telly so waddooo I know but hey - #ColinFromAccounts! Binge-watching coz brilliantly (painfully?) ON IT around people/relationships/sexuality the whole cowabunga. & performances sensational. & Aussies!?! Did it already win loads of awards? Surely? #TV #analysis

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Rick Walton @waltwriting.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#Pep in a tight place. Perjury likely? Or unavoidable? The house is tumbling down.

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Rick Walton @waltwriting.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Foolish. Credibility shredded in a moment.

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Stephanie Allen @socalstephanie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

“The decision was announced a week after the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe said the U.S. had declined to invite its members to observe November’s congressional midterm elections, a sharp break from past practice.”

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Rick Walton @waltwriting.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Wider points, well-made. We're back - aren't we? - with the #Epstein Class.

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Rick Walton @waltwriting.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

If the choice is between watching #LewisSkelly 'put his body across' to draw a foul🤢 or #ColinFromAccounts 😄 it's a walkover. #Eng #Aus #TV #footballlegends

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Every private conversation in Westminster: "Well the triple lock obviously has to go at some point". Every commentator on Burnham: "completely mad to propose getting rid of triple lock - political suicide".

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Rick Walton @waltwriting.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Mansplainer: this is ABOUT GTFC, mainly. But hoping all fans can identify, yeh? They are #Grimsby too - sportslaureate.co.uk. #football #LeagueTwo #GrimsbyTown

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Nick Webb @nickwebb2017.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

🏏Leicestershire have been handed back 8 of the 27 points they were docked for preparing a poor pitch against Glamorgan in the County Championship in August They still lose the 19 points they gained during the win under automatic competition penalties They are still relegated from Division One

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Rick Walton @waltwriting.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

‘It’s kinda hilarious that we sportspeeps all think we know better than the professionals – particularly the coaches’. 👇🏻👇🏻 sportslaureate.co.uk is blathering. #football #coaching

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Rick Walton @waltwriting.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

‘The mudflats looked gooey and the gulls were at it: the Usk a ver-ry different river to the sparkling cutie-pie inland’. Eh? Football? Well yeh! sportslaureate.co.uk (Where else?) #Usk #Newport #GrimsbyTown #NewportCounty #LeagueTwo *& everything*

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Rick Walton @waltwriting.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

‘Mansplainer: this is ABOUT GTFC, mainly. But hoping all fans can identify, yeh?’ sportslaureate.co.uk #football #LeagueTwo #GrimsbyTown #NewportCounty

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Rick Walton @waltwriting.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

‘Mansplainer: this is ABOUT GTFC, mainly. But hoping all fans can identify, yeh?’ sportslaureate.co.uk #football #LeagueTwo #GrimsbyTown #NewportCounty

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Rick Walton @waltwriting.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

‘It’s kinda hilarious that we sportspeeps all think we know better than the professionals – particularly the coaches’. 👇🏻👇🏻 sportslaureate.co.uk is blathering. #football #coaching

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Rick Walton @waltwriting.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

#Johnson ineffectual again for #Wales. They’ve played some bright football at times but lack quality in the end zone. Plus they’re offering too many chances to the opposition- in every game. #Denmark #NationsLeague

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Rick Walton @waltwriting.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

#Wales a tad unlucky to concede two deflected goals. Both o.g.s, arguably. 😬 But #Denmark have threatened more, yes? #NationsLeague #football

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Rick Walton @waltwriting.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

#Denmark #Wales quite watchable. Pacy, with chances at either end. Commentary & pundit hilariously myopic, as per: the customary #DanJames swallow-dive going unremarked-upon. But watchable. #NationsLeague #football

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Rick Walton @waltwriting.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Barely look at stats for my blogs - comfortable as an unknown - but *just did*. sportslaureate.co.uk allegedly perused largely by the good people of the People's Republic of #China, over recent times. Bollocks, surely? Or do they see me as a threat?!? 😅 🖋️👀 #blogs #stats

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Rick Walton @waltwriting.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Some will know. This is *not just* about a particular club. #football #coaching #development #community

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Rick Walton @waltwriting.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Needed to exorcise... so sportslaureate.co.uk is onnabout #Grimsby. #RodneyParade #Newport #NewportCounty #GrimsbyTown #LeagueTwo #football. Old pic - unable to credit. Apologies.

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Rick Walton @waltwriting.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Some of my mates have never rated #Tuchel. I did/do/but he’s becoming more vulnerable. Chief takeaways tonight are surely that his team cheat like f*ck - relentless diving! - & can’t defend? #Eng #Spain

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Rick Walton @waltwriting.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Repeating but #Eng’s defence! Scandalously, embarrassingly open. None of them can defend. 2-3. The visitors could have scored 7 or 8. #Spain

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Rick Walton @waltwriting.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This was about an embarrassing flop in the first half. Many may disagree, but I don’t think the pen that *is given* - which #Kane misses - should have been given either. #Bellingham ‘draws it’. For me, he’s cheating. #Eng #Spain #lovefootballhatefootballers

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Rick Walton @waltwriting.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Haha. 2-1, with a tremendously popular o.g. (cucurella!) 😅 #Eng #Spain

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Rick Walton @waltwriting.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Five mins later #LewisSkelly matches it: appalling collapse after deliberately putting his body across the defender. The lad does it for a living. He’s in the box, with a genuine chance to score… & *his only thought* is to flop to draw a pen. It’s embarrassing, it’s shit, & anti-sport. #Eng #Spain

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Rick Walton @waltwriting.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Wow. That’s one of the most embarrassing flop-downs in recent memory, from #Bellingham. Completely embarrassing. As is the home defence!! 👀 #Eng #Spain

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Rick Walton @waltwriting.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This was a highlight but the game was one of the most disappointing of recent times. Good luck to #Newport but #GTFC were goodish (but toothless) in 1st half & scandalously wasteful throughout. Tap-ins missed, shots barely struck, poor crosses, bad goals conceded. Horrible horrible loss. #LeagueTwo

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Rick Walton @waltwriting.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Some things I still love about #football. #GTFC at #NewportCounty, today. Supporters coach left at 7.15am. Pulled up at #RodneyParade at 1pm. #GrimsbyTown #supporters #respect

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Rick Walton @waltwriting.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Good of the locals to serenade us. (With a national icon). #Newport #ymaohyd #NewportCounty #GrimsbyTown

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Tate Collection @tate.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

David Hockney, My Parents, 1977 botfrens.com/collections/14375/cont…

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Rick Walton @waltwriting.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

When I lived & played here - admittedly decades ago - there were 9 or 10 divisions in the #Grimsby Sunday #Football League. There are now 2. Given #football’s seemingly unassailably high profile, that surprised me. #sport #development ⚽️ 🤓 #lifesrichwotnots

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Rick Walton @waltwriting.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

#Trees. Identification thereof. Who knows stuff? Scholar’s Tree… or what? Cut the ivy off… or not? #arboriculture #nature #gardens

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This is the lowest that Reform UK have polled with YouGov in well over two years

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

'Poppy' c.1852 by Anna Atkins, UK pioneer in botany and photography whose photographs created by cyanotype process were among the first ever to be published in a book #WomensArt

Image of a white poppy plant against a blue background

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Rick Walton @waltwriting.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Erm, #JerseyMike’s Trophy. You wha’? #GTFCOK 🤨 ⚽️

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Rick Walton @waltwriting.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Run-of-the mill Ronay. That is waaaaay better, more insightful, imaginative & funnier than anyone else. Plus he understands.

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Lisa Guerrero @lisaguerrero.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Not only did I meet Robert Kraft, I worked for him. His kid Jonathan asked me to “remove the black music” from my gameday playlist in ‘94 & I refused so they fired me. I was the cheerleader director at the time. I sued them for wrongful termination and won. So yes, I know that motherfucker.

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Rick Walton @waltwriting.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

“Step on it, people!” 🐊 🚣🏽‍♀️

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Rick Walton @waltwriting.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

My last day of the #Pembrokeshire #coast #charity walk… but the walk (& the work) goes on! Go to the website for more: ellarosefund.uk #mentalhealth #crisis / #suicide

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Rick Walton @waltwriting.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Upcoming; another day of yompage. ellarosefund.uk

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Rick Walton @waltwriting.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Indulging coz last coaching gig for months, upcoming. So pre-empting (or preparing?) for weeks of frugal *misery. (*The misery bit not true at all, but yaknow)...

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Rick Walton @waltwriting.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Ever do that thing where you pick the wrong main course *& then* the wrong sweet thang? That's me, today. #cafes #lifesrichwotnots

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