Woof!
@chrislepkowski
Academic | sports journalist | author | comms Birmingham City University sports journalism course director. Freelance, FWA member Author: THE SLUM SPORT Ghostwriter: THE THIRD DEGREE Sport, media, football finance, politics
Woof!
Alright Bill Beaumont
Have had my usual bet on wba to win. Today, bostock and dike to score also
That's the spirit
Away win
@carlosourjackal.bsky.social looking forward to your razor-sharp predictions for today's #wba game.
She π―% is. My cousin loves her to bits.
Miles? Someone I was at uni with was totally like him. A complete Tory. Hateful, condescending, vile
That's right. He played a courier. My cousin tours with TT these days and I actually had a chat with him about this!
I liked the mad receptionist. Mainly because the 22 year old me quite fancied her
Poor Warren
Paging @socialsoprano.bsky.social
Loff!
Good stuff.
It's all go at Anfield, with Cannon having a fall. Meanwhile, Man Utd's Gary Bailey finally succumbs to this mad trend of goalkeepers wearing gloves - the big wimp. @themagicofthecup.bsky.social & @scraggy74.bsky.social report back
yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/197980-par...
Sto lat!
Brilliant. #KitNews
Ideally. But there are football fans out there - admittedly most are barely old enough to tie their own laces - who are more excited by transfer business than they are actual football. They're the target audience, rather than old duffers like us!
Totally. Also why Ridsdale proposed it I expect. There are worse things in football. I just think it was a system that worked just fine
Some time ago, I wrote a blog about this dreadful 'ITK' micro-industry of football.
Forgive my parochial contribution to @sportingintel.bsky.social's post, but I think it chimes with some of the things he mentions. (Published in summer 2025)
Link below: chrislepkowski.wixsite.com/the-far-post...
Some time ago, I wrote a blog about this dreadful 'ITK' micro-industry of football.
Forgive my parochial contribution to @sportingintel.bsky.social's post, but I think it chimes with some of the things he mentions. (Published in summer 2025)
Link below: chrislepkowski.wixsite.com/the-far-post...
Absolutely salute you for a brilliant piece
A brilliant take down of one of the industry's biggest charlatans - the poster-boy for every kid in a bedroom who wishes to 'break' transfer news to masses.
Brilliant journalism from an actual journalist, about someone who isn't a journalist.
Hopefully will help wash away the ITK transfer culture
Happy World Book Day. π
Yay more football!
I've got a radical idea. Maybe we could do it for all 23 teams? And they could each play each other across two legs, though spread out for some variety. Then, at the end, the teams with the most wins and draws could go up. Maybe, say, 3pts for a win, 1pt for a draw. Nah, bit much
It's happening then...
π₯β¬οΈπ₯Calling all #Boro fans:
#Middlesbrough legend Tony Mowbray will be joining me for the north-east launch of THE SLUM SPORT on MARCH 25 at The Longlands.
Tickets available at Β£10 on the door, or via this link: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-evening...
This an excellent summary of the acts of Mr Churchill
Rembered here for his Black and Tans and their many atrocities
www.bbc.com/news/magazin...
Was it like this in 1893?