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On TalkSport, 1 - 6am, Sat & Sun Talking to insomniacs, Malaysians, & elderly gentlemen who combine prostate issues with ownership of a digital radio.

Royal borough of wakefield, UK
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@martinkelner
martin kelner
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Latest update from Liz on who’s to blame for her disastrous Premiership: Office for Budget Responsibility, the World Bank, Rishi Sunak, Sting, the Thompson Twins (both the group & out of Tin Tin), Shirley Bassey, & both Brian Coxes
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6 years
Can’t help feeling Enid Blyton has lost touch with her core audience
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If you’re wondering what constitutes a ‘light bite’ in Yorkshire.... #Wakefieldtapas
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I always wait for Gary before I decide on any political issue. But situation so grave now, I need to know the thoughts of Kevin Sheedy, Ian Snodin, & other members of the 1985 Everton squad before making up my mind.
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Gary Lineker
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Yep, get on with ‘it’...whatever the ‘it’ is...regardless of how bad the ‘it’ will be. 👍🏻
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Not to disrespect achievement of the Lionesses, undoubtedly team of the year. But Ben Stokes is clearly #SPOTY , going from where he was to where he is. But the BBC wouldn’t dare.
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6 years
If ITV had a shred of patriotism they’d hand extra time over to the BBC
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3 years
Hey, here’s an idea. Let’s not boo the Italian anthem tomorrow. It achieves nothing. It doesn’t upset the opposition. It just makes us look shitty. Let’s be classy for once
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2 years
Deputy PM Dominic Raab says the Government’s about to join the war on drugs. Given the incompetence with which they’ve handled everything else - the pandemic, levelling up etc - I’m backing drugs.
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3 years
Blimey, nearly forgot. Hans Christian Andersen, Sandi Toksvig, Le Manneken Pis, Lars Von Trier, Brigitte Nielsen, Aqua, your boys….
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1 year
Impressed with all the pics of people with the late great Pele. I never met Pele, so here’s one of me with Carlton Cole
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4 years
The nuttiest thing you’ll see today. Not entirely sure why she’s wearing sexy retro Hibs kit
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4 years
This is what top-quality entertainment looked like #OnThisDay in 1972.
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8 years
Here we go, the story of my sacking from BBC Leeds, & a plausible plan for local radio's future
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2 years
Once again ⁦ @PrivateEyeNews ⁩ is spot on
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6 years
‘It’s over for Under.’ @GaryLineker on BTSport with nice reminder of Airplane
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8 years
Hello Wales. We're not too worried in England. We're more of a rugby nation.
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6 years
Some say England should boycott #FIFAWorldCup in Russia to protest spy poisoning. Compromise suggestion: we’ll go, but not stay any longer than quarter finals.
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1 year
Apologies. I know many of you are expecting me to mark Ken Bruce's last day at Radio Two with a photo of me and Carlton Cole, but unfortunately I don't have one available at the moment. So sorry.
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5 years
House Of Games, love it, love it, love it. It’s like Only Connect for idiots.
@richardosman
Richard Osman
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Repeats of ‘House Of Games’ about to start on BBC2. 100 new episodes coming reeeeeeal soon too!
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5 years
I'm sorry @Channel4 but Celebrity Gogglebox can fuck right off. I think I speak for the nation when I say we're not interested in what Stanley Johnson, Little Mix, and Nick Bloody Grimshaw have to say about TV, we want to see Jenny & Lee in their static caravan in Hull.
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Burt Bacharach was undoubtedly one of the greatest songwriters of all time, bridging the gap between the great American songbook & the golden era of pop music, a true genius. Sadly, I never met him so here’s a picture of me with West Ham legend Carlton Cole.
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6 years
Paul McCartney tweeted that Aretha was ‘queen of our souls.’ Presenters on news channels reading it v slowly & carefully
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5 years
Just visited Picasso Museum in Barcelona. What people often forget about Picasso is that he did some fantastic fridge magnets
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2 years
And well done @BethRigby @skynews , saying 'There's Michael Fabricant,' without adding 'Fuck me, look at the state of that.'
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6 years
Interviewed Rodney Bewes when he was in a touring production of 3 Men In A Boat 10 yrs ago. Hilarious & a proper gent. As a tribute, I’m going to try & avoid the scores all day on Saturday
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2 years
Eamonn Holmes, Mick Huck….oh fuck it, I can’t be bothered
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5 years
It's like those French have a word for everything. Thanks Philip Townley
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8 years
Well, that's probably quite popular
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Betty Boothroyd came from Dewsbury & often used to be on my show when I did a politics programme on Radio Leeds. Unfortunately, that was before camera phones……so here’s a picture of me with West Ham legend Carlton Cole
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1 year
This is a scandal. Lineker is one of the jewels in the BBC’s crown. A confected row. As Dazn, Viaplay, & Apple prepare to stream EFL, this is going to cost BBC more than Gary
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7 years
With each year that passes, Mick Hucknall looks more like Charlie Drake (one for the teenagers)
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4 years
Three weeks ago I went on a speed awareness course at the Cedar Court Hotel, Wakefield. I had a swift half a Guinness at the bar, then joined a bunch of other speeders in a conference room where we talked for four hours about stopping distances. That now seems like a great day
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I’ve never appeared on MOTD & there was never any chance I would. But just to be safe, and in solidarity with Gary I’m ruling myself out. I am still available for Say Yes To The Dress on Quest Red though
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5 years
Lovely when your family can be bothered to put an obit in the local paper for you... #belovedcunt #curbyourenthusiasm
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3 years
We all know Marcus Rashford was #SPOTY2020 . BBC took him off list because it would have appeared to be criticism of Government if he’d got it & Beeb frightened of all the flak. Cowards
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5 years
Message to British Transport Police: Train manager on 13.03 London - Leeds said get in touch if we see anything 'that doesn't look right'. Well, I'll tell you what doesn't look right - people who've paid 100-odd quid for a ticket, especially those with kids, standing for 2 hours
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5 years
Fiona Bruce is trying to get a sensible answer out of Diane Abbott. I’m trying to nail jelly to the ceiling #bbcqt
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8 years
Over 2 million signatures on petition to get 1st half played again
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8 years
Let's have respect for 'this centre court crowd.' They'll be going home after match to pick our new Prime Minister
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6 years
Went to see a subtitled Chilean film at Curzon Mayfair. They showed an ad for McCain’s oven chips. Wrong crowd, I felt.
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9 months
Hi media, in the light of everything that’s going on in the world, I’m finding it really hard to give a fuck about Nigel Farage’s bank account. Sorry
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3 years
I’ve had it with John Oliver. ‘England is frustratingly white, depressing, & you want to get out of it as soon as possible,’ he says. What does ‘frustratingly white’ even mean? London btw is one of the most diverse cities in the world. Oliver once more frustratingly unfunny.
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4 years
Economy fucked, disease rampant, constant sunshine; it’s like we’re in a third world country
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6 years
Ah, remember sub-editors
@mrjohncoyne
John Coyne
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Further proof, if needed, that the British Justice System is too lenient. http://t.co/UGit264sQH
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5 years
Juergen Fucking Klopp. If you’re offfended by his language, fuck right off
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7 years
Note to chat show producers. Russell Brand stopped being funny ten years ago
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4 years
Norwich down, and we’re denied the obligatory shot of a little boy in the stand with his dad crying his eyes out. BT Sport should have hired a sweet little lad, sat him down, & told him something upsetting so we got the footage
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4 years
The last time Liverpool & Man U conceded 13 goals between them, Henry Vlll was top of the charts with Greensleeves
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6 years
Bleak. Walking past pubs. No football advertised on their chalk boards. They’ve gone back to plugging their food. I don’t want steak & ale pie. I want England to be in the World Cup final.
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5 years
There’s not a single discussion programme on TV that wouldn’t benefit from having Roy Keane dropped into it
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6 years
So proud. Well done Martha! x
@PressAwardsuk
The Press Awards
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Sports Journalist of the Year for 2017 is @marthakelner #PressAwards
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Golden classic: Enid Blyton's least successful novel http://t.co/cu2NJwySbY
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3 years
For anyone who has been drinking outside a pub today and NOT managed to get on TV raising a pint and grinning moronically, a helpline has been set up
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4 months
Queen Margrethe has abdicated as Denmark’s monarch. Her son will take over, though Neil Warnock has said he’s happy to stand in till the end of the season
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5 years
If ever there was a face asking to be firmly walloped with a sock filled with horse manure....
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4 years
Today’s most important news. I can barely comprehend it: Man who used to commentate on football matches will still commentate on football matches, but slightly less important ones. #anationmourns
@CliveTyldesley
Clive Tyldesley
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ITV have replaced me as their main football commentator...
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2 years
Liz Truss has to stop going on about coming from #Leeds . I can’t speak for the whole city but I get a strong feeling that the message from Leeds is f**k off Truss
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6 years
I don’t know, these knockout stages look a little grown up for #England
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7 years
Got tickets to take daughter A to Bob Dylan. 'But what if he dies before May?' Daughter B: 'Don't worry, I'll take you.' A: 'I meant Bob'
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6 years
I’ll really miss Virgin/Stagecoach when they jack it in. It’s not every service where you can turn up at half past seven & catch the 19.02
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7 years
Fellaini sent off. Bad news for Joey Barton. He'd backed Herrera
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4 years
Fewer, fewer! You’re the BBC ffs. More importantly, massive sympathy to W H Smith employees who’ve lost their jobs.
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Great heaving mass of humanity at Kings Cross station waiting for a rumour of a train running, and still we get the ‘no skateboarding’ announcements. If you can skateboard in here, sign up for the next fucking Olympics
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5 years
Bizarre. In Soho, guy just asked me, ‘Do you want to buy any whizz, mate?’ I said, ‘No, I’ve got some Sanatogen for later.’ (one for the teenagers)
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6 years
Fact: When Sofology ad comes on, not one single person in Britain is thinking, ‘That’s a nice sofa.’ Everyone is thinking, ‘I wonder how much Owen Wilson got for doing that ad.’
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2 years
Happy Christmas to all my listeners ⁦ @talkSPORT ⁩. Hope you both have a ‘fantastic day’ as my very good friends Haircut 100 might say
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4 years
As usual, I switch on #spoty , pencil sharpened, ready to take the piss mercilessly. Then along comes bloody @DoddieWeir5 being brave, funny, inspirational & reduces you to tears. Bastard
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Did a couple of long interviews with the sainted Barry Cryer in 2015. Will play an extract or two on ⁦ @talkSPORT ⁩ graveyard slot Fri/Sat night
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4 years
Wow! Brilliant @marthakelner . #prouddad . And to save you trolls the trouble, yes she does get her looks from her mum
@RTS_media
Royal Television Society
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Young Talent award winner @marthakelner on working in a male dominated field as a @SkyNews sports correspondent #RTSAwards
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6 years
Brilliant! Well done @marthakelner Sports Journalist Of The Year. Richly deserved
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5 years
Just seen Danny on Sky News. Interviewed wearing a fez. BBC have sacked him again for disrespecting some Turkish people & the memory of the late Tommy Cooper.
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1 year
Really sad news about the great Andy Smart's death. Andy always hilarious with the Comedy Store players, and such a fine story teller whenever he came on my radio show. A life well lived
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6 years
Don't worry if you didn't get what you wanted in #alevelresults2018 . Sam Cooke didn't know much about history or biology, or a science book, or even the French he took - but he did OK.
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8 years
Half of Roy's shadow cabinet has resigned
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3 years
Apart from that, OK?
@Independent
The Independent
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Sainsbury’s issues urgent recall of vegan lasagne as it contains pork, beef and milk
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7 years
So Geoff Boycott turns out to be a bit of a twat. Who'd have thought it?
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1 year
Hello Google maps! What’s the point of all this ‘walk South East on such & such a street’. Who knows what South East is unless you’re following the sun. I’m in Manchester. There is no bloody sun!
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6 years
Just been allowed to tweet this. Partridge style thumbs-up to @marthakelner , garlanded with @sja awards
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2 years
There are times for statesmanlike behaviour, and there are times for going in studs up. Today Keir, you need to invoke the spirit of Norman Hunter, Peter Storey, Vinny Jones etc etc
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8 years
Who says the art of hard-hitting relevant investigative journalism is dead?
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4 years
With every bloody comedian in the country doing allegedly “funny” stuff from home, who knew the funniest guy on the Internet would turn out to be golf commentator @MrAndrewCotter
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3 years
Decorum Vending Machines you absolute useless bastards. I put a two pound piece in your shitty vending machine at London Bridge station, cancelled the order when the machine didn’t work & the refund came out in 5p pieces.
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4 years
If Boris Johnson is manager, and the whole of the UK the dressing room, Johnson has absolutely lost the dressing room. If this was football, he’d have gone weeks ago. Is there a single person in Britain who thinks in the current circs, this guy is the right man for the job?
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4 years
Looking at the tv listings. Breaking my heart.
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4 years
Hello listeners, both of you. From July 4th, my overnight (prime time in Kuala Lumpur) show is moving to @talkSPORT , Fri & Sat nights, simulcast with @talkRADIO . Some of the ‘highly popular’ old features will be retained
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Fuck me. £8.29 - Vue Cinema, West End. I’d just like to know the thinking behind that 9p. Could they not make a profit on £8.20? #atleastDickTurpinworeamask
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7 years
Trump already causing chaos. In care homes length & breadth of UK there are anguished shouts: 'What's happened to Tipping Point?'
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3 years
Sure, the West Yorkshire police were institutionally sexist, misogynistic etc. But worse, they were institutionally stupid. I went to several press conferences during that period, & there wasn’t a single guy at top of WYP you’d trust to run a fucking whelk stall
@SkyNews
Sky News
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The chief constable of West Yorkshire Police has apologised to Peter Sutcliffe's victims for "the language, tone and terminology used by senior officers at the time"
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5 years
Just been asked who will greet Donald Trump if Theresa May has gone by then. Under the constitution, I believe it’s either Alan Titchmarsh or Lulu
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4 years
For Covid restrictions to work, the key element is compliance. Back in March @JohnRentoul of the Indy said that by allowing Dominic Cummings to stay in his job, Johnson lost all hope of that. That’s why we are where we are
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6 years
Sterling’s a great player but suffers from the syndrome scientists have identified as: ‘inability to hit a cow’s arse with a banjo when you put an England shirt on him.’
@overweightjohn
John Curran
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@martinkelner Bullseye. If only Sterling was as good as he thinks he is.
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5 years
Well done, Kings Cross. Kept us waiting nearly an hour for information about our ultimately cancelled train. But lots of annos about how ‘for our safety & comfort’ it’s a no smoking station. Do you know what would help our safety & comfort more? A fucking train
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3 years
They’ve just announced Peter Crouch’s Year Late Euros will be delayed. Till when? Never would be good
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5 years
Doncaster sponsored by @LNER . That's why they'll need the extra half-hour.
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2 years
Can always rely on the football authorities to come up with the wrong decision.
@FootballJOE
FootballJOE
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🚨BREAKING: The Premier League and EFL have postponed this weekend's games
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martin kelner
8 years
So it's working class voters in North & Midlands who've swung. Perhaps Labour might think about not electing some Islington wanker next time
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6 years
Nice that Stalin's 'tache gets a mention in @ITVSport commentary, cause that's what he's most famous for.....that and the 20 million deaths. Looking forward to lots of chucklesome mentions of Hitler's funny 'tache when Germany play.
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5 years
Can’t decide whether I’m a doomster or a gloomster, but I think Boris Johnson is as full of crap as a Blackpool shithouse on a bank holiday
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4 years
If Marcus Rashford misses out on #SPOTY the BBC might as well drop the word ‘personality’ from the event altogether.
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4 years
‘I know you’d rather be here than sitting watching at home,’ says Sam Matterface. Nice of him to send a message to Clive
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7 years
Remember all the numbskulls posting '2016, worst year ever,' 'fuck off 2016' etc cos some celebs died. Well, how are you finding 2017?
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4 years
Sport shutdown has dire consequences for father-son bonding. Just had a conversation with my son about a free-standing full length mirror he’s bought from Habitat
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