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Seamus @seamus8.bsky.social · 18h

No problem, just getting these results out of their system ... that's right, isn't it ... please tell me that's what's happening, please.

Actually, not that worried yet. Hosts usually get a decent draw & I expect the opposition next June to be a lesser quality than last four opponents. Still ...

Seamus @seamus8.bsky.social · 18h

Why was that necessary?

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Seamus @seamus8.bsky.social · 4d

Plenty of top tier beard stroking without the smugness in this episode. Fascinating thought that your Margaret might be considered the mother of the Premier League.

As Frank Patcham told Billy O'Neill, "It's a funny old game."

Seamus @seamus8.bsky.social · 5d

Especially when he paints a great picture with his commentary.

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Seamus @seamus8.bsky.social · 6d

... minute, then flew off. I realized I had just read about Torquay surviving the drop on a technicality. Decided the Gulls were my team. Met great supporters online. Wonderful time meeting folks at Roots Hall in May 2004. Bit of ups & downs over last 20 seasons but that's football. #COYY 2/2

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Seamus @seamus8.bsky.social · 6d

I'm in Chicago. Watched '96 Euros & was fascinated by all the small towns on England flags. Decided to support a fourth tier club. On a family beach outing, read FourFourTwo season preview. Finished & just then, the biggest seagull I ever saw landed five feet away. It stared at me for a ... 1/2

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Seamus @seamus8.bsky.social · 7d

Looked like an agreement was made pregame. No tackling. Little tracking back allowed.

Seamus @seamus8.bsky.social · 10d

With all due respect Katy ... absolutely not!
HaHa!

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Seamus @seamus8.bsky.social · 15d

... encounters with stirring music & slow motion cinematography - the shows were like nothing seen before in US sports. Soon they were producing weekly preview shows, feature shows & the annual Football Follies (humorous look at the game). It fed the desire for more football than just on Sunday 2/2

Seamus @seamus8.bsky.social · 15d

NFL Films was key to building the NFL into the behemoth it is today in the USA.
In the early '60s, baseball was still king but then NFL Films started to produce highlight shows from the previous week's games at a time when you rarely had access to what transpired.
Packaged as heroic dramatic ...1/2

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Seamus @seamus8.bsky.social · 15d

It's no wonder that PL clubs backed away from all access docs at the turn of the century. Look what was uncovered at Harchester United! Dragons never recovered from that.

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