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Ben Meakin

@bnmkn.bsky.social

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Freelance Copywriter, plays games, watches sport, does BladesPod and writes WOMEN OF STEEL: http://womenofsteel.substack.com

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Ben Meakin @bnmkn.bsky.social · Aug 27

8 years, 375 episodes, 1.4 million (!) listens, countless mispronunciations. Pretty overwhelmed by the reaction to this!

BladesPod @bladespod.bsky.social · Aug 27

👋 Hello everyone, bit of an announcement from me and @panchero.bsky.social - after 8 years, I've decided to call time on the podcast. One for the road:

SC: soundcloud.com/ben-meakin-6...

AP: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...

Sp: open.spotify.com/show/6wLq5qa...

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Ben Meakin @bnmkn.bsky.social · 2h

Was about 10-12 mins in

Ben Meakin @bnmkn.bsky.social · 2h

Assuming you mean van Domselaar, yup on about 15 mins she overhit a clip out to the left and nailed the VAR monitor instead. I think they've replaced it now but it was smashed to bits 😅 fuck VAR indeed

Ben Meakin @bnmkn.bsky.social · 2h

Did you see her total the VAR monitor from about 50 yards away? Superb

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Ben Meakin @bnmkn.bsky.social · 4h

(she's also very good at football)

Ben Meakin @bnmkn.bsky.social · 4h

Kerstin Casparij rules

www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Reaction when I stood up for trans women made me realise I had to do more

Manchester City and Netherlands player explains why she has become an LGBT Foundation patron and the importance of keeping football free of hate

www.theguardian.com

Ben Meakin @bnmkn.bsky.social · 1d

England playing Latvia last night reminds me that I wrote a whole article about the time Sheffield United played Latvia (???): www.thepinch.uk/p/why-did-sh...

Why did Sheffield United play a friendly with Latvia in 2000?

Ben Meakin on an unlikely friendly, a bizarrely strong starting XI and the managers who became best of enemies.

www.thepinch.uk

Ben Meakin @bnmkn.bsky.social · 1d

Good performance, good point, think this team is going to be absolutely fine this year.

BladesPod @bladespod.bsky.social · 1d

New WOMEN OF STEEL out this morning, looking at the Blades' draw with table-topping Charlton, Emma Taylor's first United goal and some underlying numbers for our start to the season:

womenofsteel.substack.com/p/md6-united...

MD6: United hold frontrunners Charlton to a draw

Emma Taylor's first Blades goal earns United a 1-1 draw at the Valley

womenofsteel.substack.com

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Ben Meakin @bnmkn.bsky.social · 2d

Has she only played friendlies for Jamaica rather than competitive? Pretty sure that's how it works with the men's game

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Harvey Hinkler @harveyhinkler.bsky.social · 2d

Catch up on all the goings on from Sunday's WSL 2 fixtures - including Southampton once again securing South Coast bragging rights - in this week's review!
#wsl #wsl2 #woso
open.substack.com/pub/thewsl2r...

Saints seal South Coast derby double & Durham delight against Forest - Gameweek Six Review

Looking back on another action-packed WSL 2 weekend.

open.substack.com

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Ben Meakin @bnmkn.bsky.social · 2d

The Patriots being top of the AFC East through six games is pretty, pretty funny

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Ben Meakin @bnmkn.bsky.social · 3d

I definitely wasn't falling for this, by the way. I've seen what happens with free trampolines

Ben Meakin @bnmkn.bsky.social · 3d

Diggs (bottom of the screen) apparently. And no, I've no idea and neither did announcers or Steratore

Ben Meakin @bnmkn.bsky.social · 3d

Tramampoline!

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Ben Meakin @bnmkn.bsky.social · 4d

That's a bingo!

Ben Meakin @bnmkn.bsky.social · 5d

Game 14: Hallam 1-1 Consett AFC, Sandygate, Northern Premier League East. Glorious afternoon at Sandygate and over 1,000 in. Visitors probably shaded this one but Hallam had a late goal contentiously ruled out.

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BeardedGenius @beardedgenius.bsky.social · 7d

Vladimir Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov is clearly David Moyes in a terrible disguise

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Elysia Tatsu @elysiatatsu.bsky.social · 19d

🎃

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Ben Meakin @bnmkn.bsky.social · 8d

Well I'm interested

1000xRESIST | Available Now @sunsetvisitor.studio · 8d

We have some upcoming news that we are VERY excited to share next week.

Thank you for making the future of 1000xRESIST so bright. Hekki grace. 💙

In the meantime, here's a little sneak preview of what's to come...

Ben Meakin @bnmkn.bsky.social · 8d

Oh nice, thank you!

Ben Meakin @bnmkn.bsky.social · 8d

Where do you find results / tables etc, incidentally? Our club account is quite inconsistent in what it provides updates on...

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BladesPod @bladespod.bsky.social · 8d

5️⃣6️⃣0️⃣ days later, Sheffield United Women have won a home game! So of course, I wrote 2,000 words about the victory over Ipswich that lifts the Blades up the #WSL2 table:

womenofsteel.substack.com/p/md5-blades...

MD5: Blades beat Ipswich to earn a first home win in 18 months

Two Amy Andrews goals and another from Charlie Devlin give United their first win of the season

womenofsteel.substack.com

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Ben Meakin @bnmkn.bsky.social · 8d

Oof that last angle 🤩

Ben Meakin @bnmkn.bsky.social · 11d

Appreciate your sacrifice

Ben Meakin @bnmkn.bsky.social · 11d

Thank you! Had they blown it (we were miles better than Ipswich but then seemed to decide to give them a free goal to make it interesting) I think I'd still be crying now. Amy Andrews was immense.

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Ben Meakin @bnmkn.bsky.social · 11d

Them NOT BOTTOM BLADES 👏

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