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Peter Furmedge

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[Posts in a personal capacity] "There has to be something bigger than winning or losing because, sometimes in a football match, the result can be an imposter, there has to be a legacy." (Xavi)

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Ruairi Dubh @ruairidubh.bsky.social · 7h

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Peter Furmedge @peterfurmedge.bsky.social · 6h

The post under yours James 🤣

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Ian King @twoht.bsky.social · 7h

On the subject of Aston Villa's Europa League match against Maccabi Tel Aviv, and the hapless response of the British government.

unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/siding-wit...

Siding with the hooligans is on brand for a government that seems determined to trash its reputation

The government's handling of the upcoming Aston Villa Europa League match reeks of a degree of incompetence for which they are now rightly known.

unexpecteddelirium.substack.com

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 1d

Iain Duncan Smith says when Maccabi played a game in Istanbul there was no trouble at all

@ianbyrnemp.bsky.social had to point out UEFA moved the game to Hungary after the Turkish authorities refused to stage it &the Hungarian authorities then played it behind closed doors. Hence no trouble

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Peter Furmedge @peterfurmedge.bsky.social · 1d

Think it was refreshing to see one claiming to be a scal, after getting lumbered with the Rees Moggs and Michael Howard!

Peter Furmedge @peterfurmedge.bsky.social · 1d

The best MP football fib was Zahawi's. Truly baffling!

Independent newspaper headline reporting Nahim Zahawi's claim to be a former football hooligan.

Cutting from an Independent article in which Nadhim Zahawi makes a bizarre claim to have been a member of Liverpool FC's hooligan "firm".

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Punk Rock History @punkrockhistory.bsky.social · 2d

Ska Sunday part 1 - 46 years ago today
The Specials is the debut album by British ska revival band The Specials, released on this day in 1979 featuring the singles "A Message to You, Rudy" and "Too Much Too Young".

#punkrock #ska #thespecials #skalegends #history #skahistory #otd

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Peter Furmedge @peterfurmedge.bsky.social · 3d

But the piece de resistance is this gem - the theoretical journal of north end insurgent Terrot the Trot 😎

'The Snotty Pest', a home made fanzine playing on the name of the 'Scottie Press' - a long running community newspaper in the Scotland Road area of Liverpool.

Peter Furmedge @peterfurmedge.bsky.social · 3d

Having a tidy up and found these

Copies of The End fanzine. Produced in Liverpool in the 1980s.

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Paul Sherratt @globaljukeboxer.bsky.social · 5d

We retain a Covid-delayed ambition to visit La Bombonera on match day

m.youtube.com/watch?v=_Pvb...

Explosive atmosphere at the Bombonera for Boca-River

YouTube video by GOAL

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Half Man Half Biscuit Information Service @hmhbinfo.bsky.social · 5d

'Record Store Day' live at Devil's Arse Castleton, 25/07/25 #HMHB youtu.be/8fRCTr_fNoE?...

Half Man Half Biscuit - Record Store Day - The Devil's Arse, Castleton, 25/7/25

YouTube video by Automorph

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Paul Sherratt @globaljukeboxer.bsky.social · 5d

This wrecks me
Every single time

m.youtube.com/watch?v=A0KC...

Manu Chao - La Vida Tombola (Played for Diego Maradona)

YouTube video by Manu Chao

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Ian Geordie Clark @ian-geordie-clark.bsky.social · 8d

OTD in 1982, The Clash performed and shot this superb performance of ‘Should I Stay Or Should I Go’.
🎯👌🔥
#TheClash #punk #musicsky
youtu.be/8-cjjzNbg70?...

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The CWU @cwunews.bsky.social · 15d

Introducing … The Working Class United 🖤🤍

The new CWU anti-racism shirt - a two tone classic.

All profits to Show Racism the Red Card and Fans Supporting Foodbanks.

Let’s get this on every terrace in the country.

swaz.co.uk/product/swaz...

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RMT Union @rmtunion.bsky.social · 8d

Defend RMT members’ right to stay
📢 Demonstration outside Parliament
Old Palace Yard, SW1P 3JY
📅 Wednesday 15th October at 1pm
Please join us

Poster advertising RMT demo on Wednesday October 15, 2025 at 1pm

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Clapton CFC @claptoncfc.co.uk · 11d

At The World Transformed in Manchester this weekend?

We are hosting a workshop about radical organising through football.

See you there!

theworldtransformed.org/twt25/twt25p...

The World Transformed 2025 // Solidarity through Football Workshop

theworldtransformed.org

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Ruairi Dubh @ruairidubh.bsky.social · 14d

✨Anarchist songwriter, activist & musician, Joel Emmanuel Hagglund, popularly known as Joe Hill, was born on this day in history --- October 7th, 1879✨🩸🫀🏴

#JoeHill #Wobbly #I.W.W. #Anarchist

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Peter Furmedge @peterfurmedge.bsky.social · 26d

Here, use the Sandhills one

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Peter Furmedge @peterfurmedge.bsky.social · Sep 13

The comparison ends where this lot lack an economic plan. The far right in the 1930s allied their politics to a clear economic intent, this mob have nothing beyond the already super wealthy grabbing more cash and assets amid the chaos their politics causes.

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Outside Write (Chris Lee) ⚽️ @outsidewrite.bsky.social · Sep 11

#OnThisDay 11 Sept 1973 🇨🇱

The democratically elected Chilean president, Salvador Allende, died during a military coup led by Gen. Augusto Pinochet

What role did footballers play in resisting Pinochet's dictatorship in #Chile?

Find out in my book, The Defiant: A History of Football Against Fascism

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Peter Furmedge @peterfurmedge.bsky.social · Aug 24

Had a mooch and a pint. Nice to see the area so busy. Wish they'd lost 🤣

Peter Furmedge @peterfurmedge.bsky.social · Aug 24

Literally the neighbours now!

Peter Furmedge @peterfurmedge.bsky.social · Aug 24

Not sure whether to baton down the hatches or venture outside again and take it all in. There is a real buzz on the streets. Might be the happiest it ever gets.

Peter Furmedge @peterfurmedge.bsky.social · Aug 22

Just had a couple of days over on the naXi gaff. Blimey!

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Tony Evans @tonyevans92a.bsky.social · Aug 18

I had intended to write a round up of stuff that caught my eye in the Premier League’s first weekend, but, after keeping my mouth shut all weekend, I snapped. The Chiesa song. Absolutely tone deaf and pathetic open.substack.com/pub/tonyevan...

Chiesa Song An Embarrassment To Anfield

Whether you like it or not, Juventus fans will hear echoes of Heysel

open.substack.com

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