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Aidan
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Journo, author, ex-paper chief reporter. "He has a promising future behind him." #Spursy http://amzn.eu/2693WYg http://aidanrad.blogspot.com/2023/03/and-in-end.html
🎵"Oh, I could squeeze my lemon ’til my blues went away
If I had possession over Pancake Day…"🎵
youtu.be/1haLpAaEWrU
Half Man Half Biscuit - If I Had Possession over Pancake Day [Official Audio]
YouTube video by Half Man Half Biscuit
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February 17, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Playing catch-up, the first episode of Channel 4's The Tony Blair Story... www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Tony Blair says he shouldn't be defined by sending UK troops into Iraq
Some 179 UK troops died in Operation Telic that began with a US-launched and UK-backed so-called 'shock and awe' onslaught in March 2003, running until May 2011.
www.dailymail.co.uk
February 17, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Ah, it's a shame about Australia, even with added Stev(i)e Smith. Not waving but drowning...
February 17, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Igor Tudor talks good talk. That dread disease, optimism(ish). #COYS
February 17, 2026 at 6:16 PM
John Heitinga's mere month as Tottenham assistant manager means his most significant Spurs-ish moment remains being sent off in extra-time in the 2010 World Cup final, prompting the Netherlands to have Rafael van der Vaart not only captain but also unlikely makeshift centre-back.
February 16, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Some mother's son finds himself somehow and surprisedly mostly watching the mesmeric figure skating this Winter Olympics. Strange days indeed - most peculiar, mama etc etc.
February 16, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Ah, RIP Robert Duvall.
"Can you get me off the hook, Tom? For old times' sake?"
- [sadly] "Can't do it, Sally."
February 16, 2026 at 6:28 PM
St Valentine? Ah, happy St Cyril (and Methodius)'s Day... #COYS
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COCKEREL CHORUS - 'Nice One Cyril - 1970/3 45rpm
YouTube video by VinylHell
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February 14, 2026 at 2:42 PM
🎶"People carry roses, and make promises by the hours,
My love, she laughs like the flowers,
Valentines can't buy her..."🎶
youtu.be/pvhovOU2Ixw
February 14, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Has any club cast more far and widely for managers? English, Scottish, N. Irish, Welsh, Argentine, Irish, Swiss, French, Dutch, Spanish (+Uruguayan assistant), Portuguese, Italian, Australian, Danish, now Croatian. God save [Igor] Tudor houses, antique tables and billiards. #COYS
February 13, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Ah, two by Schulz on February 13 (1968, 2000) - bittersweet, both...
February 13, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Friday the 13th listening...
🎶"With a little luck, we can help it out,
We can make this whole damn thing work out..."🎶
youtu.be/Lg6pP4GSGLY
February 13, 2026 at 6:55 AM
Can I just shock you? I like Brentford.
February 12, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Do we even have an interim? To quote Andrew Preview: "Any time?" #COYS
February 12, 2026 at 6:52 PM
With all due (dis)respect (and thanks, and the team, not the board, for the Uefa Cup), Postecoglou is not a big club manager.
February 12, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Tottenham 🤝 injuries. Only When I Laugh/cry. Pity's sake. #COYS
February 12, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Monaco tax (Br)exile Jim Ratcliffe, so toxic he even managed to lose to Tottenham, in a court case. Depressing if of course unstartling remarks.
February 11, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Starting to fret we lose this Saturday to Scotland, in the cricket.
February 11, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Starting to fret we lose this Saturday to Scotland, in the cricket.
February 11, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Frank off. Not before time but fear it might yet still be too too late. Then 'twere well etc etc. Reminded of Enic 1.0's first firing, a manager also serving up bleak non-football and next man in inheriting a derby vs that south London lot. At least we've come on since then...oh.
February 11, 2026 at 10:10 AM
"I have sort of a complaint" - well, it was Peanuts 57 years ago today...
February 11, 2026 at 7:52 AM
"Their first album was made in 20 minutes. Their second took even longer." Taped quickfire on this date in 1963 - that raw and bright and ever-cheering "Please Please Me" LP. Ah, ever: "There's a place, where I can go, when I feel low, when I feel blue..." open.spotify.com/track/4dessG...
There's A Place - Remastered 2009
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February 11, 2026 at 6:58 AM
Nineties nostalgia can only go so far. And Thomas Frank must go.
February 10, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Play, Jasper Carrott: "So I turned to the bloke nearest me, and said, '...oi!'" Empty seats aplenty, the first half. We do at least occasionally start playing in the second...don't we? #COYS
February 10, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Lucky to be just one down (so far) in so half-hearted and hoofing a first half. Both disallowed and given goals gimmes. Not that there's much riding on this, real relegation fight danger...oh. Pre-match £70 Lunar New Year shirts for the Year Of The Horse? My kingdom for a chance.
February 10, 2026 at 8:30 PM