Aidan
@aidanrad.bsky.social
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
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
🎵"Oh, I could squeeze my lemon ’til my blues went away
If I had possession over Pancake Day…"🎵
youtu.be/1haLpAaEWrU
If I had possession over Pancake Day…"🎵
youtu.be/1haLpAaEWrU
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
Playing catch-up, the first episode of Channel 4's The Tony Blair Story... www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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
Ah, it's a shame about Australia, even with added Stev(i)e Smith. Not waving but drowning...
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
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.
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
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.
Ah, RIP Robert Duvall.
"Can you get me off the hook, Tom? For old times' sake?"
- [sadly] "Can't do it, Sally."
"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
Ah, RIP Robert Duvall.
"Can you get me off the hook, Tom? For old times' sake?"
- [sadly] "Can't do it, Sally."
"Can you get me off the hook, Tom? For old times' sake?"
- [sadly] "Can't do it, Sally."
COCKEREL CHORUS - 'Nice One Cyril - 1970/3 45rpm
YouTube video by VinylHell
youtu.be
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
My love, she laughs like the flowers,
Valentines can't buy her..."🎶
youtu.be/pvhovOU2Ixw
February 14, 2026 at 2:41 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
My love, she laughs like the flowers,
Valentines can't buy her..."🎶
youtu.be/pvhovOU2Ixw
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
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
Ah, two by Schulz on February 13 (1968, 2000) - bittersweet, both...
February 13, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Ah, two by Schulz on February 13 (1968, 2000) - bittersweet, both...
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
🎶"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
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
🎶"With a little luck, we can help it out,
We can make this whole damn thing work out..."🎶
youtu.be/Lg6pP4GSGLY
Can I just shock you? I like Brentford.
February 12, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Can I just shock you? I like Brentford.
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
With all due (dis)respect (and thanks, and the team, not the board, for the Uefa Cup), Postecoglou is not a big club manager.
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
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.
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.
Starting to fret we lose this Saturday to Scotland, in the cricket.
February 11, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Starting to fret we lose this Saturday to Scotland, in the cricket.
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
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.
"I have sort of a complaint" - well, it was Peanuts 57 years ago today...
February 11, 2026 at 7:52 AM
"I have sort of a complaint" - well, it was Peanuts 57 years ago today...
"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
"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...
Nineties nostalgia can only go so far. And Thomas Frank must go.
February 10, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Nineties nostalgia can only go so far. And Thomas Frank must go.
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
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
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
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.