Chris Lepkowski
@chrislepkowski.bsky.social
Academic | sports journalist | author | comms
Birmingham City University sports journalism course director. Freelance, FWA member
Author: THE SLUM SPORT
Ghostwriter: THE THIRD DEGREE
Sport, media, football finance, politics
Birmingham City University sports journalism course director. Freelance, FWA member
Author: THE SLUM SPORT
Ghostwriter: THE THIRD DEGREE
Sport, media, football finance, politics
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"We learned from the manager that it was a tactical decision. How can you actually admit to that???"
Mikey J #wba substitution debated by @goldbergradio.bsky.social @chrislepkowski.bsky.social
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Mikey J #wba substitution debated by @goldbergradio.bsky.social @chrislepkowski.bsky.social
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THE LIQUIDATOR: Sky Blue Blues As Molumby Sees Red; Dr Rimmer; New Blues ground
Adrian and Chris discuss Albion's 3-2 defeat at Coventry.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:56 AM
"We learned from the manager that it was a tactical decision. How can you actually admit to that???"
Mikey J #wba substitution debated by @goldbergradio.bsky.social @chrislepkowski.bsky.social
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Mikey J #wba substitution debated by @goldbergradio.bsky.social @chrislepkowski.bsky.social
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Lampard thinning on top spectacularly
November 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Lampard thinning on top spectacularly
That said, there is no excuse for the way this game has been managed on or off the pitch. We are playing like we've had 3 sent off. #wba
Molumby is the kind of player who gets managers the sack. Recklessness mistaken for bravado and bluster. #wba
November 22, 2025 at 2:03 PM
That said, there is no excuse for the way this game has been managed on or off the pitch. We are playing like we've had 3 sent off. #wba
Torp-edo, more like. Ffs
November 22, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Torp-edo, more like. Ffs
Coventry vs #WBA right now
a man looking through a hole in a wall
ALT: a man looking through a hole in a wall
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November 22, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Coventry vs #WBA right now
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THE SLUM SPORT. Alone Without You: How the post-Heysel ban shaped English football from 1985
Even now, it remains a tough subject for the players & coaches of the time.
Graeme Sharp, Tony Cottee, John Trewick & Ron Atkinson speak about missing out
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Even now, it remains a tough subject for the players & coaches of the time.
Graeme Sharp, Tony Cottee, John Trewick & Ron Atkinson speak about missing out
For orders please go to links below ⬇️⬇️
November 21, 2025 at 1:50 PM
THE SLUM SPORT. Alone Without You: How the post-Heysel ban shaped English football from 1985
Even now, it remains a tough subject for the players & coaches of the time.
Graeme Sharp, Tony Cottee, John Trewick & Ron Atkinson speak about missing out
For orders please go to links below ⬇️⬇️
Even now, it remains a tough subject for the players & coaches of the time.
Graeme Sharp, Tony Cottee, John Trewick & Ron Atkinson speak about missing out
For orders please go to links below ⬇️⬇️
This whole saga is a fascinating tale.
#OnThisDay 21 Nov 1973 🇨🇱
The USSR refused to play the second leg of their World Cup qualifier playoff against Chile, because the Estadio Nacional in Santiago had been used as a torture and death camp for opponents of General Pinochet just weeks before.
From my book, The Defiant 📘
The USSR refused to play the second leg of their World Cup qualifier playoff against Chile, because the Estadio Nacional in Santiago had been used as a torture and death camp for opponents of General Pinochet just weeks before.
From my book, The Defiant 📘
November 21, 2025 at 2:37 PM
This whole saga is a fascinating tale.
THE SLUM SPORT. Alone Without You: How the post-Heysel ban shaped English football from 1985
Even now, it remains a tough subject for the players & coaches of the time.
Graeme Sharp, Tony Cottee, John Trewick & Ron Atkinson speak about missing out
For orders please go to links below ⬇️⬇️
Even now, it remains a tough subject for the players & coaches of the time.
Graeme Sharp, Tony Cottee, John Trewick & Ron Atkinson speak about missing out
For orders please go to links below ⬇️⬇️
November 21, 2025 at 1:50 PM
THE SLUM SPORT. Alone Without You: How the post-Heysel ban shaped English football from 1985
Even now, it remains a tough subject for the players & coaches of the time.
Graeme Sharp, Tony Cottee, John Trewick & Ron Atkinson speak about missing out
For orders please go to links below ⬇️⬇️
Even now, it remains a tough subject for the players & coaches of the time.
Graeme Sharp, Tony Cottee, John Trewick & Ron Atkinson speak about missing out
For orders please go to links below ⬇️⬇️
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It's funny that every 10 years they go to a channel with smaller audiences than the last. Expect to see the rights go to My Bluesky Account in 2035
Yet another platform for football's TV audience. But, yeah, piracy and illegal streaming is to blame... www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Paramount to show most Champions League games in UK from 2027-31
The American media and entertainment giant Paramount Skydance has won the rights to broadcast most Champions League matches in the UK after a Uefa auction
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:27 PM
It's funny that every 10 years they go to a channel with smaller audiences than the last. Expect to see the rights go to My Bluesky Account in 2035
Yet another platform for football's TV audience. But, yeah, piracy and illegal streaming is to blame... www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Paramount to show most Champions League games in UK from 2027-31
The American media and entertainment giant Paramount Skydance has won the rights to broadcast most Champions League matches in the UK after a Uefa auction
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Yet another platform for football's TV audience. But, yeah, piracy and illegal streaming is to blame... www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Awful news.
Holy heck, Mani from the Stone Roses has died.
Gary 'Mani' Mounfield of Stone Roses dead at 63 - latest tributes
The musician rose to fame with the Stone Roses in the 1980s
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Awful news.
Oh, good
The House Oversight Committee has subpoenaed J.P. Morgan and Deutsche Bank for Jeffrey Epstein's financial records. tinyurl.com/mtdt5ny8
November 19, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Oh, good
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Feb 86: Captain Alan Hansen claims the #Liverpool team of 85/86 is the 'worst' he's played in
May 86: #LFC win League & FA Cup under rookie player-manager Kenny Dalglish
Gary Gillespie speaks exclusively to THE SLUM SPORT about this history-making Liverpool team. @lfcr.bsky.social
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May 86: #LFC win League & FA Cup under rookie player-manager Kenny Dalglish
Gary Gillespie speaks exclusively to THE SLUM SPORT about this history-making Liverpool team. @lfcr.bsky.social
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November 18, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Feb 86: Captain Alan Hansen claims the #Liverpool team of 85/86 is the 'worst' he's played in
May 86: #LFC win League & FA Cup under rookie player-manager Kenny Dalglish
Gary Gillespie speaks exclusively to THE SLUM SPORT about this history-making Liverpool team. @lfcr.bsky.social
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May 86: #LFC win League & FA Cup under rookie player-manager Kenny Dalglish
Gary Gillespie speaks exclusively to THE SLUM SPORT about this history-making Liverpool team. @lfcr.bsky.social
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Feb 86: Captain Alan Hansen claims the #Liverpool team of 85/86 is the 'worst' he's played in
May 86: #LFC win League & FA Cup under rookie player-manager Kenny Dalglish
Gary Gillespie speaks exclusively to THE SLUM SPORT about this history-making Liverpool team. @lfcr.bsky.social
Order links⬇️⬇️
May 86: #LFC win League & FA Cup under rookie player-manager Kenny Dalglish
Gary Gillespie speaks exclusively to THE SLUM SPORT about this history-making Liverpool team. @lfcr.bsky.social
Order links⬇️⬇️
November 18, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Feb 86: Captain Alan Hansen claims the #Liverpool team of 85/86 is the 'worst' he's played in
May 86: #LFC win League & FA Cup under rookie player-manager Kenny Dalglish
Gary Gillespie speaks exclusively to THE SLUM SPORT about this history-making Liverpool team. @lfcr.bsky.social
Order links⬇️⬇️
May 86: #LFC win League & FA Cup under rookie player-manager Kenny Dalglish
Gary Gillespie speaks exclusively to THE SLUM SPORT about this history-making Liverpool team. @lfcr.bsky.social
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⚒️West Ham fans woke up OTD 40 yrs ago reflecting on their 5th straight win (2-1 v Watford). They would win 9 during that run, building a title challenge
Frank McAvennie & Tony Cottee speak exclusively in THE SLUM SPORT about that amazing season
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Frank McAvennie & Tony Cottee speak exclusively in THE SLUM SPORT about that amazing season
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November 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
⚒️West Ham fans woke up OTD 40 yrs ago reflecting on their 5th straight win (2-1 v Watford). They would win 9 during that run, building a title challenge
Frank McAvennie & Tony Cottee speak exclusively in THE SLUM SPORT about that amazing season
@westhamupdates.bsky.social
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Frank McAvennie & Tony Cottee speak exclusively in THE SLUM SPORT about that amazing season
@westhamupdates.bsky.social
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⚒️West Ham fans woke up OTD 40 yrs ago reflecting on their 5th straight win (2-1 v Watford). They would win 9 during that run, building a title challenge
Frank McAvennie & Tony Cottee speak exclusively in THE SLUM SPORT about that amazing season
@westhamupdates.bsky.social
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Frank McAvennie & Tony Cottee speak exclusively in THE SLUM SPORT about that amazing season
@westhamupdates.bsky.social
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November 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
⚒️West Ham fans woke up OTD 40 yrs ago reflecting on their 5th straight win (2-1 v Watford). They would win 9 during that run, building a title challenge
Frank McAvennie & Tony Cottee speak exclusively in THE SLUM SPORT about that amazing season
@westhamupdates.bsky.social
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Frank McAvennie & Tony Cottee speak exclusively in THE SLUM SPORT about that amazing season
@westhamupdates.bsky.social
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A quite brilliant international break - with some great stories across the different confederations. And good to have some time off from the mundanity of club football.
November 16, 2025 at 11:29 PM
A quite brilliant international break - with some great stories across the different confederations. And good to have some time off from the mundanity of club football.
Labour, a party than now strives to evoke endorsements from the worst kind of people.
Not everyone is unhappy about the Government's descent into anti-refugee politics
November 16, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Labour, a party than now strives to evoke endorsements from the worst kind of people.
When editors spent a good 2 decades giving away content for free, it made the surge in paywalls a 'bad' thing
No, the bad thing were media managers not taking seriously the emergence of digital/social media, conditioning consumers to free content, & allowing paid-for traditional media to decline
No, the bad thing were media managers not taking seriously the emergence of digital/social media, conditioning consumers to free content, & allowing paid-for traditional media to decline
It looks like “news shouldn’t have paywalls“ discourse is starting again.
-Banner ads don’t cover costs, and you block them
-Native ads are coercive
-Billionaires buying papers backfired
-Event driven funding doesn’t scale
-Newsletters are narrow and lack accountability infrastructure
-Banner ads don’t cover costs, and you block them
-Native ads are coercive
-Billionaires buying papers backfired
-Event driven funding doesn’t scale
-Newsletters are narrow and lack accountability infrastructure
November 16, 2025 at 3:15 PM
When editors spent a good 2 decades giving away content for free, it made the surge in paywalls a 'bad' thing
No, the bad thing were media managers not taking seriously the emergence of digital/social media, conditioning consumers to free content, & allowing paid-for traditional media to decline
No, the bad thing were media managers not taking seriously the emergence of digital/social media, conditioning consumers to free content, & allowing paid-for traditional media to decline
