Eddie Gibbs
@eddiegibbs.co.uk
Host of King & AI podcast with Sir Kenny Dalglish. Director Liberty Shield VPN, Anfield Index, EPL Index, Scothosts etc. Tweet mainly on Sport & Tech.
The myth of the Industrial Revolution celebrates progress and innovation 🏭
The reality was child labour, urban misery, and environmental damage on an industrial scale.
The latest in my History’s Blind Spots series, free on Substack 👇
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The reality was child labour, urban misery, and environmental damage on an industrial scale.
The latest in my History’s Blind Spots series, free on Substack 👇
www.itwasalwayshistory.com/p/the-indus...
February 5, 2026 at 10:00 AM
The myth of the Industrial Revolution celebrates progress and innovation 🏭
The reality was child labour, urban misery, and environmental damage on an industrial scale.
The latest in my History’s Blind Spots series, free on Substack 👇
www.itwasalwayshistory.com/p/the-indus...
The reality was child labour, urban misery, and environmental damage on an industrial scale.
The latest in my History’s Blind Spots series, free on Substack 👇
www.itwasalwayshistory.com/p/the-indus...
🇨🇴 The Night Manager - Merciless, Messy, Still Magnificent
⭐ 8/10
⚠️ Spoiler Warning: This review discusses major plot points from The Night Manager S2 on BBC iPlayer. Best read after watching the full season.
⭐ 8/10
⚠️ Spoiler Warning: This review discusses major plot points from The Night Manager S2 on BBC iPlayer. Best read after watching the full season.
February 5, 2026 at 7:30 AM
🇨🇴 The Night Manager - Merciless, Messy, Still Magnificent
⭐ 8/10
⚠️ Spoiler Warning: This review discusses major plot points from The Night Manager S2 on BBC iPlayer. Best read after watching the full season.
⭐ 8/10
⚠️ Spoiler Warning: This review discusses major plot points from The Night Manager S2 on BBC iPlayer. Best read after watching the full season.
🇯🇵 #OnThisDay in 1703, 46 men chose honour over life and forced a nation to face an impossible moral question. ⚔️❄️
The story of the 47 Ronin, loyalty, law, and the price of obedience.
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The story of the 47 Ronin, loyalty, law, and the price of obedience.
FREE to read on my history Substack, please subscribe 🙏
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On This Day in 1703: Honour Written in Blood, Why the 47 Ronin Still Matter
When Loyalty Outlived the Law in Edo Japan
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February 4, 2026 at 3:42 PM
🇯🇵 #OnThisDay in 1703, 46 men chose honour over life and forced a nation to face an impossible moral question. ⚔️❄️
The story of the 47 Ronin, loyalty, law, and the price of obedience.
FREE to read on my history Substack, please subscribe 🙏
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The story of the 47 Ronin, loyalty, law, and the price of obedience.
FREE to read on my history Substack, please subscribe 🙏
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🙏 RIP John Virgo
The voice that guided snooker home
John Virgo has died, and with him goes a voice that never talked down to the game or dressed it up. He understood snooker because he had lived it, the long nights, the lonely practice tables, the thin line between nerve and noise.
The voice that guided snooker home
John Virgo has died, and with him goes a voice that never talked down to the game or dressed it up. He understood snooker because he had lived it, the long nights, the lonely practice tables, the thin line between nerve and noise.
February 4, 2026 at 11:22 AM
🙏 RIP John Virgo
The voice that guided snooker home
John Virgo has died, and with him goes a voice that never talked down to the game or dressed it up. He understood snooker because he had lived it, the long nights, the lonely practice tables, the thin line between nerve and noise.
The voice that guided snooker home
John Virgo has died, and with him goes a voice that never talked down to the game or dressed it up. He understood snooker because he had lived it, the long nights, the lonely practice tables, the thin line between nerve and noise.
🟥 Liverpool’s roundtable video was calm, polished, and tightly controlled.
But, for obvious reasons, it avoided the questions fans actually want answered.
But, for obvious reasons, it avoided the questions fans actually want answered.
February 4, 2026 at 10:56 AM
🟥 Liverpool’s roundtable video was calm, polished, and tightly controlled.
But, for obvious reasons, it avoided the questions fans actually want answered.
But, for obvious reasons, it avoided the questions fans actually want answered.
🟥 Harvey Elliott and the cold arithmetic of elite football
Harvey Elliott’s situation feels cruel, but it's also brutally familiar. This is elite football at its most honest, a business where judgement is final.
Harvey Elliott’s situation feels cruel, but it's also brutally familiar. This is elite football at its most honest, a business where judgement is final.
February 3, 2026 at 4:44 PM
🟥 Harvey Elliott and the cold arithmetic of elite football
Harvey Elliott’s situation feels cruel, but it's also brutally familiar. This is elite football at its most honest, a business where judgement is final.
Harvey Elliott’s situation feels cruel, but it's also brutally familiar. This is elite football at its most honest, a business where judgement is final.
🇺🇸 #OnThisDay in 1870, the vote was won, but the fight was far from over 🗳️
📜 The story behind the Fifteenth Amendment, sacrifice, courage, and unfinished justice.
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📜 The story behind the Fifteenth Amendment, sacrifice, courage, and unfinished justice.
Available FREE on my history Substack, please subscribe 🙏
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On This Day 1870: When the Vote Was Won and the Fight Was Far From Over
How the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment marked a moral turning point in American history
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February 3, 2026 at 1:59 PM
🇺🇸 #OnThisDay in 1870, the vote was won, but the fight was far from over 🗳️
📜 The story behind the Fifteenth Amendment, sacrifice, courage, and unfinished justice.
Available FREE on my history Substack, please subscribe 🙏
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📜 The story behind the Fifteenth Amendment, sacrifice, courage, and unfinished justice.
Available FREE on my history Substack, please subscribe 🙏
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🏉 My #SixNations preview OUT NOW on @libertyshield.com VPN blog - France to go back-to-back for me, pipping Ireland and England. 👇
🏉 Six Nations 2026 🔜
Form looks volatile, margins look thin, and free-to-air rugby still matters.
Where to watch in the UK and abroad, plus how live streaming works from wherever you are.
📺 TV Coverage & Fixtures
🔒 VPN Streaming Explained
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Form looks volatile, margins look thin, and free-to-air rugby still matters.
Where to watch in the UK and abroad, plus how live streaming works from wherever you are.
📺 TV Coverage & Fixtures
🔒 VPN Streaming Explained
✍️ @eddiegibbs.co.uk
blog.libertyshield.com/how-to-watc...
February 3, 2026 at 12:10 PM
🏉 My #SixNations preview OUT NOW on @libertyshield.com VPN blog - France to go back-to-back for me, pipping Ireland and England. 👇
January doesn’t build teams.
It exposes them.
Fees lie. Wages trap. Loans delay reality.
Full breakdown, free piece on my Substack 👇
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It exposes them.
Fees lie. Wages trap. Loans delay reality.
Full breakdown, free piece on my Substack 👇
www.itwasalwaysfootball.com/p/january-t...
January Transfer Window Truths, What Clubs Bought and What They Risked
Assessing the Premier League purchases from the January 2026 Transfer Window
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February 3, 2026 at 10:15 AM
January doesn’t build teams.
It exposes them.
Fees lie. Wages trap. Loans delay reality.
Full breakdown, free piece on my Substack 👇
www.itwasalwaysfootball.com/p/january-t...
It exposes them.
Fees lie. Wages trap. Loans delay reality.
Full breakdown, free piece on my Substack 👇
www.itwasalwaysfootball.com/p/january-t...
#OnThisDay in 1709, a Scottish sailor stepped out of isolation and into history 🌊🏴
Marooned for four years, his survival would inspire Robinson Crusoe. I’ve written the story behind the myth, told close to home and close to the bone.
Read it FREE on my history Substack 📚
Marooned for four years, his survival would inspire Robinson Crusoe. I’ve written the story behind the myth, told close to home and close to the bone.
Read it FREE on my history Substack 📚
February 2, 2026 at 11:19 AM
#OnThisDay in 1709, a Scottish sailor stepped out of isolation and into history 🌊🏴
Marooned for four years, his survival would inspire Robinson Crusoe. I’ve written the story behind the myth, told close to home and close to the bone.
Read it FREE on my history Substack 📚
Marooned for four years, his survival would inspire Robinson Crusoe. I’ve written the story behind the myth, told close to home and close to the bone.
Read it FREE on my history Substack 📚
🎯 Greatness, Time, and a Kid Who Refuses to Blink
Phil Taylor remains the greatest darts player to ever live, and it's not even up for debate, at least not yet. It's settled by time, by domination, by seasons that bent the sport around one man’s will.
Phil Taylor remains the greatest darts player to ever live, and it's not even up for debate, at least not yet. It's settled by time, by domination, by seasons that bent the sport around one man’s will.
February 2, 2026 at 10:50 AM
🎯 Greatness, Time, and a Kid Who Refuses to Blink
Phil Taylor remains the greatest darts player to ever live, and it's not even up for debate, at least not yet. It's settled by time, by domination, by seasons that bent the sport around one man’s will.
Phil Taylor remains the greatest darts player to ever live, and it's not even up for debate, at least not yet. It's settled by time, by domination, by seasons that bent the sport around one man’s will.
🇫🇷 Jérémy Jacquet - A bet on tomorrow, paid for today
I first saw Jacquet when France reached the U19 European final in 2024. He stood above every other defender there, commanding, fearless, visibly born to play on the front foot.
I first saw Jacquet when France reached the U19 European final in 2024. He stood above every other defender there, commanding, fearless, visibly born to play on the front foot.
February 2, 2026 at 9:40 AM
🇫🇷 Jérémy Jacquet - A bet on tomorrow, paid for today
I first saw Jacquet when France reached the U19 European final in 2024. He stood above every other defender there, commanding, fearless, visibly born to play on the front foot.
I first saw Jacquet when France reached the U19 European final in 2024. He stood above every other defender there, commanding, fearless, visibly born to play on the front foot.
📊 Liverpool’s best league performance in a while, and the numbers make it hard to argue otherwise.
4-1 vs Newcastle, over 2.0 xG created, under 0.5 conceded, dominance in the box, control in progression, and clear attacking structure.
Statistical analysis on my Substack 👇
4-1 vs Newcastle, over 2.0 xG created, under 0.5 conceded, dominance in the box, control in progression, and clear attacking structure.
Statistical analysis on my Substack 👇
February 1, 2026 at 7:27 PM
📊 Liverpool’s best league performance in a while, and the numbers make it hard to argue otherwise.
4-1 vs Newcastle, over 2.0 xG created, under 0.5 conceded, dominance in the box, control in progression, and clear attacking structure.
Statistical analysis on my Substack 👇
4-1 vs Newcastle, over 2.0 xG created, under 0.5 conceded, dominance in the box, control in progression, and clear attacking structure.
Statistical analysis on my Substack 👇
🇳🇱 Exactly Why Liverpool Are Looking at Lutsharel Geertruida
February 1, 2026 at 9:04 AM
🇳🇱 Exactly Why Liverpool Are Looking at Lutsharel Geertruida
February 1, 2026 at 8:42 AM
‼️ Curtis Jones to Inter Milan and the unease behind the denials
January 31, 2026 at 9:21 AM
‼️ Curtis Jones to Inter Milan and the unease behind the denials
January 31, 2026 at 8:50 AM
🇺🇸 On this day in 1835, two misfiring pistols changed history forever.
A funeral, a furious president, and a nation on edge as death came within inches of Andrew Jackson.
Read the full story in my latest history blog.
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A funeral, a furious president, and a nation on edge as death came within inches of Andrew Jackson.
Read the full story in my latest history blog.
📖 Available FREE on my Substack 👇
January 30, 2026 at 5:30 PM
🇺🇸 On this day in 1835, two misfiring pistols changed history forever.
A funeral, a furious president, and a nation on edge as death came within inches of Andrew Jackson.
Read the full story in my latest history blog.
📖 Available FREE on my Substack 👇
A funeral, a furious president, and a nation on edge as death came within inches of Andrew Jackson.
Read the full story in my latest history blog.
📖 Available FREE on my Substack 👇
⚽ The Champions League play-offs were sold as a safety net. They look more like a stress test.
Mourinho back at the Bernabeu, Real Madrid exposed, Newcastle sent to Baku, PSG forced into another domestic knife fight, and UEFA smiling through it all.
Mourinho back at the Bernabeu, Real Madrid exposed, Newcastle sent to Baku, PSG forced into another domestic knife fight, and UEFA smiling through it all.
January 30, 2026 at 4:14 PM
⚽ The Champions League play-offs were sold as a safety net. They look more like a stress test.
Mourinho back at the Bernabeu, Real Madrid exposed, Newcastle sent to Baku, PSG forced into another domestic knife fight, and UEFA smiling through it all.
Mourinho back at the Bernabeu, Real Madrid exposed, Newcastle sent to Baku, PSG forced into another domestic knife fight, and UEFA smiling through it all.
🟥 There’s a lot of noise around Rio Ngumoha. Deservedly so.
But there’s another academy player at Liverpool who might have an even higher ceiling, and he’s only 15. 👇
But there’s another academy player at Liverpool who might have an even higher ceiling, and he’s only 15. 👇
January 30, 2026 at 7:29 AM
🟥 There’s a lot of noise around Rio Ngumoha. Deservedly so.
But there’s another academy player at Liverpool who might have an even higher ceiling, and he’s only 15. 👇
But there’s another academy player at Liverpool who might have an even higher ceiling, and he’s only 15. 👇
Must start posting more on here. 🔜
January 29, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Must start posting more on here. 🔜
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📢 @eddiegibbs.bsky.social : 'I wouldn’t have booed Trent, but Liverpool fans had every right to.'
🔴 Silence, timing, & a legacy lost
🔴 Slot got it wrong
🔴 The fans never leave — Trent already has
📖 Read here 👉 anfieldindex.com/81884/i-woul...
#LFC #TrentAlexanderArnold #RealMadrid
🔴 Silence, timing, & a legacy lost
🔴 Slot got it wrong
🔴 The fans never leave — Trent already has
📖 Read here 👉 anfieldindex.com/81884/i-woul...
#LFC #TrentAlexanderArnold #RealMadrid
I Wouldn’t Have Booed Trent, But Liverpool Fans Had Every Right To
I Wouldn’t Have Booed Trent, But Liverpool Fans Had Every Right To written on May 12, 2025 by Eddie Gibbs. This article is about Featured, Featured Article, Liverpool FC Articles, Liverpool FC News, L...
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May 12, 2025 at 9:21 AM
📢 @eddiegibbs.bsky.social : 'I wouldn’t have booed Trent, but Liverpool fans had every right to.'
🔴 Silence, timing, & a legacy lost
🔴 Slot got it wrong
🔴 The fans never leave — Trent already has
📖 Read here 👉 anfieldindex.com/81884/i-woul...
#LFC #TrentAlexanderArnold #RealMadrid
🔴 Silence, timing, & a legacy lost
🔴 Slot got it wrong
🔴 The fans never leave — Trent already has
📖 Read here 👉 anfieldindex.com/81884/i-woul...
#LFC #TrentAlexanderArnold #RealMadrid
So @support.bsky.team … I changed handle to my domain via DNS. Seems fine on app but in desktop browser shows ‘Invalid Handle’. Tried log out/in plus redid DNS but it won’t change?
November 24, 2024 at 8:57 AM
So @support.bsky.team … I changed handle to my domain via DNS. Seems fine on app but in desktop browser shows ‘Invalid Handle’. Tried log out/in plus redid DNS but it won’t change?
Reposted by Eddie Gibbs
@footballmartin.bsky.social & I chat about Southampton’s struggle to adapt to life back in the PL.
Is the manager’s tactical rigidity solely to blame?
Can Russell Martin keep his job & keep the Saints up?
How will they fair against LFC on Sunday?
Listen in & let me know your thoughts 🎧
Is the manager’s tactical rigidity solely to blame?
Can Russell Martin keep his job & keep the Saints up?
How will they fair against LFC on Sunday?
Listen in & let me know your thoughts 🎧
November 22, 2024 at 6:42 PM
@footballmartin.bsky.social & I chat about Southampton’s struggle to adapt to life back in the PL.
Is the manager’s tactical rigidity solely to blame?
Can Russell Martin keep his job & keep the Saints up?
How will they fair against LFC on Sunday?
Listen in & let me know your thoughts 🎧
Is the manager’s tactical rigidity solely to blame?
Can Russell Martin keep his job & keep the Saints up?
How will they fair against LFC on Sunday?
Listen in & let me know your thoughts 🎧