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Lee Wellings

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New from The Sports Specialist…

‘The Scott Hanson Appreciation Society’

A tribute to the best in the business, from the UK

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#ScottHanson #NFL #NFLRedZone #SuperBowl 🏈

The Scott Hanson Appreciation Society

The best in the business

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January 30, 2026 at 11:45 AM

Lee Wellings

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New from The Sports Specialist….

Is the Premier League boring?

(Spoiler, yes it is)

“The fluency, pace and purpose of Norwegian underdogs #BodoGlimt was embarrassing for Pep and a reminder of how stale the Premier league is in comparison”

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#Guardiola #Pepball

Is the Premier League boring?

Footballers lack flair in the age of Pepball

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January 23, 2026 at 9:55 AM

Lee Wellings

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Norwegians #BodoGlimt have taken a 2-0 lead against #ManchesterCity in the #ChampionsLeague. 🇳🇴

Fact can be stranger than fiction. I’d written a fable about a Norwegian team in yellow who shock Europe. As I explain here:

👀✍🏼
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The Glimt of reality

Football fiction is playing out for real....

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January 20, 2026 at 6:17 PM

Lee Wellings

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New from ‘The Sports Specialist’ on Substack. As #MichaelCarrick starts his caretaker manager role at #ManchesterUnited

“It can’t get any worse.”

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(Please do subscribe in 2026 and share this link)

It can’t get any worse for Manchester United

Can it?

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January 14, 2026 at 7:46 AM

Lee Wellings

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What should be a highlight of the football year arrives. The #FACup 3rd round. But many kick-offs are scheduled to suit (global) TV audiences,

I wrote about fans being treated like mugs overall and posted this video. Please do watch, read and share it.

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DON’T TREAT FANS LIKE MUGS

The state of football in 2026

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January 8, 2026 at 9:49 AM

Lee Wellings

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Subscribe to The Sports Specialist in 2026….

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January 2, 2026 at 10:18 AM

Lee Wellings

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First article of the year for The Sports Specialist. Important subject.

“They show smiling, wisecracking fans on their way to the stadiums, creating the illusion they know and care that football is about fans. “

“Don’t Treat Fans Like Mugs”

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DON’T TREAT FANS LIKE MUGS

The state of football in 2026

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January 2, 2026 at 10:16 AM

Lee Wellings

@leewellings.bsky.social

Why not?

Something uplifting to take into 2026

WHY NOT?

Why Not?

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December 23, 2025 at 9:26 AM

Lee Wellings

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THE EPIC FAIL

“It’s like a piece of work designed to shock. Perhaps we should consider Piero Manzoni’s infamous 1961 piece of ‘art’, where he literally filled 90 tin cans with faeces and displayed them. England’s performances feel like they are from the same scene.”

#TheAshes

The Epic Fail

From the ashes, let us start to celebrate the art in this England team's failure...

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December 21, 2025 at 10:15 AM

Lee Wellings

@leewellings.bsky.social

It’s #WorldChampionshipDarts time.

Time for DARTS BABY!👶🏻🎯

It’s my fable about an 11-month-old darts phenomenon who becomes a superstar player at the tournament.

It’s a much needed bit of fun. Enjoy!

#LukeLittler #Darts #Lovethedarts

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December 11, 2025 at 12:10 PM

Lee Wellings

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The #WorldCupdraw.

Starring…

Donald J #Trump

Mr Gianni #Infantino

Reintroducin’ #RobbieWilliams

Toooooom BirmingHAM #Brady

Those #VillagePeople & more.

The biggest, most beautiful, tremendous star-studded draw EVER!🤩

(at some stage we’ll see who plays who🙏🏼)

#wc2026

The big, beautiful, tremendous World Cup draw

The essential Q & A!

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December 5, 2025 at 3:58 PM

Lee Wellings

@leewellings.bsky.social

New from The Sports Specialist….

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The big, beautiful, tremendous World Cup draw

The essential Q & A!

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December 3, 2025 at 12:44 PM

Lee Wellings

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Please do read and share this ! It’s a two-minute read :)

#FootballFables #Booksky

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Why you should buy Football Fables!

A lighthearted little Q & A

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December 1, 2025 at 11:45 AM

Lee Wellings

@leewellings.bsky.social

New from The Sports Specialist:

Party like it’s 1998. How Scotland changed the story.

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#Scotland #WorldCupQualifiers #McTominay #McLean #Hampden

Party like it’s 1998

How Scotland changed the story

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November 19, 2025 at 11:31 AM

Lee Wellings

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‘The win that Jack built’

A piece on sport giving us the story we crave where the good guy wins after turmoil. Emotional doesn’t cover it.

A beautiful night in Belfast where #JackLisowski did himself proud. He wasn’t the only one.

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The win that Jack built

When sport gives us the story we crave, and the good guy finally wins...

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October 27, 2025 at 3:31 PM

Lee Wellings

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The dust has settled, but the disgraceful scenes in New York at the #RyderCup will not be forgotten.

Sport reflects society. And the lairy, unruly mob on the Saturday summed up exactly where we are..

Please read:

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SPORT LOSES ITS MANNERS

There’s nothing like manners.

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October 1, 2025 at 8:16 AM

Lee Wellings

@leewellings.bsky.social

New from ‘The Sports Specialist’ on Substack.

#JamieVardy in Lombardy!

He’s not always easy to like - maybe that’s why he remains underrated - but there are few more remarkable ⚽️ careers.

And his late move to #SerieA with #Cremonese is fascinating!

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Vardy in Lombardy!

The veteran English striker's move to Italy is a fascinating plot twist

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September 15, 2025 at 9:40 AM

Lee Wellings

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New from The Sports Specialist.

This article will be like nothing else you read on #VAR.

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IT SUCKS TO BE RIGHT

VAR cynics called it correctly

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September 5, 2025 at 9:21 AM

Lee Wellings

@leewellings.bsky.social

“Good people are out there”.

On trolling and genuine kindness.

Please read.

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#SkyeStout #KilmarnockWomen

Good people are out there

Good people are out there.

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August 22, 2025 at 9:02 AM

Lee Wellings

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#FootballFables

August 15, 2025 at 8:49 AM

Lee Wellings

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Are #Chelsea really now the ‘world’s best team’?

And yes, I do realize this article could have been a single word only!

But #Infantino claimed #FIFAs #ClubWorldCup would prove who is world’s best….I’ve examined the case.

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Are Chelsea really the world's best team?

That's what FIFA wants us to think

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July 14, 2025 at 12:30 PM

Lee Wellings

@leewellings.bsky.social

Fed up of the money & greed in sport?

Read this! Sport how it should be😍

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Th#islandGameses is about to start in Orkney. 12 sports, 2 thousand competitors, 900 volunteers.

It’s the 40th anniversary and needs celebrating! :)#orkney202525