Graham Dunn
@saidanddunn.bsky.social
#OUFC fan, co-host By Far Greatest Team football podcast, journalist in real life
One more week until me and @couchpundito.bsky.social are back with the By Far The Greatest Podcast. In the meantime, I've revisited one of my favourite stories from an earlier podcast, Oldham Athletic's pinch me season from 1989-90
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This is how it feels to be Oldham
Oldham Athletic 1989-90
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January 25, 2026 at 1:40 PM
One more week until me and @couchpundito.bsky.social are back with the By Far The Greatest Podcast. In the meantime, I've revisited one of my favourite stories from an earlier podcast, Oldham Athletic's pinch me season from 1989-90
byfarthegreatestteam.substack.com/p/this-is-ho...
byfarthegreatestteam.substack.com/p/this-is-ho...
I've done a piece referencing a few teams we've covered on the By Far The Greatest Team #football #podcast who have all curiously ended up either not trying to score, or trying to score an own goal, or repeatedly scoring own goals
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When shooting in the right direction is just too obvious
Austria-West Germany 1982, Barbados-Grenada 1994, SO l'Emryne-AS Adema 2001
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January 18, 2026 at 12:20 PM
I've done a piece referencing a few teams we've covered on the By Far The Greatest Team #football #podcast who have all curiously ended up either not trying to score, or trying to score an own goal, or repeatedly scoring own goals
byfarthegreatestteam.substack.com/p/when-shoot...
byfarthegreatestteam.substack.com/p/when-shoot...
In the last of the B Far The Greatest Team #football #podcast Festive Shorts/New Year Treats/January Pick-me-ups, @couchpundito.bsky.social @philip-craig.bsky.social and myself take a look the NASL era Vancouver Whitecaps who won the 1979 Soccerbowl
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Vancouver Whitecaps 1979
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January 16, 2026 at 5:03 PM
In the last of the B Far The Greatest Team #football #podcast Festive Shorts/New Year Treats/January Pick-me-ups, @couchpundito.bsky.social @philip-craig.bsky.social and myself take a look the NASL era Vancouver Whitecaps who won the 1979 Soccerbowl
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Everyone talking about what isvtge biggest cup shock after Macclesfield-Palace - here’s a few runners and riders for you from our cup shock special pod
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@couchpundito.bsky.social @pompeygnr.bsky.social
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AFC Bournemouth 1984 & other FA Cup Shocks
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January 11, 2026 at 9:43 AM
Everyone talking about what isvtge biggest cup shock after Macclesfield-Palace - here’s a few runners and riders for you from our cup shock special pod
@couchpundito.bsky.social @pompeygnr.bsky.social
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@couchpundito.bsky.social @pompeygnr.bsky.social
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Here's a piece to go with @couchpundito.bsky.social @philip-craig.bsky.social recent By Far The Greatest Team podcast on North Korea 1966, the biggest shock - both football and culturally - in World Cup history
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Our enemies in the North
North Korea 1966
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January 10, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Here's a piece to go with @couchpundito.bsky.social @philip-craig.bsky.social recent By Far The Greatest Team podcast on North Korea 1966, the biggest shock - both football and culturally - in World Cup history
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@philip-craig.bsky.social Join us for the latest By Far The Greatest Team podcast Festive Shorts (editor's note: these are neither festive or short) to look at North Korea coming out of the cold to shock Italy at the 1966 World Cup @couchpundito.bsky.social
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January 8, 2026 at 2:37 PM
@philip-craig.bsky.social Join us for the latest By Far The Greatest Team podcast Festive Shorts (editor's note: these are neither festive or short) to look at North Korea coming out of the cold to shock Italy at the 1966 World Cup @couchpundito.bsky.social
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Our next By Far Greatest Team festive shorts (which are neither festive or short) - @jamierooney.bsky.social @philip-craig.bsky.social and Declan Clark take a look at the Man City side which won the league title in 68 and League Cup/Cup Winners' Cup in 70
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Manchester City 1967-1970
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January 2, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Our next By Far Greatest Team festive shorts (which are neither festive or short) - @jamierooney.bsky.social @philip-craig.bsky.social and Declan Clark take a look at the Man City side which won the league title in 68 and League Cup/Cup Winners' Cup in 70
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To go with the first of our Christmas (not-so) shorts, here is a blog about the cruellest goal line decision ever which denied Chesterfield their place in the FA Cup final and a Sean Dyche penalty spot the ball (clue - it's exactly where you expect)
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By far the greatest goal line heartbreak
Chesterfield 1997
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December 29, 2025 at 12:55 PM
To go with the first of our Christmas (not-so) shorts, here is a blog about the cruellest goal line decision ever which denied Chesterfield their place in the FA Cup final and a Sean Dyche penalty spot the ball (clue - it's exactly where you expect)
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By Far The Greatest Team is on its winter break but @jamierooney.bsky.social and I have done a few festive specials to tide things over until we are back - these are meant to be short and sweet, though are probably neither given we have done 45m on Chesterfield
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Chesterfield 1997
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December 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
By Far The Greatest Team is on its winter break but @jamierooney.bsky.social and I have done a few festive specials to tide things over until we are back - these are meant to be short and sweet, though are probably neither given we have done 45m on Chesterfield
open.spotify.com/episode/0C8V...
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#oufc sacking Rowett is real roll of the dice stuff. Probably our best chance of staying up as was starting to look inevitable we were going to fall short. So it could work. But also the most likely way we turn pretty uninspiring one goal away defeats into four or five goal hammerings
December 23, 2025 at 9:52 AM
#oufc sacking Rowett is real roll of the dice stuff. Probably our best chance of staying up as was starting to look inevitable we were going to fall short. So it could work. But also the most likely way we turn pretty uninspiring one goal away defeats into four or five goal hammerings
To go with this week's Kaiserslautern episode of By Far The Greatest Team #football #podcast here is a piece including my wholly original take that there were a lot of similarities - on and off the pitch - between Otto Rehhagel and Brian Clough
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Rehhagel’s revenge
Kaiserslautern 1996-98
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December 12, 2025 at 4:49 PM
To go with this week's Kaiserslautern episode of By Far The Greatest Team #football #podcast here is a piece including my wholly original take that there were a lot of similarities - on and off the pitch - between Otto Rehhagel and Brian Clough
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byfarthegreatestteam.substack.com/p/rehhagels-...
This week @jamierooney.bsky.social and myself are joined by @beneosl.bsky.social on By Far The Greatest Team #football #podcast to look at Rehhagel's revenge - when Kaiserslautern stunned German football and Bayern Munich to win the Bundesliga a year after promotion
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1. FC Kaiserslautern 1996-1998
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December 11, 2025 at 1:05 PM
This week @jamierooney.bsky.social and myself are joined by @beneosl.bsky.social on By Far The Greatest Team #football #podcast to look at Rehhagel's revenge - when Kaiserslautern stunned German football and Bayern Munich to win the Bundesliga a year after promotion
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Me last night: That #OUFC game v Blackburn game was one of the worst games I've ever watched;
Me this morning: Two tickets for Portman Road please!
Note to self: Must stop doing this
Me this morning: Two tickets for Portman Road please!
Note to self: Must stop doing this
December 10, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Me last night: That #OUFC game v Blackburn game was one of the worst games I've ever watched;
Me this morning: Two tickets for Portman Road please!
Note to self: Must stop doing this
Me this morning: Two tickets for Portman Road please!
Note to self: Must stop doing this
To go with the latest By Far The Greatest Team #football #podcast here's a piece on Dave Bassett and the rise of Wimbledon from non-league to the top flight and FA Cup glory. Don't worry, the piece isn't as tortuous as the pun in the headline
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Bassett's Wimbledon sort all in rise to top-flight
Wimbledon 1977-88
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December 6, 2025 at 9:17 AM
To go with the latest By Far The Greatest Team #football #podcast here's a piece on Dave Bassett and the rise of Wimbledon from non-league to the top flight and FA Cup glory. Don't worry, the piece isn't as tortuous as the pun in the headline
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byfarthegreatestteam.substack.com/p/bassetts-w...
Myself and @jamierooney.bsky.social were joined by Stu Burgess on the latest By Far The Greatest Team #football #podcast to take a look at the incredible rise of Wimbledon, from the non-league to FA Cup winners
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Wimbledon 1984-1988
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December 4, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Myself and @jamierooney.bsky.social were joined by Stu Burgess on the latest By Far The Greatest Team #football #podcast to take a look at the incredible rise of Wimbledon, from the non-league to FA Cup winners
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OMG - they just switched to the pre-flight safety briefing - and we’ve lost one already. Long flight home😮 #ashes25 #mysport24
December 4, 2025 at 4:10 AM
OMG - they just switched to the pre-flight safety briefing - and we’ve lost one already. Long flight home😮 #ashes25 #mysport24
Amid all the, admittedly short-lived Ashes excitement, I am only now publishing a piece about Alex Ferguson's amazing triple title-winning Aberdeen @afc.co.uk which @jamierooney.bsky.social covered on the By Far The Greatest Team #football #podcast
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Ferguson floors the Old Firm
Aberdeen 1978-86
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December 3, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Amid all the, admittedly short-lived Ashes excitement, I am only now publishing a piece about Alex Ferguson's amazing triple title-winning Aberdeen @afc.co.uk which @jamierooney.bsky.social covered on the By Far The Greatest Team #football #podcast
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byfarthegreatestteam.substack.com/p/ferguson-f...
Here is a blog to with latest By Far The Greatest Team podcast about the time Harry Redknapp first made a name for himself as a manager, leading third tier Bournemouth to FA Cup victory over Ron Atkinson's mighty #MUFC - a result that doesn't look that odd any more
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December 1, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Here is a blog to with latest By Far The Greatest Team podcast about the time Harry Redknapp first made a name for himself as a manager, leading third tier Bournemouth to FA Cup victory over Ron Atkinson's mighty #MUFC - a result that doesn't look that odd any more
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It's FA Cup third round day in about 5 weeks - what better time for @jamierooney.bsky.social @pompeygnr.bsky.social to go back to 1984 on By Far The Greatest Team #football #podcast to look back at Harry Redknapp's Bournemouth beating #MUFC and other cup shockers
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November 27, 2025 at 10:46 PM
It's FA Cup third round day in about 5 weeks - what better time for @jamierooney.bsky.social @pompeygnr.bsky.social to go back to 1984 on By Far The Greatest Team #football #podcast to look back at Harry Redknapp's Bournemouth beating #MUFC and other cup shockers
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Here's a slightly off-topic piece I've written on why following England in the #Ashes25 is a bit a like watching pretty ropey #EFL teams playing away from home and why roaming around Perth on day 3 of the test was like a scene from Day of the Dead
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Things to do in Perth when you're broken by the cricket
Ashes 2025
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November 26, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Here's a slightly off-topic piece I've written on why following England in the #Ashes25 is a bit a like watching pretty ropey #EFL teams playing away from home and why roaming around Perth on day 3 of the test was like a scene from Day of the Dead
byfarthegreatestteam.substack.com/p/things-to-...
byfarthegreatestteam.substack.com/p/things-to-...
A little distracted by the cricket, but a reminder this week @jamierooney.bsky.social and myself were joined by Stefan Shaw to look at Alex Ferguson’s Aberdeen on the latest By Far The Greatest Team podcast
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Aberdeen 1978-1986
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November 24, 2025 at 2:07 AM
A little distracted by the cricket, but a reminder this week @jamierooney.bsky.social and myself were joined by Stefan Shaw to look at Alex Ferguson’s Aberdeen on the latest By Far The Greatest Team podcast
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That is a burning question … which decade produced the greatest teams ?
I think there’s more variety, or maybe it was just because I was 10 🤷♂️ and obsessed with it , that I too love everything 80’s
❤️
I think there’s more variety, or maybe it was just because I was 10 🤷♂️ and obsessed with it , that I too love everything 80’s
❤️
November 16, 2025 at 7:42 AM
That is a burning question … which decade produced the greatest teams ?
I think there’s more variety, or maybe it was just because I was 10 🤷♂️ and obsessed with it , that I too love everything 80’s
❤️
I think there’s more variety, or maybe it was just because I was 10 🤷♂️ and obsessed with it , that I too love everything 80’s
❤️
Following on from this week's By Far The Greatest Team #football #podcast here's a piece I wrote about Ron Atkinson's time at #MUFC - particularly their incredible 10-game winning start to the 1985-86 season
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Big Ron’s Man United nearly men
Manchester United 1981-86
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November 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Following on from this week's By Far The Greatest Team #football #podcast here's a piece I wrote about Ron Atkinson's time at #MUFC - particularly their incredible 10-game winning start to the 1985-86 season
byfarthegreatestteam.substack.com/p/big-rons-m...
byfarthegreatestteam.substack.com/p/big-rons-m...
@jamierooney.bsky.social and myself can't get out of the 1980s as this week we are joined by Manchester United fan Richard Evans on By Far The Greatest Team #football #podcast to look at Ron Atkinson's #MUFC entertainers, FA Cup winners and great starters to seasons
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Manchester United 1981-1986
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November 13, 2025 at 4:25 PM
@jamierooney.bsky.social and myself can't get out of the 1980s as this week we are joined by Manchester United fan Richard Evans on By Far The Greatest Team #football #podcast to look at Ron Atkinson's #MUFC entertainers, FA Cup winners and great starters to seasons
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open.spotify.com/episode/6jRZ...
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#oufc www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWHx... We discuss recents defeats, unrealistic signing expectations... and we compare the non-scoring achievements of Jake Wright, Gary Smart and Pat Quartermain with @saidanddunn.bsky.social
S2, Ep 9: Chasing points, eggs, and signings... and the ultimate goalless XI.
YouTube video by You are my Oxford podcast
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November 9, 2025 at 11:16 PM
#oufc www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWHx... We discuss recents defeats, unrealistic signing expectations... and we compare the non-scoring achievements of Jake Wright, Gary Smart and Pat Quartermain with @saidanddunn.bsky.social