Simon Boyes
@somewhatawkward.bsky.social
Academic lawyer at Nottingham Trent University (sports, public and EU law). Broader interests in law, politics and sport. Often in combination. Scarborough Athletic, Cas Tigers, Yorkshire CCC, Miami Dolphins. Northerner.
If you know, you know...
April 24, 2025 at 7:51 PM
If you know, you know...
Slightly more niche, but I still retain the very polite reply from Mick Wadsworth (manager of the now defunct Scarborough FC) after altering him to the possibilities of the Bosman case. Despite the polite, cheerful dismissal it was only a year later we had 🇫🇷 🇳🇱 and 🇮🇹 players in the squad. #justsaying
Throwing away old papers, I find that almost 30 years ago I sent a fax (no, really) to Glenn Hoddle at #Chelsea. I have no idea what I said to him.
March 24, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Slightly more niche, but I still retain the very polite reply from Mick Wadsworth (manager of the now defunct Scarborough FC) after altering him to the possibilities of the Bosman case. Despite the polite, cheerful dismissal it was only a year later we had 🇫🇷 🇳🇱 and 🇮🇹 players in the squad. #justsaying
Tonight's entertainment was provided by Mercury Rev. Took me a while to get into the newer material, but spot on once we hit some good late 90s standards?
March 16, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Tonight's entertainment was provided by Mercury Rev. Took me a while to get into the newer material, but spot on once we hit some good late 90s standards?
Fabulous stuff from Anna Erhard tonight. Clever, irreverent, genre-defying. Left with the biggest smile. Highly recommended.
SET TIMES
Neat indie-pop starting off our week from Berlin-based Anna Erhard, alongside Nyssa.
Last couple o' tickets on the door and it's Happy Hour down here in the bar until 7pm...
Neat indie-pop starting off our week from Berlin-based Anna Erhard, alongside Nyssa.
Last couple o' tickets on the door and it's Happy Hour down here in the bar until 7pm...
March 10, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Fabulous stuff from Anna Erhard tonight. Clever, irreverent, genre-defying. Left with the biggest smile. Highly recommended.
And a gig in a venue no bigger than your front room...
March 5, 2025 at 10:42 PM
And a gig in a venue no bigger than your front room...
When you're in the pub, but worried you might be incurring the wrath of Tutankhamen...
March 5, 2025 at 8:07 PM
When you're in the pub, but worried you might be incurring the wrath of Tutankhamen...
Interesting to see how the jurisdictional issues play out here. Not unusual in sports cases for EU law to be applied apparently externally where the impact of any issue manifests internally: Walrave (competition outside EU) and Bosman (regulator outside EU) as obvious examples.
Man City reported to EU Commission for possible investigation under EU foreign subsidies regulation www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Manchester City: La Liga boss Javier Tebas reports club to European Commission
La Liga president Javier Tebas reports the Premier League champions to the European Commission over sponsorship deals and subsidiary companies
www.bbc.co.uk
February 28, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Interesting to see how the jurisdictional issues play out here. Not unusual in sports cases for EU law to be applied apparently externally where the impact of any issue manifests internally: Walrave (competition outside EU) and Bosman (regulator outside EU) as obvious examples.
Fentanyl Czar is a great name for a band.
February 3, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Fentanyl Czar is a great name for a band.
The Beeb confused about why clubs might be less than keen to bring Giggs on board. Digging deeper, it turns out lots of women now enjoy football and might be annoyed by him. Sheesh. Ryan Giggs - what happened? - www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
Ryan Giggs: What happened to coaching career of Man Utd icon?
BBC sports editor Dan Roan asks what happened to the coaching career of former Manchester United player and Wales manager Ryan Giggs.
www.bbc.com
January 11, 2025 at 11:39 PM
The Beeb confused about why clubs might be less than keen to bring Giggs on board. Digging deeper, it turns out lots of women now enjoy football and might be annoyed by him. Sheesh. Ryan Giggs - what happened? - www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
This is what I'm here for...
Hart took me back 30 years, and reawakened the pain of a first year jurisprudence module 😱
Hart took me back 30 years, and reawakened the pain of a first year jurisprudence module 😱
Ok this is doubly unoriginal now, but the other place is falling apart and like a much sampled rare 70s funk record I need to protect my ip rights, plus it's Friday guys so here (again) is a thread on:
DAVID BOWIE AS LEGAL TEXTBOOKS
1. Bennion on Statutory Interpretation
DAVID BOWIE AS LEGAL TEXTBOOKS
1. Bennion on Statutory Interpretation
November 30, 2024 at 11:04 AM
This is what I'm here for...
Hart took me back 30 years, and reawakened the pain of a first year jurisprudence module 😱
Hart took me back 30 years, and reawakened the pain of a first year jurisprudence module 😱
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Anyone interested is #sportslaw? Take a look at the International Sports Law Journal. Lots of free to read open access articles & information on how to submit an article to us:
link.springer.com/journal/40318
link.springer.com/journal/40318
The International Sports Law Journal
The International Sports Law Journal (ISLJ) is a quarterly (four issues per annum) peer-reviewed journal in the emerging specialty area of international ...
link.springer.com
November 14, 2024 at 3:33 PM
Anyone interested is #sportslaw? Take a look at the International Sports Law Journal. Lots of free to read open access articles & information on how to submit an article to us:
link.springer.com/journal/40318
link.springer.com/journal/40318
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Here's a starter pack of Public and Constitutional Law BSky accounts. It's mostly UK and Commonwealth lawyers/blogs, including some parliamentary people and govt lawyers. I've got a much longer list too (which includes US lawyers/blogs)
go.bsky.app/25qHVZa
go.bsky.app/25qHVZa
November 13, 2024 at 7:04 PM
Here's a starter pack of Public and Constitutional Law BSky accounts. It's mostly UK and Commonwealth lawyers/blogs, including some parliamentary people and govt lawyers. I've got a much longer list too (which includes US lawyers/blogs)
go.bsky.app/25qHVZa
go.bsky.app/25qHVZa
1) No current projects: combined lack of required intellectual/emotional energy and too much teaching (NB I LOVE teaching) Box files of half-started/finished stuff await reinvigoration.
2) Ideas around judicial deference and judicial restraint which influence the way the courts interact with sport.
2) Ideas around judicial deference and judicial restraint which influence the way the courts interact with sport.
Bluesky academics, lets get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren’t working on but keep thinking about
1) how does life stage influence how economics matters politically?
2. How has income as a measure messed up pol sci?
1) how does life stage influence how economics matters politically?
2. How has income as a measure messed up pol sci?
Bluesky academics, lets get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren’t working on but keep thinking about
1) Can state govts /federalism help safeguard democracy?
2) Why are we still forced to make a binary choice re. ballot queries?
1) Can state govts /federalism help safeguard democracy?
2) Why are we still forced to make a binary choice re. ballot queries?
November 15, 2024 at 8:24 PM
1) No current projects: combined lack of required intellectual/emotional energy and too much teaching (NB I LOVE teaching) Box files of half-started/finished stuff await reinvigoration.
2) Ideas around judicial deference and judicial restraint which influence the way the courts interact with sport.
2) Ideas around judicial deference and judicial restraint which influence the way the courts interact with sport.
Well, now everyone is here, I suppose I'd better start trying to say interesting things...
November 15, 2024 at 7:35 PM
Well, now everyone is here, I suppose I'd better start trying to say interesting things...
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🚨Deadline Monday if you’d like to come and work with our brilliant team of lawyers - and me! - at the Howard League🚨
📣 Fancy working at the Howard League?
We’re looking for a brilliant lawyer who can support children & young adults in custody via our free legal advice service, & also help to develop our strategic litigation portfolio
Pls do apply/ share with your networks!
howardleague.org/about-us/vac...
We’re looking for a brilliant lawyer who can support children & young adults in custody via our free legal advice service, & also help to develop our strategic litigation portfolio
Pls do apply/ share with your networks!
howardleague.org/about-us/vac...
September 7, 2024 at 6:55 PM
🚨Deadline Monday if you’d like to come and work with our brilliant team of lawyers - and me! - at the Howard League🚨
A murky afternoon in Alfreton. A point won, despite the efforts of eleven very large men intent on launching the ball into orbit, and a very small man with a whistle intent on being important.
September 7, 2024 at 5:38 PM
A murky afternoon in Alfreton. A point won, despite the efforts of eleven very large men intent on launching the ball into orbit, and a very small man with a whistle intent on being important.
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In a shameless attempt to grow my following on here, I'm going to be giving away a GE2024 poster to one lucky winner who retweets this post (and is following) in 24 hours time. Best of luck!
September 4, 2024 at 12:55 PM
In a shameless attempt to grow my following on here, I'm going to be giving away a GE2024 poster to one lucky winner who retweets this post (and is following) in 24 hours time. Best of luck!
I may be unduly generous, or naïve, or both, but the levels of opprobrium being leveled at Starmer from the pro-EU lobby re: the UK/EU relationship seem to me unjustified. Baby steps, rebuilding relationships and earning trust as a reliable international partner are essential precursors to any deal.
August 28, 2024 at 6:10 PM
I may be unduly generous, or naïve, or both, but the levels of opprobrium being leveled at Starmer from the pro-EU lobby re: the UK/EU relationship seem to me unjustified. Baby steps, rebuilding relationships and earning trust as a reliable international partner are essential precursors to any deal.
I think when you come to be known simply by your first name, you can truly claim to have made it. RIP Sven.
August 26, 2024 at 11:56 AM
I think when you come to be known simply by your first name, you can truly claim to have made it. RIP Sven.
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We are on to Vol 6 of the UK Lawyers Starter Packs. For this one I have retitled it to UK Lawyers Bluesky to avoid any reference to the other place. 25 names here atm, so room for more if you would like to be added:
go.bsky.app/EquB7MG
go.bsky.app/EquB7MG
August 25, 2024 at 2:43 PM
We are on to Vol 6 of the UK Lawyers Starter Packs. For this one I have retitled it to UK Lawyers Bluesky to avoid any reference to the other place. 25 names here atm, so room for more if you would like to be added:
go.bsky.app/EquB7MG
go.bsky.app/EquB7MG
The dog loves a good storm. Sticks, lots of sticks.
August 23, 2024 at 12:57 PM
The dog loves a good storm. Sticks, lots of sticks.
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Mr. Kenobi has referred to Mos Eisley as a "wretched hive of scum and villainy." But we sat down with some patrons at a local cantina and they painted a very different picture of life in the the struggling spaceport town and explained why they continue to support Mr. Jabba's leadership.
August 21, 2024 at 3:02 PM
Mr. Kenobi has referred to Mos Eisley as a "wretched hive of scum and villainy." But we sat down with some patrons at a local cantina and they painted a very different picture of life in the the struggling spaceport town and explained why they continue to support Mr. Jabba's leadership.
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I'd second this, fwiw. Every expert analysis I've seen of how toxicity spreads on X notes that any engagement with the toxin, even as rebuttal, ridicule, pillory, is just a variant of amplification. Block the bad, share the good is what works.
Remember: Bluesky is not Xitter!
The goal is to build something better
One key thing to do is "block and don’t interact"
Don’t quote post dumb posts
Don’t reply to bad actors, trolls, reply guys, and extremists
Just block them
Life is too short to be wasted on idiocy and toxicity
The goal is to build something better
One key thing to do is "block and don’t interact"
Don’t quote post dumb posts
Don’t reply to bad actors, trolls, reply guys, and extremists
Just block them
Life is too short to be wasted on idiocy and toxicity
August 19, 2024 at 7:51 PM
I'd second this, fwiw. Every expert analysis I've seen of how toxicity spreads on X notes that any engagement with the toxin, even as rebuttal, ridicule, pillory, is just a variant of amplification. Block the bad, share the good is what works.
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Remember: Bluesky is not Xitter!
The goal is to build something better
One key thing to do is "block and don’t interact"
Don’t quote post dumb posts
Don’t reply to bad actors, trolls, reply guys, and extremists
Just block them
Life is too short to be wasted on idiocy and toxicity
The goal is to build something better
One key thing to do is "block and don’t interact"
Don’t quote post dumb posts
Don’t reply to bad actors, trolls, reply guys, and extremists
Just block them
Life is too short to be wasted on idiocy and toxicity
August 19, 2024 at 7:13 PM
Remember: Bluesky is not Xitter!
The goal is to build something better
One key thing to do is "block and don’t interact"
Don’t quote post dumb posts
Don’t reply to bad actors, trolls, reply guys, and extremists
Just block them
Life is too short to be wasted on idiocy and toxicity
The goal is to build something better
One key thing to do is "block and don’t interact"
Don’t quote post dumb posts
Don’t reply to bad actors, trolls, reply guys, and extremists
Just block them
Life is too short to be wasted on idiocy and toxicity
So many Spurs fans here. You'd have thought it would be mostly Coventry City. #I'llgetmycoat
August 12, 2024 at 10:00 PM
So many Spurs fans here. You'd have thought it would be mostly Coventry City. #I'llgetmycoat