The Magic Of The Cup
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All the glory of the FA Cup. Editing Your Boys Took A Hell Of A Beating podcasts. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0BNF6XCMW?ref_=dbs_p_mng_rwt_ser_shvlr&storeType=ebooks https://yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/
open.spotify.com/episode/7lrp... here’s the Spotify link to the new episode of La Pausa on @ybtahoab.bsky.social. The focus is on South American football club tours to Europe in the interwar years. Tales of Friedenreich, Arellano and other legends of the 1920s
La Pausa: Encounters 2
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Oh my god, we’re back again! Episode two of La pausa, examines footballing encounters between Europe and Latin America. In this one we look at the first football tours by Latin American teams to Europe, including Paulistano, Nacional, Boca Juniors, Colo Colo … enjoy, like and subscribe
Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating@ybtahoab.bsky.social · yesterdayPause for La Pausa: Back into the South American Studies department we go today, for module two of our Latin experience. Host Stuart Horsfield is joined by @allbluedaze.bsky.social @scraggy74.bsky.social and @drpetewatson.bsky.social yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/la-pausa-e...
70 years on: We revisit Matt Busby's influence at Manchester United @utdbeforefergie.bsky.social @mufczone.bsky.social @manutdfc.bsky.social yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/the-busby-...
The Busby Babes
70 years on
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1966 REVISITED: Today we are joined by the great author Norman Giller - the ONLY journalist to be in the dressing room on this day 60 years ago. England 4-2 West Germany. Enjoy this journey back to English football's greatest day! yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/the-book-c...
The Book Corner: Norman Giller World Cup 1966
There's some people on the pod...
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🎬⚽As Zinedine Zidane returns to the front line of football, we take a look at “Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait” - one of the finest movies about one of THE greats. 🍿Enjoy! substack.com/home/post/p-...
Boys On Film: Zidane - A 21st Century Portrait
Life in slow motion
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Dead or alive, Mitch McConnell is on extended medical leave — on your dime. This is the same Mitch McConnell who voted against: paid family and medical leave for everyone else.
What's this? T-Rex in the charts, Revie's dossiers, #Arsenal's Alan Ball-sing it up, the Queen abandoning her car willy-nilly. It must be the 1972 FA Cup Final. Over to @scraggy74.bsky.social & @themagicofthecup.bsky.social #LUFC #LeedsUtd yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/just-look-...
Just Look At His Face: 1972 FA Cup final
100 up!
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In 1968, Charles Schulz created the first Black character for Peanuts. His name was Franklin, and Schulz was criticized immediately. When a newspaper asked him to change the character, he replied "either you print it just the way I draw it, or I quit. How's that?"
Bill Oddie has died aged 85. We'll certainly be thinking of this quote today. #Humanist #Nature #Birdwatching #Humanists #HumanistsUK #BillOddie
Humanists UK@humanists.uk · last wk.Springwatch icon, humanist, and probably the UK's best-loved birdwatcher, Bill Oddie, has died aged 85. Very sad. Thank you for a lifetime of helping us understand nature.
RIP Bill Oddie. "On Ilkla Moor Baht’at," his version of a 19th Century Yorkshire song set to a parody of Joe Cocker's "With a Little Help from my Friends," done for John Peel's Dandelion label in 1970. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ir_Y...
Bill Oddie - On Ilkla Moor Baht‘at, feat. Jim Capaldi (A-Side Single, 1970)
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Just updated my linktree with various recent podcast and Argentinian radio appearances, plus the World Cup Analysis article. Here’s the link - all my outputs go here linktr.ee/drpetewatson
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Delighted to see that, following up on the the hardcover edition, my 'DUTCH MASTERS' book is scheduled to republish in paperback on 21 September. Now available to pre-order at a discounted price here: www.amazon.co.uk/Dutch-Master...
Missing the World Cup? Read: Colombia - whose shirt is it anyway? worldcupanalysis.ws/paris-2024/c... a short article where @drpetewatson.bsky.social discusses politics and the politicization of football around the presidential election for the World Cup analysis project.
Come together – World Cup Analysis
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"....'Busby, Stein & Shankly – The Football Men' is nothing short of a tour de force, all about detail, pacing, intelligence...." Over to @themagicofthecup.bsky.social yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/boys-on-fi...
Boys On Film: The Football Men
Busby, Shankly, Stein & McIlvanney
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Or maybe…the podcast 'Why can't England win?' Inthis episode, the focus is on the impact of memories, press narratives, identities and cultural values on World Cup performances, explaining defeat and victory, success and failure. Give it a listen on: open.spotify.com/episode/5Qoh...
You Have To Say That's Magnificent: Can England Ever Win?
Podcast Episode · Your Boys Took A Hell Of A Beating · 20 July · 1hr 33min
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Some thoughts on 'The Football Men' - Shankly, Busby, Stein - and McIlvanney. open.substack.com/pub/yourboys...
Boys On Film: The Football Men
Busby, Shankly, Stein & McIlvanney
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Colombia - whose shirt is it anyway? worldcupanalysis.ws/paris-2024/c... Here in this short article I discuss the footballization of politics and the politicization of football around the presidential election for the World Cup analysis project. Check out the other articles too
Colombia – Whose shirt is it anyway? – World Cup Analysis
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Looking for a new retro football podcast? Give it a listen & a follow 👇 bsky.app/profile/ybta...
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If you aren’t already following the @ybtahoab.bsky.social account and listening and subscribing to the podcasts, and you like listening to fans, writers and the odd academic taking about football, then why not?
Sad news today on the passing of the mighty Kevin Keegan. Join us on @ybtahoab.bsky.social as we look back to his 100 miles per minute heyday in 1979 and a groundbreaking documentary meeting with Brian Moore. yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/brian-moor...
Brian Moore Meets Kevin Keegan
I didn't like that meat. Why did we buy it?
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How did they miss the "Trump enjoys another golden shower" caption?
shauna@goldengateblond.bsky.social · 2w agois there a pulitzer for photo captions because if so @theguardian.com just won it
Never mind the tactics, here's the bollocks. From my input only, obv.
Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating@ybtahoab.bsky.social · 2w agoIt is 60 years since England last won a major tournament after finishing 3rd in the 2026 World Cup. So, what next? @drpetewatson.bsky.social @themagicofthecup.bsky.social @scraggy74.bsky.social talk national identity, history & Englishness yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/you-have-t...
Wide ranging discussion here about the types of issues that arise after an England World Cup tournament exit, where they come from and the problems involved. Listen, like and subscribe!
Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating@ybtahoab.bsky.social · 2w agoIt is 60 years since England last won a major tournament after finishing 3rd in the 2026 World Cup. So, what next? @drpetewatson.bsky.social @themagicofthecup.bsky.social @scraggy74.bsky.social talk national identity, history & Englishness yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/you-have-t...
It is 60 years since England last won a major tournament after finishing 3rd in the 2026 World Cup. So, what next? @drpetewatson.bsky.social @themagicofthecup.bsky.social @scraggy74.bsky.social talk national identity, history & Englishness yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/you-have-t...
You Have To Say That's Magnificent: Can England Ever Win?
So it’s now 60 years and counting since England last won a major tournament after finishing third in the 2026 World Cup.
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SEN. @ossoff.senate.gov: “Here’s what’s gonna happen tonight — the world’s most famous sore loser will deliver a primetime presidential sour grapes 🍇 address to pursue his 6yo grievances about the 2020 election while his war spirals out of control and the cost of living continues to rise.”
📚BOOK CORNER: The 1994 European Cup Final was so iconic that @robfletcher.bsky.social wrote a whole book about it. Michael Hamlen joins Rob to discuss the story behind the Barcelona vs Milan epic and 'The Final: In Pursuit of Greatness' yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/the-book-c...
The Book Corner: The Final: In Pursuit Of Greatness
If you don't want to know the score, look away now
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Under a Binface government, anyone who doesn’t accept human-made climate change as fact will be sent back to school, from Year 1 right the way to A Levels, to see if anything goes in the second time round. #VoteBinface
Want to know all there is to know about "Your boys took a hell of a beating"? You're in luck: yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/module-8-y...
MODULE 8: YBTAHOAB Origin Podcast
Lord Beaverbrook, Clement Attlee, Lady Diana, your boys took a hell of a beating
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