Took off from Naples just after Lankshear’s goal so I spent the last 2 hours and 50 minutes hoping we’d held out and now I have a headache. UP THE BORO. The kit looks CLASS.

Love it - looks like we’re going to have a real go.

Craig Johns@craigjohnsgazboro.bsky.social · 8h ago

#Boro team news is in! Three changes from the last game. Borges, Berhalter and Conway in for Arfsten, Ayling and Peart-Harris. Barron makes the bench. No Pukstas or Strelec www.gazettelive.co.uk/sport/footba...

Love a little typo. It used to be ‘Prince Charles even found time to pull a pint in the local pub’ but this one is ‘Prince Charles even found time to save a penalty and show excellent distribution skills’.

This is a really serious piece of investigative work. Thank god someone is doing it.

Peter Geoghegan@petergeoghegan.bsky.social · yesterday

🔴NEW: Ben Delo has given Reform £44MILLION Delo’s money comes from his now-closed crypto exchange BitMEX In 2019, a BitMEX investor asked about the status of his investment Delo responded by sending this meme, according to court documents. There’s more, a lot more (new investigation🧵)

So he’s banned when there’s no football?

Spygate: Southampton manager Tonda Eckert given suspended ban

Tonda Eckert is free to continue as Southampton manager after being given a suspended ban for his role in Spygate.

bbc.com

I absolutely LOVE Leo and this basically makes me love him even more. A brilliant man who has had to overcome terrible tragedy.

Leo Percovich has one Middlesbrough dream that he is still hoping becomes a reality

Leo Percovich was back on Teesside at the weekend for Middlesbrough's Legacy Game at the Riverside Stadium

thenorthernecho.co.uk

Back when the FMTTM forum was flourishing (before we won the cup and it wasn’t just all football chat), a few regional fanzine meet ups happened. I lived in Newcastle at the time and met Andy Carr for a couple of pints on a few occasions - a LOVELY bloke.

Andy McDonald MP@andymcdonaldmp.bsky.social · 4d ago

I was at the Twisterella Festival over the weekend and it was fantastic, some of the brightest and best up and coming bands playing right in the heart of Middlesbrough. I spoke to promoter Andy Carr about this important part of our cultural mix.

Just watched a video of Mido on Saltburn beach. There’s something magical about this Legend’s Game - I’d have loved to have gone but I’m in Italy. I don’t think there’ll be as big a gathering of ex Boro players ever again.

"I should just point out that we don't have any Lib Dems on the panel as they only have 71 MPs, but Suella Braverman is here because Reform have 8 MPs"

A really good read. Kieran seems to get a lot of stick online at times but I can only assume that’s because not every signing is a winner. This interview shows our club is managed in the right way for a club our size and how to attract good players. It’s exactly what we should be doing #utb

From 'Spygate' to that £21m Morgan Rogers sell-on fee - meet Middlesbrough head of football Kieran Scott

nytimes.com

I might be a little less distrustful of AI if the dudes promoting it, supporting it, insisting on it, and advocating for it weren’t the worst fucking people on the planet.

Burnham on Social Care in July: "I ask the media, can we not let the country look at this in a clear-eyed way without all of the overwriting? On this issue, please, can we not have a factual debate? Allow people to weigh up the options and come to a considered view based on the facts?" The media:

Nigel Farage is clear on a triple lock on pensions.

Wish I’d rewatched the Maradona doc before I’d come to Naples.

The rise in small boat crossings was entirely due to Brexit, promoted by Nigel Farage, and the deal done by Boris Johnson Their attempts to shift blame to anyone else is utterly despicable hypocrisy

I’m reading a book about the Chinese Cultural Revolution currently and there are so many warning signs in the way Reform speak. Huge recommend for Red Memory by Tania Brannigan.

Alice Roberts@profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 2w ago

Reform want to indoctrinate our children. Freedom of (and from) belief is a human right. humanists.uk/2026/09/10/s...

Why women choose the 🐻

This two tier policing is disgraceful. It's as if there is one approach for people who helpfully film themselves committing crimes and another approach when there is insufficient evidence.

Arrived in Naples. Hoped to find the Italy game on tv but the telly in the apartment only has odd English channels and there’s a 24/7 Homes Under The Hammer one.

Today I saw the new 4 hour documentary Musk, directed by Alex Gibney. There were too many times to count that a sold out theater burst out laughing at Elon Musk, something he said or did, even sometimes just how he looked. I believe that is his worst nightmare come to life.

"The Bank of England was set up by Tony Blair" It's easy to forget that Tony Blair had been in power since 1694 when the Bank of England was founded. Good job Brain of Britain Liz Truss is here to remind us.

I’d love it if we lost both the play off semi final, then the final, then got promoted this way to make up the numbers. #utb

Philippe Auclair@philippeauclair.bsky.social · 2w ago

A very good afternoon to you all.

South Tyneside Council has just decided to close 10 state-owned nurseries next yr, incl some that do excellent work for SEND children. This came as a shock to parents, guardians, staff. Not once does this #BBC report mention that the Council has been under #ReformUK majority control since 2026.

No WhatsApp, I do not want to receive messages from Amazon.

Privatise the rail industry and the only winners will be the consumer… Booked seats which have been double booked on one train out of Euston to Manchester - no aircon in this part of the train - had to ask staff to get my pregnant wife a seat. What a lot of wins.

I’ve been in London this weekend and seen plenty of tourists specifically here for this game. It’s a baffling concept to me but when you account for the fact there’s no tiers beyond the NFL then it makes more sense. There SHOULD be tiers beyond the NFL.

Union Jack Classic: Arizona State beat Kansas in first college game at Wembley

Wembley hosted its first American college football game on Saturday, but did the event meet expectations?

bbc.co.uk

If Jim Ratcliffe wore 10 real £40,000 Rolex's on each arm, and they all got stolen, and he went into London every single day. It would take him 5,000 days, 13.7 years, and 100,000 Rolex's to pay back the £4bn he has dodged in taxes.

Interesting stuff from Dan

Dan Neidle@danneidle.bsky.social · 3w ago

Why do so many care about inheritance tax when fewer than 5% of estates pay it? Because that statistic counts the dead. Our new model counts living pensioner households instead. 20% have enough assets to face the tax. Over 50% in parts of London. Thread:

Someone’s been sticking Boro stuff up in Manchester… Saw this on my way to work today.

Lovely wife is VERY excited about the Sunderland European match… The stadium scenes and the atmosphere bringing back Boro memories of our very own European adventure - the first match was 22 years ago today! I was there!