Tom Davies
@tomdaviese17.bsky.social
One of them Legacy Fans. Working in Legacy Media. Trade unionist. Chartologist. Crisis correspondent - can sum it up in a word AND a sound. He/him. Views my own, blame no one else
Tom Watson’s move to Palantir is the latest sign of how far the rot has spread in UK politics | Clive Lewis
Tom Watson’s move to Palantir is the latest sign of how far the rot has spread in UK politics | Clive Lewis
When a former Labour deputy leader joins a firm built on surveillance and military targeting, it deepens public cynicism – and democracy depends on trust, says Labour MP Clive Lewis
theguardian.com
There weren't big crowds in the early rounds. That 5-2 win over Fulham was witnessed by 1,282. But compare that to #LOFC v A**enal U21 last week - attendance 675, roughly half as many.
Thinking back to the, er, glory days of the Football League Trophy, before EPL U21 teams came in and destroyed it. I went to all of #LOFC 's home games in the competition in 94-95. Incredibly for such a terrible team - 6 league wins - we did really well, reaching the 2 legged Southern Area Final.
Okay, it’s time to come clean: we are currently on strike. Every day is another day on the picket. If you want to know what I’ve been up to this past week, here’s all the info. Support our strike fund! Please tell everyone you know! Solidarity, forever! www.unitedigitaltech.org/2026/09/lega...
In this photograph 1960’s John Steinbeck has intense ‘massively wealthy disruptive AI start up founder who moved to Borneo to live in a massive tent surrounded by land mines from which he transmits a weekly podcast warning about government overreach/quantum aliens’ energy.
Archie The Pub Bore used to say "30 years man and boy" 30? Bloody hell Archie, try 40 because that is how long the never boring (Leyton) Orientear has been going. Read all about it here. footballfanzineculture.blog/2026/09/24/4...
40 Years of the Leyton Orientear.
This weeks blog starts with some pissed up mates in the pub making a list of all the things they’re fed up about. This sounds like a great idea for a sitcom, the start of Men Behaving Badly perhaps…
footballfanzineculture.blog
Thanks to the "legitimate concerns" paradigm, we have a national consensus that migrants (you know which specific ones) are a problem. More migrants = bad, fewer migrants = good. In that context, "anti-migrant protestor" isn't even neutral language to describe this fascist thug. It is *positive*.
Sky News@news.sky.com · 21h agoAnti-migrant protester Danny Tommo arrested after boat with emergency worker on damaged in Channel
If you are listening to county cricket right now, email the comms team to thank them for their work! Show the BBC we care about this valuable service! @kevinhowells.bsky.social
Really enjoyed talking, and retrospectively moaning, about 94-95 last night, and some great insights from ex-O's midfielder Barry Lakin. The Orient Memories series is a really good initiative. Go to the next one - Laurie Cunningham content is promised
Leyton Orient FC reposts@lofc-reposts.bsky.social · 4d ago@LeytonOrientFC https://ift.tt/vRrPXy7 - ⏮️ ‘Club For a Fiver’ 👊 Leyton Orient will host the second instalment of the ‘Orient Memories’ series focusing on the 1994/95 season 👇 🔗 https://t.co/zGG7Tzva9H #LOFC #OneOrient https://t.co/XIHS5feLuq
Also, pubs near grounds need custom more than football clubs do. And serve better beer. Drink there
Tom Davies@tomdaviese17.bsky.social · 21h agoThe motivation for allowing alcohol in the stands has got nothing to do with Burnham doing a populism, as some are claiming - it's the clubs' desire for more money. As everything is in football
The motivation for allowing alcohol in the stands has got nothing to do with Burnham doing a populism, as some are claiming - it's the clubs' desire for more money. As everything is in football
Not really keen on lifting the ban on alcohol in sight of the pitch at football for Reasons but you don't have to look too far on here to find plenty of left/liberal folk really telling on themselves and their snobbery with their responses to the story
This is an important read. Also Facebook refused to remove that post calling for public hangings and the PSNI determined it isn't actionable. www.thedetail.tv/articles/fro...
From Facebook to street patrols: the growing anti-migrant networks linking Northern Ireland and Scotland
Northern Ireland is becoming a “model for far right activity to be emulated elsewhere”, a human rights charity has warned
thedetail.tv
Charlie Stayt: "Some people might say one of the reasons is, because theres not alcohol in the grounds, so why change it?" and Sarah Campbell: "Would you be in support of alcohol being allowed at mens football games" erm, there is alcohol.
The British right has now descended to the point where 'the England team are not English' is becoming the consensus position
I like a pint at half-time and after the game but I'm not massively keen on people continually getting up to go to the bar during the game, or being soaked in other people's beer after a goal
Nesrine Malik, Guardian columnist, will give this year's Claudia Jones Memorial Lecture, organised by the NUJ Black Members' Council. Union members can book tickets through the website. https://www.nuj.org.uk/resource/guest-speaker-announced-claudia-jones-memorial-lecture-2026.html
‘In all honesty, there’s nothing Tom Banton could do in three bilateral ODIs against Sri Lanka this week that would mean as much as a match-winning hundred in Somerset’s first championship.’ www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/s...
Somerset are poised to finish second again – and after 136 years it still hurts
The County Championship gets treated like sporting Victoriana by the game’s leaders but it’s some of the hardest cricket there is and it still means plenty – especially in Taunton
theguardian.com
Kind of incredible to see a politician effectively arguing for their own deportation. Kind of less incredible when you see which one it is.
Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social · 2d ago"Other countries have no qualms in limiting who can be part of their citizenry and use ethnicity and culture as criteria" says Braverman, of Reform. She wants to do that for English (a non-citizenship identity). To do it for citizenship too is a Restore argument that could exclude her
I'm talking at this, the only exercise in 90s nostalgia I permit myself
Leyton Orient FC reposts@lofc-reposts.bsky.social · 4d ago@LeytonOrientFC https://ift.tt/vRrPXy7 - ⏮️ ‘Club For a Fiver’ 👊 Leyton Orient will host the second instalment of the ‘Orient Memories’ series focusing on the 1994/95 season 👇 🔗 https://t.co/zGG7Tzva9H #LOFC #OneOrient https://t.co/XIHS5feLuq
Another day, another cis male coach abusing children [Belfast Telegraph] Don't hold your breath waiting for any of the 'protect our girls' crowd condemning this. They don't even condemn it when it happens to people they know.
⏰ Martin O'Hagan: '25 years demanding justice' - 28 Sep Our colleagues in #Belfast will gather for a vigil & ceremony of remembrance, feat. music, poetry and speeches - followed by a panel discussion on the challenges facing journalists in Northern Ireland. All welcome. 🙏 buff.ly/qSL2GID
NUJ to mark Martin O'Hagan anniversary: 25 Years Demanding Justice
Next Monday, 28 Sep, marks the 25th anniversary of the murder of Sunday World journalist Martin O'Hagan.
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As well as burying his involvement, the BBC failed to mention that “Danny Tommo” slashed a RNLI boat. bsky.app/profile/marc...
M a r c u s 🏳️🌈🇧🇧@marcusjdl.bsky.social · 2d agoThis is how the BBC is reporting Danny Tommo attacking a RNLI boat with a knife. He’s mentioned in passing on paragraph 15. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
As I’ve said before, if a government doesn’t think it can win the argument on “violent, murderous thugs are bad, actually.” then it’s finished, both electorally and morally
‘I’m afraid they’ll bomb the cafe where I work, or bomb me’: a day in the life of a 12-year-old boy in Gaza
‘I’m afraid they’ll bomb the cafe where I work, or bomb me’: a day in the life of a 12-year-old boy in Gaza
Ramadan, 12, works in a cafe on the beach. He remembers enjoying school, playing and family barbecues before life became about survival
theguardian.com
I'm talking at this, the only exercise in 90s nostalgia I permit myself
Leyton Orient FC reposts@lofc-reposts.bsky.social · 4d ago@LeytonOrientFC https://ift.tt/vRrPXy7 - ⏮️ ‘Club For a Fiver’ 👊 Leyton Orient will host the second instalment of the ‘Orient Memories’ series focusing on the 1994/95 season 👇 🔗 https://t.co/zGG7Tzva9H #LOFC #OneOrient https://t.co/XIHS5feLuq
No. We don't "deserve" to be higher. That's not how football works. The league table doesn't lie. And the reason we're not higher is because we've conceded stupid goals. We are where we "deserve" to be.
Opta Analyst@optaanalyst.optajoe.com · 3d agoMan Utd according to Opta's Expected Points table: ◉ Actual position: 12th ◉ Expected position: 4th They lead the Premier League for shots (113) and opposition-box touches (182), but have converted just 7.1% of their attempts. Do they deserve to be higher?
