Happy Birthday to Junichi Inamoto - hope he's having a good one! astickersworth500words.blogspot.com/2023/05/542-... Mat Jolin-Beech on longevity and long distance travel. #Japan #WorldCup #GambaOsaka #ArsenalFC #FulhamFC #WBAFC #CCFC #Galatasaray #EintrachtFrankfurt #KawasakiFrontale #football

542: Junichi Inamoto, Japan, Panini 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan Official Sticker Album

Mat Jolin-Beech is back with some more insight from his recent travels. Today’s subject played at three World Cups and earned 82 caps as his...

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YBTAHOAB: 1979/80: Para 1.20b: Luton Town v Notts County, Leicester v Newcastle, Burnley v Fulham 2/2/1980. Early sightings of Lineker, orange balls, Moore v Harrison, and so much more. @scraggy74.bsky.social @themagicofthecup.bsky.social yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/football-r...

Football Revisited 1979/80: Para 1.20b: Luton Town v Notts County, Leicester City v Newcastle United, Burnley v Fulham 2/2/1980

For hands that do dishes

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WTPS: Week comm'ing 14/9/81. It's bust ups galore as some big names lose their heads. The Haçienda seem to be the only Manchester club not in for Bryan Robson, while Mr Steel is primed to become PM. Yes, really. Over to @scraggy74.bsky.social yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/what-the-p...

What The Papers Said

By Steven Scragg

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Remembering Toto Schillaci who sadly passed away two years ago today Lit up #Italia90 with six goals & those Sicilian eyes 🙏

Dejan Savicevic 60 today Sensational player for Red Star Belgrade, AC Milan & Yugoslavia Won the European Cup with Red Star in 1991 & Champions League with AC Milan in 1994 Absolute genius of a player

Remembering Graham Taylor who would have been 82 today An absolute gentleman & a wonderful human being Sorely missed 🙏

Remembering Ray Wilkins who would have been 70 today A true gentleman & ahead of his time as a player Sorely missed 🙏 #Butch

Remembering Franz Beckenbauer, who would have been 81 today Won everything as a player & as a manager & played the game with incredible elegance & grace 🙏

Remembering Gary Speed, who would have been 57 today Fantastic player Sorely missed, but never forgotten🙏

Pat Nevin 63 today Tricky winger who played for Clyde, Chelsea, Everton, Tranmere Rovers, Kilmarnock & Motherwell Only won 28 caps between 1986-1996 for Scotland Wonderful player, author, pundit & DJ

#OnThisDay in 1989 The El Maracanazo incident Goalkeeper Roberto Rojas pretended to be hit by this flare & cut his face with a razor blade to get a World Cup Qualifier between Brazil & Chile abandoned It backfired as FIFA banned Chile from #USA94 & Rojas received a life ban

I’ve just seen a copy of my debut book, Long Way Together, for the first time. What a dream come true! It’s about my 40-year journey with #bhafc as a ballboy, staff member, newspaper columnist and fan. It’s out 14th September and you can pre- order it now. www.amazon.co.uk/Long-Way-Tog...

Tomas Skuhravy & Carlos Aguilera, Genoa 1990-92 Such an underrated strike partnership

#OnThisDay in 2001 'Oh What a Night' Germany 1 England 5 An amazing night in Munich as England demolished Germany in their backyard 9 months later, Germany would get to the World Cup Final, but for a moment in time, we truly believed

#SerieASunday Franco Baresi & Gianluca Vialli 🙏

The FA Cup 4th round gives us a heavyweight clash between Nottingham Forest and Liverpool, and it does not disappoint. We also talk Liam Brady & the glory of the Arsenal tunnel. @scraggy74.bsky.social & @themagicofthecup.bsky.social preside yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/football-r...

Football Revisited 1979/80: Para 1.19b FA Cup Fourth Round: Nottingham Forest v Liverpool, Arsenal v Brighton 26/1/1980

The marbled mould of Highbury

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1973: Perhaps the greatest FA Cup Final from the greatest decade for FA Cup Finals. YBTAHOAB likely lads @themagicofthecup.bsky.social and @scraggy74.bsky.social are joined by Sunderland fan Bill Hern for this trip back in time yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/just-look-...

Just Look At His Face: 1973 FA Cup final

Porterfield!

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#SerieASunday Franco Baresi & Gianluca Vialli 🙏

ACTION REPLAY: A tale of two injuries as England and Sweden play-out a mutually beneficial draw. Warning, there may be a spillage of blood within this sorry tale. @chrislepkowski.bsky.social heads back to 1989 yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/action-rep...

Action Replay - September 6, 1989

By Chris Lepkowski

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We at @ybtahoab.bsky.social are big fans of Howard's Way. No, not the 1980s' yachting romp, but the ace documentary about Howard Kendall's Everton side. It's as striking as a Kevin Sheedy free-kick. @80s90sfootball.bsky.social tells us more. yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/boys-on-fi...

Boys On Film: Howard’s Way

By Michael Hamlen

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#OnThisDay in 1991 Peter Schmeichel signed for Manchester United from Brondby for £505,000 Sir Alex Ferguson would later describe this as "the bargain of the century"

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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Remembering Sir Bobby Robson, who sadly passed away 17 years ago today A legend of the game & an absolute gentleman Sorely missed, but never forgotten 🙏

🎬⚽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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Viv Anderson 70 today Fantastic defender for Nottingham Forest, Arsenal, Manchester United, Sheffield Wednesday, Barnsley, Middlesbrough & won 30 caps for England Won European Cup in 1979 & 1980 with Nottingham Forest

Remembering Trifon Ivanov who would have been 61 today Iconic Bulgarian centre back who played at #USA94, #Euro96 & #France98 Sadly passed away after a heart attack in 2016 aged 50

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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ACTION REPLAY: The first in a new weekly series takes us back to July 1977. We talk Kevin Keegan, Donna Summer, Star Wars, Chrysler Sunbeams...but mainly Kevin Keegan. @robfletcher.bsky.social takes his turn on the YBTAHOAB typewriter yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/action-rep...

Action Replay - July 27 1977

Hamburger Hill

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#OnThisDay in 1990 Dr Jozef Venglos became the first non British or Irish manager to manage a top division English team when he took over at Aston Villa Been a few since then

Dejan Savicevic & Roberto Baggio