David Hartrick
@DavidHartrick
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Author of Silver Linings: Bobby Robson's England, #BHAFC fan, Opta's in-ground analyst for Huddersfield Town, podcasts and articles for We Are Terriers #HTAFC
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Joined April 2009
I rarely plug this, today seems like a good day. Hey you, yes you! Want to learn all about Bobby Robson's England, football in the 1980s on and off the pitch, and how the press failed to get their man despite years of trying? . You can if you buy this:.
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This story by Gazza about a day off whilst at Italia'90 basically packs more into 500-odd words than your average thriller novel.
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Thinking about what might have been. England 1 (Rooney, pen, 78’).Panama 0. Allardyce Delighted To Bounce Back With Three Points After Tunisia Horror Show!. “We just wanted to be alive going into the Belgium game and thanks to that man-of-the-match performance from JT we are”.
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Matterface the rare breed of commentator here who thinks he can definitely add to this by talking all the way through instead of letting the tribute speak for itself.
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Seeing Phil Jones one on one with Messi reminds me of the 2006 Soccer Aid when Diego Maradona was being man-marked by Angus Deayton.
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If you don’t like this England team I’m not really sure what more you want. They’re young, energetic, play passing football, they’re comfortable on the ball and there’s very little ego. It really is okay to feel positive you know. The next generation too.
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Southgate’s bar is now win the World Cup or you’re useless with no in between for a huge majority of fans and some media if he stays. The actual impossible job. The most successful England manager of my lifetime - I hope he walks away and history can be kinder than right now is.
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Siri, find me an image that explains the Turkish Super Lig to a Premier League fan please.
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Inspired by a WhatsApp conversation I’ve just enjoyed, what’s your favourite weird football fact? Think mine is either:. David Seaman made his league debut two years before Johan Cruyff retired. Or…. Peter Shilton made his league debut before England won the World Cup in 1966.
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What’s the thing that feels the most football, but isn’t actually football?. For me it’s Rainham Steel.
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Rugby Union’s inferiority complex is just about my favourite thing in sport.
Footballers will never change their behaviours when they can do this & forever get away with it. it’s disgraceful #WorldCup18
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Let's Orbis World Cup'90 then. In short; one of the best things humans have ever done. Will post this in stages because it's gargantuan. And still brilliant.
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Gentle reminder that this is how you deal with a penalty in a shootout
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"If you come back at me we'll have a fucking right sort-out in here. All right? And you can pair up if you like, and you can fucking pick someone else to help you, and you can bring your fucking dinner ‘cos by the time I've finished with you you'll fucking need it”
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If you could make a football film based on a random subplot from football in recent times? What would you pick?.
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Captured the moment Lovejoy realises he's not influencing football anymore
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The crossbar noise I think we need to judge all crossbar noises by.
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Good to see the thickest in the business is back with his extreme Lynx Java energy to deliver the worst take on a wholly positive story.
Appointment of Hannah Dingley as head coach of Forest Green Rovers has the unmistakable whiff of a PR stunt. ✍️ @LukeEdwardsTele. #TelegraphFootball.
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Jake Humphrey is what happens if you take all your action points out of charisma and pile them into luck.
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Looks like scuffles inside the Capitol but who for, Kammy?.
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When Panini call you in for the photo shoot but you're still thinking about your dog dying.
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Aidy Boothroyd. Aidy Actual Boothroyd. Aidy Boothroyd is England U21 manager. Let that sink in for a bit. Let that percolate for a while. Aidy Boothroyd is in charge of this group of players. Adrian Neil Boothroyd.
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We were all so busy praising Everton’s transfer business that we forgot that they are Everton.
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A reminder that the reference section of Stuart Pearce’s autobiography is yet to be beaten.
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Worth saying tonight as all fans of big clubs get pelters, Chelsea’s away support was superb tonight, gave it back to the singing section throughout the second half, not easy to be heard over Town’s always bouncing support, really good old school atmosphere between them.
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Finally being rid of one of the worst Prime Ministers in history to probably replace her with someone even worse all whilst the public has zero say in the matter. Strong Britain 2019 vibes.
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Michael Owen, with your voice like somebody else's holiday photos.
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Gentle reminder that whatever he became Wayne Rooney was a genuinely brilliant player for nearly a decade. History will be far kinder to him than Twitter will be today.
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I know we’re all dunking on Florentino Perez - rightly so and there’s no way we should stop when he’s talking such utter bollocks - but at least he’s fronting up unlike the absolute chinless, bottle-less, sugar free jelly ghosts made entirely of dust that own the English clubs.
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Hey England fans, here's some reasons to be cheerful.
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Three little words looming large in Michael Gove's future:. 1. Bush.2. Tucker.3. Trial.
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Incredible stat, this
OFFICIAL: Man City can no longer finish the Premier League season unbeaten.
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Drury not for me. The only commentator who approaches 90 minutes like it’s a highlights package. No space for anything to develop, a variation of ‘This Is <insert name>!” for every half chance renders them all worthless, a radio-like silence is a crime attitude - can’t stand it.
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I’ve had occasion to revisit all four of these stories today for something work-wise and each one ages like a fine wine:. 1. Sven and Didi in Thailand. 2. Teddy on Glenn. 3. Chris Gayle’s question. 4. Gazza’s day off.
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It’ll get so much better if Man Utd can just sign some more players, and if they don’t work then just get some more after that, and if they don’t work then it’s time to sign some better players, and if they’re still struggling just one more active transfer window should do it.
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We all took our eye off the ball and now craft beer must be stopped.
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Preserve the last 10 days’ worth of football in amber so scientists can extract its DNA and enjoy it thousands of years in the future.
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Not too sure where German football is going wrong really but while I’m here I would like to congratulate Bayern on winning the 2018/19 Bundesliga.
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It's the BDO next week, everyone. "17". "31". "Dean, you require 2". "24".
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You're not going to get a red card for a challenge like Pickford's, offside or not, until we get a video system in to help the officials imo. Once we have some sort of video assisted referee all that will be gone from the game.
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Not enough heart emojis in the world for this lot, and they’re just getting started.
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“I’m sat there, bottle of Mythos, cheeky tequila, then it all kicks off just because somebody couldn’t take a joke, before you know it me, Fingers, Bongo, the Perv, and Smuggler are all banged up. yeah, they call me Sniper’s Dream, don’t mind really, it’s a big head isn’t it”
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“…the Riverside Stadium which is just a few steps from the banks of the Tees, and in view of the famous Tees Transporter Bridge that carries passengers in cars, but England know that they can’t afford to carry any passengers into the tournament”. Sam Matterface, 6th June, 2021.
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First referee to draw a massive cock on the pitch with that spray gets the next four World Cup finals.
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I'm going to have my say on the Walliams/children's book thing because I'm a publisher, and because this is something that really annoys me and has for a long time. I get pitched several children's books a year based around football or sport, and I have to turn them all down.
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So I’ve had a couple of days off to celebrate finally finishing something I think I’m allowed to tell you all about properly now. I’ve written a book. Silver Linings: Bobby Robson’s England, coming next year via the lovely people at @PitchPublishing. More info in 2021.
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A magnificent find, how did they do it? Huge props to the scouting and recruiting team for stumbling across this unknown gem.
"He's been an magnificent find for Liverpool" 🔎. Stephen Warnock analyses Alexis Mac Allister's performance against Brighton.
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Having taken most of the cocaine Diego will now take all of the cocaine.
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Happy birthday to quite simply one of the best this country has ever produced.
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Mou’s desire to create conflict has served him well in the past but he’s in real danger of having nothing to play for by October the way he’s publicly kicking that squad. Losing to Liverpool preseason means nothing, being told you’re not good enough collectively for weeks does.
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To protect the BBC against accusations of bias the theme from Z Cars will follow this version of You’ll Never Walk Alone.
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If ever there was a moment for Arsene Wenger to accept he's lost these players it should be watching them getting ole'd by a Tony Pulis side.
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Are we all aware of the company whose only product is a Steve McManaman action figure they’re selling for £250 plus shipping or did I miss the sales rush? .
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In all the Liverpool noise I think we’re in danger of not recognising what a phenomenal achievement this is by Man City - 198 points over two seasons is utterly mad, 201 goals over two seasons is utterly mad, holding off a team who have lost *once* all season is utterly mad.
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*Out of Control plays*. "March, and with the freezing weather now behind us it was another kind of freezing grabbing the headlines at Stamford Bridge". *cut to generic footage of Abramovich clapping*. "And in more bad news for the club John Terry's ape pyramid scheme was exposed".
Genuinely don't think Premier League Years could handle this.
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My favourite Seedorf moment was in 2010 when the BBC asked him to test the Jabulani to see if everyone moaning about it was justified and he just casually top cornered it about 5 times and said it felt fine.
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An actor who is part of a consortium that purchased a National League club in Wales gets it more than a very decent percentage of ‘owners’ out there currently. Bravo, @RMcElhenney.
🗣 "The word 'owner' makes no sense to me". Actor and new @Wrexham_AFC owner @RMcElhenney tells @Scott_Mills and @Chris_Stark how he views the responsibility of running a football club. Listen Saturday at 9am on @BBCSounds:
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I loved watching Ravel Morrison play as a kid and then he let me down. I wrote about all the Ravel baggage in 2014 for the IBWM100 and it tentatively feels like that's all in the rear view mirror. I really, really want him to do well at Sheff Utd.
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@sidlowe @SachinNakrani @david_conn This BBC top 20 goals vid from Mexico’86 is just amazing, stunning goal after stunning goal, if people keep putting stuff like this up I think the Internet could really take off:
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4 (four) year contract. Football never ceases to amaze.
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Watching Italy do a number on someone is one of the best things in football. Until it's you, then it's shit.
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Trying to watch this game in a Watford Premier Inn and I’m not saying the Internet is slow but Jordan Rhodes has just signed for Blackburn.
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Just a massive lie.
A friend's son, 10, plays in a Herefordshire boys' football league. If anyone shouts 'man on!' the ref blows his whistle and gives a free kick. They are told they must say 'person on'.
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It’s Round The Twist and I’ll fight anyone who says it isn’t.
Is Game of Thrones the best theme tune for a TV show ever? If not, what is (you'll be wrong)?.
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I’m 6 days into Covid and not very well with it, but I wanted to pop on here just to distance myself from the Spurs job.
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Excellent moment there where Mark Lawrenson clearly blew his nose on mic.
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Well this is a nice feeling, I’ve always been on the publisher side of things, quite like being on the author side this time.
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I see Steve Parish has written his article about football being special and different but that doesn’t mean it should ever be asked to do anything special or different, and how clubs are community assets not businesses but should be able to be businesses and not community assets.
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Best performance of the season for me so far and didn’t get what they deserved. 11 out, still got places they need to recruit, if they play at that level with players back, a bench that can change a game, and presence through the middle up top they’ll be fine. Big January ahead.
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Obsessed with this Johan Cruyff compilation, lots of footage I'd not seen before, 3 mins in it really gets good: http://t.co/G2nGfdM8Zc.
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I get the frustrations #HTAFC fans have regarding a striker but it was always going to be tough to address every issue in one window, they’ll have to sort that in January I think but they’ve plenty to keep them going till then - turning an ocean liner not a steam boat, takes time.
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For the Man United fan in your life, here's every goal of their victorious 1990/91 Cup Winners Cup campaign in 6 mins http://t.co/BqHID8DsTM.
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So they’re officially done for and Fulham’s main contribution to this season is to create a squad of players who are going to do me over on a Sporcle quiz in four or five years time.
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Kongolo to Fulham sounds like it’s nearly there then. Fulham fans: You’re getting a good player with a lot of rough edges, I hope you get him focused again. Town fans: You’ve got rid of a player who clearly didn’t want to be there and was a bad influence. Win/Win really.
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Football is finally running out of managers after years of putting ex-pros, young coaches, and anyone outside the circle off the job and then continually sacking those in it, isn’t it.
Roberto Martinez has emerged as the clear favourite to make an extraordinary return as Everton manager following the sacking of Rafael Benitez | @JBurtTelegraph @_ChrisBascombe
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Bring on December 1st for the draw, know you all want to be negative and that's fine but I'm thinking about sticker albums and 3 games a day.
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Enjoying Delph talking about his wife giving birth like she’s a team mate who’s just had a good game.
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Football'89 in full then, and yes that is the limited edition collector's binder. I maintain this is the best designed album Panini ever put together, the artwork is superb.
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Just FYI Huddersfield Town are better coached how to set up off the ball than actual Manchester United.
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Few people asking where this is from, it's in here along with lots more of this sort of thing
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Things England never do in major tournaments:. 1. Win in the last minute ✅. 2. Batter the weakest side in the group ✅. 3. Win a penalty shootout ✅. 4. Shithouse with the best/worst of them ✅. 5. See out a knockout game with very little fuss ✅. 6. Get to the final (?).
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Struggling to find the words beyond it all just being horribly unfair. El was a huge presence at Town, she was a force for good in all she did, and she’s going to be missed by all who knew her. Thoughts with her family, thoughts with her friends, thoughts with all at the club.
We’re devastated that our friend & colleague Eleanor Haigh passed away today. 26-year-old El, a hugely popular member of our communications team, worked for #htafc for four years & will be massively missed by us all. Our thoughts are with her parents, friends, & family.
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We've just said goodbye to Seb and it's all just impossibly sad. Sharing this again because it matters. I will only say this; everything is shit but we don't have to be. Be kind, tell people about things you love, recognise what people mean to you. x.
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Another entirely sensible (if unspectacular) signing. No one’s asking you to be excited about a reserve full-back, but this is a *huge* upgrade on last year’s back up option. Said it before, squad building isn’t sexy, but so far tidy work from Town. More to do but good start.
✅ Ollie Turton has agreed to become our fourth signing of the 2021 summer transfer window!. 👏 Welcome to #htafc, Ollie!.
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A rare use of ‘too niche’ and ‘too saturated’ to mean the same thing - ‘my agent said I’d make no money from a podcast’
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To answer a question we’ve both already been asked a lot; watch this space, honestly don’t know what the future holds at this minute pod-wise. Thank you for all your lovely comments though, much appreciated.
Thanks to everyone for their nice tweets and messages - genuinely really appreciate it.
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