Andrew Raeburn
@andrew_raeburn
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Sports journalist/commentator, sometimes heard on radio too. Magazine production editor. Podcast host. #AVFC fan. Trivia geek. Views own, mitts off.
Surrey in body/Sussex at heart
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@MooseAllain
Worked at a local paper with different titles, so standard way of answering the phone was "hello, newsroom". A colleague was wasting time one day looking at pictures of dogs and answered a call with "good afternoon, newsdog".
A nickname was born.
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Ricky Ponting, only half-joking, might have nailed Bazball.
Kevin Pietersen praising Root "running the game, owning the space, leaving fielders scratching their heads".
Ponting: "But he's out now - and he got 40".
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Is it George Osborne?
The surprise name Barcelona players want as their new manager
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If Eric Bristow deletes those tweets and makes an apology, it'll be the first 180 he's made in years.
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Thank you, Villa.
Thank you, Nassef and Wes, for reviving our club.
Thank you, Deano, for getting it back on its feet. For Ezri, Ollie, Ty, Dougie, Cash, Emi and Leon.
Thank you, Jack, for the memories. And the money.
Thank you, Fulham, for your big part.
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#avfc
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Can't wait for PMQs next Wednesday, the day of
#Article50
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Five Corbyn questions on buy to let and an email from Beryl in Stoke Newington.
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Once again,
@GaryLineker
has shown his professionalism and class. Going to air while his club is dealing with a potentially tragic incident, possibly knowing far more than he can say, and handling it sensitively and with the right tone.
Fair play, Gary.
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Chris Bryant looks like he's about to show Greg Davies and Alex Horne his entry for "the best thing you can buy with a voucher".
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Newcastle 5-1 Villa
Villa 0-4 Tottenham
Man City 4-1 Villa
Palace 5-0 Villa.
We must have been pretty bloody good in those other 34 games to get 4th.
Won 20, drew 8, lost 6 - scored 74, conceded 43.
#AVFC
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So Boris is telling people not to go to pubs, restaurants, cinemas etc - but not shutting them down. Thereby, presumably, eliminating the need to financially support them.
Also, this is the government who said the public had had enough of experts...
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Engelbert Humperdinck.
Spooky.
Close your eyes and type "Benedict Cumberbatch" in reply to this tweet. Then post it.
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Word of warning. This was the exit poll in 2015
Cons 316 (actual: 330)
Lab 239 (actual: 232)
SNP 58 (actual: 56)
LDs 10 (actual: 8)
#GE2017
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Aston Villa finish with 55 points, their best Premier League return in 11 years. Here's where 55 points got you in other seasons
𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟬-𝟮𝟭: 𝟭𝟭𝘁𝗵
2019-20: 9th
2018-19: 8th
2017-18: 7th (Europa League)
2016-17: 8th
2015-16: 9th
2014-15: 9th
2013-14: 9th
2012-13: 8th
#AVFC
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With that, Aston Villa have their best Premier League points return in 11 years.
𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟬-𝟮𝟭: 𝟰𝟵 𝗽𝘁𝘀 (𝟯𝟱 𝗴𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀)
2019-20: 35 pts (38 games)
2015-16: 17 pts
2014-15: 38 pts
2013-12: 38 pts
2012-13: 41 pts
2011-12: 38 pts
2010-11: 48 pts
2009-10: 64 pts
#AVFC
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This disgusting article is now too old for Rod Liddle to want to read it.
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This is the problem with faux intellectuals and their gullible audience.
Someone like JRM could go on TV and say "If there are 33 days in Sproutember, there's no reason why we can't swim to Japan on a hobby horse" and his fans would nod wisely.
A complete myth and
@Jacob_Rees_Mogg
should be embarrassed that he's spreading fake history.
The actual figure (in the UK) was at least 40,000 civil servants at the turn of the 19th/20th century. But that does not include civil servants in the Empire. Total closer to 120,000
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But, mostly, thank you to this man.
Thank you for your dedication. Your tactical tweaks, your no-excuses culture, your ambition.
Thank you for taking us further than many of us imagined was possible.
Thank you, Unai.
Thank you, Villa. What a ride this is.
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#avfc
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@stighefootball
@FootballManager
As the old saying goes, 4-0 is the most dangerous scoreline in football.
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Good job for Prince William that Harry chose this weekend for his wedding and not next weekend, when his beloved Aston Villa are in the play-off final.
Imagine having to miss that. Your own brother's wedding.
#avfc
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Just heard a clip on 5 Live of a Bournemouth beachgoer saying "I still don't know anyone who's even had it, so in my eyes it don't even matter".
When it comes to a deadly virus, it is no good to rely on people's "common sense" or ask people to act responsibility. They won't.
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Thank you, Super John, for your leadership, determination and backside.
Thank you, JJ, for living out the dreams of us all.
Thank you, Ollie, for the goals; thank you, Emi, for the saves: thank you, Bouba, for the steel (and being a steal).
Thank you, Austin.
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#avfc
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Next time HMRC demand a payment off me, I'll tell them I haven't forgotten them and a full payment scheme will be announced in a couple of days.
#selfemployed
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Phil Neville: "Ivanovic didn't dive. He was trying to win his side a penalty."
That's the level of football punditry in this country.
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Gary Lineker's refugees tweet was posted on Tuesday afternoon.
@TheSun
run it on Friday. The day their 'Fake Sheikh' is due to be sentenced
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When they mentioned "helmet cam" at the cricket, I thought they were getting analysis from Kevin Pietersen...
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Lovely
@AccidentalP
moment from Sam Matterface there.
Goes through the languages spoken by the Belgium squad, then as Lukaku nets: "...and he speaks the language of goals!"
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@AVFCOfficial
Tone deaf decision, ignoring fans and partnering with a disgusting company.
We can do better.
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Transfer window health warning - these were the players Villa were linked with last summer, per the excellent
@villareport
.
Not saying there wasn't any interest in or discussions about the ❌️ players - but Spanish media, in particular, love using Emery/Monchi for clout.
#avfc
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How about a different take?
2019 - Tory + Brexit Party: 19,260
2024 - Tory + Reform: 17,182
Perhaps actually people are moving away from both...
Story of first result, that of Houghton and Sunderland South, shows dramatic Reform surge - 6,895 to 11,668 - and only modest gain for the Labour victor Bridget Phillipson (who will be new education secretary). This underwrites idea of very significant Reform vote tonight. And
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What year was the first FA Cup final you remember watching and how old were you? I have a theory.
RT for a larger sample.
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"He is a pound shop Enoch Powell."
Make what you will of Russell Brand, that's close to quote of the year.
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Also predict that the next time India tour England, you won't be able to differentiate the pitch from the outfield.
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Almost 10,000 retweets.
For a picture of Liverpool, not London.
For a picture of football fans, not Yaxley-Lennon fanboys.
For a picture from 2005, not 2018.
@Twitter
, and its inability to control utter bullshit, is a major contributor to our educational/democratic deficit.
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@mpole_mike
No I don't mind the tempo. I think it can be maintained without charging their smartest bowler when you're the wicket the oppo prizes the most, while setting up a run chase. I don't think they're doing it because of the weather. They'd do it during a heatwave.
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Australia 105 points ahead of us at the moment. Another 95 and they'll ask us to follow-on.
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On the left, the
@DailyMailUK
are throwing Olly Murs under the bus for the
#oxfordstreet
confusion.
On the right is how the Mail chose originally to "inform" people.
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Pogba made a big mistake that may stop United from having a chance of winning the FA Cup.
But you'll notice the referee didn't scream in his face or chase him up the pitch.
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Jamie Vardy has scored in 10 straight Premier League games. The last time Aston Villa did that was between March 16 and May 1...2010
#avfc
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@JonnyGabriel
It was probably the description of her as "the next Stanley Matthews" that irked her.
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Is that you, Callum Chambers?
I think the company that I work remotely for has forgotten that I exist. They haven't assigned me any work tasks to do in 4 months, nor have they let me go, and they're still paying me in full. Suits me, I'm not to blame for them forgetting I exist.
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War of the Worlds is on BBC 1 now.
Only the second most far-fetched tale set in Woking this weekend...
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The Stig is now represented by a Lib Dem councillor.
(Dunsfold is where the Top Gear test track is)
🚨BY ELECTION RESULT 🚨
Chiddingfold and Dunsfold, Waverley BC
LDM: 66.6% (+43.5)
CON: 30.3% (-11.2)
LAB: 3.1% (-5.0)
No GRN (-27.3) as previous
Lib Dem GAIN from Conservative 🔶
Huge congratulations to Cllr David Busby!
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The two captains in the Chelsea v Fulham match are also the two oldest centre-backs used in the Premier League this season, with a combined age of 73.
#CHEFUL
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Some West Ham fans give praise for the football Villa played in the build up to our second goal at Fulham.
#AVFC
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@FootballCliches
However, I bet Andoni Iraola has never been part of the "I manage Bournemouth", "In Dorset?", "Yes, I'd recommend it to anyone" routine.
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@NHoultCricket
@TeleCricket
Maybe should take their players to India a bit earlier and play warm-up matches to avoid them falling to innings defeats.
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@GaryLineker
Agreed. And for all those who are saying "not in a pandemic", that isn't what Gary is referring to.
It's about the planned bill that will mean potentially 10 years in jail for "annoying" protests. Nothing to do with lockdowns.
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I'm absolutely shocked by the Mrs Brown's Boys revelations in the
#ParadisePapers
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They get PAID for that show?!
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@Telegraph
In 2002, Theresa May - a future Conservative Prime Minister - warned that they had become "the Nasty Party".
The fact a union leader might be a tad left wing and agree with her is not the slam dunk you think it is.
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Final election thought.
Get yourself someone who looks at you the way George Osborne and Ed Balls look at Alan Johnson slagging off Momentum.
Night all.
#GE2019
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Two years ago today, Tim Sherwood made insane substitutions and inadvertently helped kickstart Leicester's title win.
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In fact, this is the first season since *1993-94* that 55 points is a bottom-half total. And that was with 22 teams in the league.
So Villa very unlucky.
#AVFC
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BBC right to refer to Peter Stringfellow as "having cancer, which he kept private".
Watch the tabloids use "secret cancer fight".
It's not a secret. You don't have the right to know.
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@Anna_Soubry
excellent. No place for that in our political discourse, whatever our differences. Never be cowed by the cowards.
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Apparently, billionaire Donald Trump and ex-banker and politician of 25 years Nigel Farage represent the voice of anti-establishment
#bbcqt
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Craig Shakespeare's first Champions League teamsheet.
Be interesting to see what sonnet...
#lcfc
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Chris Whitty, aged four, to his mum in the playground: "Next slide, please."
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Six years ago, Yannick Bolasie made his Rushden and Diamonds debut against
@EastbourneBoro
. Tomorrow he plays for Palace against Chelsea.
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@JohnApplebyLD
@edmorrish
@EmmaKennedy
I think Radio 4 now have it, rebranded as Today in Parliament.
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Success at Wembley. 😍
Aston Villa beat Manchester United 3-1 to lift the League Cup,
#OnThisDay
in 1994. 🏆
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When you've got a
#SixNations
match to watch at 5 but a
#Lockdown2
press conference to host at 4̶p̶m̶ 5̶p̶m̶ 6.30.
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Apparently so many fans are "furious" over the England flag portrayal on the back of the shirt.
The flag is "sacrosanct" and shouldn't be "defiled", apparently.
Unless you want to get on TV.
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@Lord_Sugar
@IanWright0
Don't flatter yourself. Yes, they did have him lined up you insufferable old bore.
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I reckon that split between applause and boos for Cameron at
#Wimbledon
was about 52%-48%...
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If Jeremy Corbyn was a vocal Remainer, Owen Jones would be wanting Schengen, the Euro, the lot. It's blind loyalty, not principled politics.
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That noise? It's the sound of an irony meter exploding into millions of tiny pieces...
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Dean Smith wanted Said Benhrama.
Suso gave him Trezeguet.
Feel like I’ve been talking about Benrahma for two years since he moved. He’s some player
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@miller_cricket
@legsidelizzy
Isn't the soft signal only for a complete failure of the tech? He never referred to a lack of clear evidence to overturn either. It's guesswork. No clear evidence of a clean catch.
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@richardosman
I once couldn't remember the right word for two whole weeks.
Then it came to me. Fortnight.
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First club to stand by its players and pull out of a fixture when the home club refused to postpone.
They will be docked points by the "heartbeat of women's football", the
@FAWNL
, I'm sure.
📄 OFFICIAL CLUB STATEMENT
Please read below the statement released on behalf of our players ahead of the now postponed game away at Newcastle Utd. 👀👇
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From Marcelo Bielsa to Sam Allardyce in 14 months.
Leeds United, everyone.
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Meads is a true blue Tory ward in Eastbourne. Now it has rejected the Tories in favour of a Lib Dem county councillor.
Congratulations to Brett Wright on a fantastic GAIN in Eastbourne Meads ward, putting East Sussex County Council into no overall control an incredible result for the party.
#Winninghere
Lib Dem 1649
Con 1361
Labour 157
Green 127
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I'm an Aston Villa fan, a Lib Dem member and as a kid had a painting done for me by Rolf Harris.
It's not been my year.
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@JonnyGabriel
"But that was of course before he became Sir Scott McTominay, scorer of the hat-trick that won Scotland the 2026 World Cup."
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