This is Ben. He’s 3 today. We’re doing our best to give him a special day at home, but he’s just said “where are my friends on my birthday?”, which has broken my heart a little.
Anyone out there want to show this little guy some birthday love?
A reminder that Phil Foden plays every key game for the best football team on the planet.
But apparently cannot even get off the bench for an
#ENG
team which can’t string three passes together
#ENGUSA
As Anne Robinson is back on TV (presenting Countdown, no less), time to dig out this beauty from the archives
“Jesus Christ... she’s even got new tits...”
What happened to the politician who guided New York through 9/11? How does a man go from that... to this Alex Jones, infowars style nut job ranting at
@piersmorgan
?
Can’t believe I’ve never seen this: the other side of the Hand of God game. By today’s standards, at least three or four of these England challenges on Maradona would probably be red card offences.
@Emmabarnett
@RishiSunak
Yeah, because as a dad of two young boys, I’ve just spent the pandemic smoking cigars and yelling at my wife to cook me food and keep the kids quiet.
Jesus, what world do these people live in?
I don't care if you're left, right or somewhere inbetween.
Some things aren't about political opinions, they're just about fairness.
And £32 billion in profit while vulnerable people are getting fleeced on their energy bills is about as unfair as it gets
Shell have announced record profits of £32 billion, a rate of £90 million profit every day in 2022. Meanwhile, we are getting absolutely fleeced by energy companies and the government is doing fuck all about it. They are taking the piss out of us.
Anyone who watched
@GNev2
's Countdown to Qatar on Sky knew this already - one of the tournament bosses said very clearly on the show that beer would not be sold in the stadiums.
Seems odd that is only now being made official
@ShaunBaileyUK
I hope that, at some point, you at least come to realise why what you've done here - invoking the murder of an innocent young woman to serve your own purposes - is utterly shameful.
The number of angry nutters ranting about the BBC in the replies... given what it is currently doing for the nation, you really have to be a special kind of brainwashed weirdo to not the see the value of the Beeb right now. (And I’m technically in competition with it!)
After a surreal few days, I’m delighted that we have navigated a way through this. I want to thank you all for the incredible support, particularly my colleagues at BBC Sport, for the remarkable show of solidarity. Football is a team game but their backing was overwhelming. 1/4
Ah, Billy McNeill. Remember being blown away by the story of the 1967 Lisbon Lions as a young boy. All but one member of the squad born within 10 miles of the ground! Try explaining that to a 12 year-old football fan of today...
I could have lived without Christmas if required. But to have it dangled under my nose, to tell my three year-old about all the plans we had to see his relatives... and now to have to tell that excited little boy we’re taking that away from him? Fuck you. Fuck the lot of you.
The
@themichaelowen
episode of
@Carra23
’s podcast is BRILLIANT. Two best mates being brutally frank with each other - an interview no journalist could have got. Makes you realise Owen was seriously unlucky at times and gives you whole new insight into all sorts. Listen to it!
@stuheritage
This is glorious.
The Hey Duggee vs Bluey thing feels very ‘Messi vs Ronaldo’
Clearly both miles ahead of everything else, but v difficult to decide which of the two is best
(I’m a Bluey man, FWIW)
Always think
@DavidJonesSky
is the most underrated man on TV. Unflappable, conducts and controls often spiky conversations, total professionalism and crucially - unlike many others - has no interest in making himself star of the show. Proper journalist, proper broadcaster.
Can we please take a moment to acknowledge that John Terry has had 26 added to the back of the hi-vis jacket he wears while checking out his building work
A reminder here of what poor-excuse-for-a-human-being Desmond Swayne actually looks like.
100% the type of privileged, delusional prat who would start sucking his thumb and crying for mummy if he was ever confronted by 1% of the terror the people of Afghan currently face
Even if England win the whole damn thing, Declan Rice succumbing to cramp while trying to join the goal celebration will forever be the highlight of these Euros
Can someone please explain to me why
@Rylan
and his mum have not yet been given their own show?
*Essex voice* “I’d faackin’ watch it, I tell ya”
#Gogglebox
@drpsquared
@BBCRadio2
I will send not just love, but also respect, admiration and an open invitation to buy you a pint/beverage of choice if we ever cross paths.
After all this nonsense, no-one in your line of work should ever have to pay for a drink again…
Lizzo is a great dickhead test.
An incredible person who sensible people should admire, revere and celebrate.
Anyone who doesn’t? Probably a dickhead.
#Glastonbury
@JimMFelton
@TomLatchem
Do you think there will come a time when commentators like Dale and P*ers M*rgan will finally realise THEY are actually the biggest, most delicate snowflakes of all?
What will happen then? Will they collapse into a pit of self-loathing? Start punching themselves in the face?
@DawnHFoster
Have watched this approx 10,000 times since it first aired and I swear to God I have cried each and every time. Not sure there is anyone currently more deserving of 'national treasure' status than Wrighty
I hesitate to use this phrase, but… "BIT OF PERSONAL NEWS!"
After 7 years at Reach (where I moved from
@DailyMirror
&
@MirrorFootball
to the commercial dark side)… I'm leaving!
I start next month in a massively exciting new role, as Head of Content
@BrewDog
.
Can't wait!
@mattyglesias
Other things we don't have on this side of the pond: huge bills for anyone who dares to break a leg, regular mass shootings, a crippling opioid crisis, Fox News… I could go on…
(Oh, and I have plenty of ice cubes in my freezer right now. But you do you, babe)
@mrnickharvey
Amazing, amazing, amazing! Just showed it to Ben and he cackled with laughter. Very, very kind of you - please thank your dog for us too!
This is absolutely crackers. I would happily pay £5 a month for CBBC & CBeebies alone.
Have always tried to push my kids towards these channels, where you know the shows have some value (unlike a lot of the brainless mush you get for kids on streaming platforms)
::::BREAKING::::
📺The CBBC TV Channel, which launched in 2002 is expected to close.
🗓No exact date, 2025 at the earliest.
🗣Director General, Tim Davie made the announcement to staff today.
📈He says younger audiences are streaming: Netflix, Disney Plus etc.
@EnchantedTrifle
I'm so sorry you grew up without your dad around, but I hope the pride you must have got from knowing he was a genuine hero has helped fill that gap over the years. He must have been an extraordinarily brave and decent man.
@RussInCheshire
Every week, I immediately scroll to find the latest Jacob Rees-Mogg description.
Every week, I cry with laughter and then go back and read the whole thread.
Then cry with laughter some more.
Then cry some more when I remember it's all true.
So is Carlsberg's new social strategy all about self-deprecation and 'humility'… or have they just fired a social media executive and forgotten to revoke their access?
@SmnLlyd5
"These are established international players. It's shocking. Pulling your socks up and doing your laces at that stage? Disgraceful. This is the Champions League. I wouldn't have let them out of the dressing room if they behaved like that. Shocking."
Trying to think of equivalents from other sports. A 147 in a deciding frame at the Crucible? 35 needed from the final over of a T20 and hitting six sixes?
Beyond bonkers
🚨 𝗕𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗛𝗜𝗧𝗦 𝗔 𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗘-𝗗𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗘𝗥! 🚨
UNBELIEVABLE SCENES AS WILLIE BORLAND STRIKES PERFECTION TO WIN THE DECIDING LEG AND ALLY PALLY HAS ABSOLUTELY ERUPTED!
SIMPLY SENSATIONAL 🤯
Everyone involved here, on both sides of the argument, ends up looking like a complete twat.
If that's not an allegory for the Britain of today, I don't know what is
@spectator
Imagine not liking Lauren Laverne. IMAGINE. She is undoubtedly one of the most naturally, effortlessly likeable people on radio. That’s why so many people (myself included) love listening to her.
Your argument is just silly.
After 7 years, just left this office for the last time - and got banged out by the
@DailyMirror
team, which felt like a bit of an honour and (i don’t mind admitting) got me a bit choked up
Are we all agreed the true star of the last 12 hours is Phil Mattingly - the fast-talking fella operating the CNN 'magic wall'?
I know it's a TV, but MAN this guy is good. Makes Jamie Carragher look like a touchscreen novice
As Brian Blessed is trending, here is the transcript of an interview I did with him MANY years ago (one of the first magazine interviews I ever did).
It was a lesson in foul mouthed genius
The full interview is well worth every second of its 58 minutes. Worthy of a top journalist or broadcaster - entertaining, insightful and will genuinely change your perception of the subject. Casts Keane in a whole new light
I’m so glad to finally share my full interview (and dog walk) with Roy Keane to you all. Head to The Overlap on YouTube to watch the full episode, if you like ❤️
@sportingintel
@shattenstone
I find this line of argument a little bizarre. Isn’t it clear to everyone from the outset that this is the club inviting a filmmaker in, rather than an investigative reporter forcing his way in? Of course this wasn’t going to be an exposé - doesn’t make it any less interesting