Proud Salopian, real-life Fat Controller, and FM addict. This is a PERSONAL account - Please note my posts do not represent the views of my employer in any way.
🚨 Calling all
@shrewsburytown
fans! A handful of fans have launched a small (and unofficial) Discord server to run alongside existing social channels as somewhere to hang out, chat and interact with fellow
#Salop
fans. All welcome, DM me if you'd like the code to join in! 💙🧡
Dean and I went to
@steelershockey
yesterday with our friend Chris - our first ever ice hockey game, didn't know the first thing about it or what to expect. What a blast! Really entertaining, intense to watch, and the atmosphere and crowd were so friendly. A breath of fresh air!
@NHSMillion
@DailyMailUK
I think - disgusting though it is - this is another step pushing the 'general public' into accepting private healthcare being the norm and dismantling the NHS fully - hence the "compared to just 4 in the private sector" comment. It sickens me. 😠
Mr Gove, do you not see whilst this is (as usual) "one rule for the scum and masses, another for the ruling classes" as you intend, it also will encourage THOUSANDS of others to do the same, taking unnecessary risk - who knows how many will die so you can defend your Government.
@EA
@Codemasters
I feel for the ex EA guys who formed
@slightlymadteam
to make Project Cars because of how bad EA were, to then be bought last year by Codies, to then be reabsorbed now back into the stable they fought so well to split from. Poor sods. 😢
@FootballManager
Also loving all the comments about it diverting resource from the rest of the game. Did you all ignore or not bother reading the article where it states the team has been expanded with folk to look at this in addition to everything else?! 🤡
@shrewsweb
@Gregdocherty96
@RangersFC
Seriously Greg, thank you. It's a team game I know, but I'm not sure where we'd be without some of your performances and goals over the course of this year. If we don't see you again, all the very best in your future fitba exploits from all of us blue and amber lot! 👏 🔶🔷
@TinyWriterLaura
@jimallthetime
Excessively long work day for an adult? Cool, could you write to my employer to confirm this pls, ideally by the end of the week as I do five of them this week as part of my roster, Fri to Tues. Thanks. 🙏
@iain_games
I wish I had that issue.
I wasn't sure who to play as for the Beta, so I asked my other half who has zero interest in football to pick.
"Bolton"
Gee, thanks. 🙄🤣
@StourbridgeFC
Absolutely. Great to see a local lad on the greatest club stage (I'm from Wordsley) but to hear that he's form Stourbridge 'in Birmingham', I cringed so hard!
@FollowTheTown1
@shrewsweb
Neither pic is misleading or 'packed' - theatre had 1m+ distancing in place (every other chair vacant) and drinks only delivered to seats, Town did much the same (if not exceeding distancing minimums). Clubs are going to the wall, so now is absolutely the time to be doing this.
@HLTCO
Yeah, it's one of the oldest local derbies in football, it just hasn't been a regular fixture for the last 20 years. Fans are up for it, pity the teams don't seem to be. Snoozefest so far!
@TinyWriterLaura
@jimallthetime
(for the record though this is ludicrous for children, or schools - what would that mean for the teaching staff? 14, 15, 16hr days?) 😳
@deanhenderson
@shrewsweb
Thanks for everything Deano. You have not only won the hearts of Town fans, but inspired the next generation of keepers in Shropshire. I've seen more kids wearing gk kits this year than for years, and that's all down to you. You'll always be welcome in Shrewsbury!
#CultHero
🔷🔶
Absolutely delighted with my new
@UmbroUK
inspired
@shrewsweb
kit designs for my upcoming
#FM22
#Salop
save - a massive thanks to
@fmcustomkits
for creating these and developing a unique 3rd shirt too - would definitely recommend contacting Lorenzo if you're after similar! 🙌
I don't drive, but I definitely need to visit
@fairydeanrovers
sooner rather than later.
The LGBTQ+ Football Supporter in me needs to support
@ZanderMurray
, and equally the nerdy Geographer/Urban geek in me needs to visit the Grade A listed concrete cantilever stand there! 🤩
@ScotCuthbertson
@hattertarsasag
Horrendous. Such a beautiful country too with really amazing lovely people suffering under the awful Viktor Orban and his nationalist, Christian-conservative Government.
Solidarity to
@hattertarsasag
and all affected across Hungary. ✊
Delighted to get my
@StonewallFC
#Unity
shirt!
I may not be the build of their players, but I'm proud to wear the colours and stand with our trans and gender non-conforming family in the ongoing fight against transphobia.
Proud to be a
#TransFootyAlly
- today and every day 💜
I'm sure
@WHS_Carpet
will be delighted to see the State Of The Art (™️) threat deterrent and stock control equipment being used at WH Smith, Erdington 😂🤣
I don't understand this "hardly anyone is using trains" from
@transportgovuk
. Since I've started venturing out again every train I've used (regardless of operator) has been pretty full - easily 75% of their pre-pandemic numbers. Some more so, with several full and standing.
@svrofficialsite
43106 - not got the looks of other choices, but she is unique. Only one of her class preserved out of 162. And a fine workhorse - not sure of current mileage, but over 123,000 miles in preservation up to end of 2019! Not bad for a pig, even a flying one! 😉
@shrewsweb
Standing on the Wakeman End, leaning against that black metal bar and being so close to the Town - in both ways! 🤣
Found these old photos out the other day in fact of our last time there. I miss the view - we will NEVER get a better one than that. 💙🧡
@fesshole
Nah. No-one can afford to buy cereal from a corner shop, even a single person with the additional disposable income. I've seen the prices they print on those boxes! 👀
I couldn't do any more of that. I thought I'd be okay. It's
#Salop
after all. I've not been to a match since Feb '20 but no, too much. Way too packed in. No requirements on the door. No masks anywhere in sight. I feel like an idiot, but my anxiety was going through the roof 😔
Just listened to the latest
@salopcast
- top work as usual chaps, and thanks for the shout out! 🙏
Now tempted to go stick a tenner on this fine man. Maybe I just can't wait to
#lovethisteam
again 👀
#JustAFeeling
#Salop
Don't tweet about domestic life too much on here, but perhaps worth sharing that yesterday was the anniversary of me asking the lovely
@Tunuko
to "be my mate" (criiiinge) in possibly the most Midlands accent - nine (!) years ago! 😮
(Photo from Apr 2012)
@mrchrisaddison
Sadly "an enormous hole where government should have been" doesn't just cover the DoE. It's rather all-encompassing at the moment.
#Shambles
Unflatteringly candid photo, but today I drove (as a learner) from Eccles to Kingswinford (via Warrington, Whitchurch, and Telford) to visit my parents. 96 miles, 2.5hrs each way. I'm knackered but pleased I managed it! 🚘
@hornby
@NRArchway
How exactly is this supporting anyone but Hornby? Do profits from sale go to LGBTQ charities? Local charities? Heck, even Samaritans? Nothing at all in the listing. You can't just slap a rainbow flag on products and say it's 'supporting' LGBTQ causes... 🤔
Jog on you absolute fuckwit. Shame you can't be banned from all of Shrewsbury, but at the very least stay the fuck away from our club. Literally nobody wants you here - no matter how desperately you may be clinging on to your seat...
@steelthepuck
For me it should have gone to Paredes, to have what happened affect the group, have skaters walk (no judgement!), and have to build back the squad and have them remain competitive in the fight for play offs until penultimate week was as worthy of an award as Fox's two trophies.
I don't know who, but there's a
@StourbridgeFC
kitted player who lives near me (Erdington) which is nice to see, I'm from Wordsley originally 🙌 - but he's always doing his daily runs, just wanted to say 👏 it's such commitment that'll see the club do well when football resumes!
It should be blindingly obvious at this point, but in case you didn't realise,
#TransMenAreMen
and whilst we are at it,
#TransWomenAreWomen
too.
It's really not rocket science 🚀
11yrs working for one company after Uni... Before uni the longest I'd stayed anywhere was 18 months! 😳
Still, everything ends eventually. I handed in my notice yesterday and will be hanging up the
#XC
uniform in September, moving on to pastures new! It's been a blast though! 🛤️
Guess who's back? Back again! 👀
They say never go back, but I'm delighted to be returning to CrossCountry in September, who treated me so well for the first 11 yrs of my railway career, this time as Route Controller (Scotland and North East)
Scary times, but in a good way! 🤩
Thanks to all the new followers. I'm not usually that interesting, tbh. It's mostly ice hockey and Football Manager, with a bit of Salop for good measure! 😅 I'll pen my overall thoughts on MM when I'm on my train back to Manchester. Can't say I'm overly impressed though.
Genuinely delighted to be involved with this, working to make real meaningful steps forward strengthening our inclusivity and expanding the
#SalopianFamily
where we can! 💙🧡
🤝 | Shrewsbury Town is proud to announce the newly formed ‘Salop For All’
An inclusion group made up from fans, key staff from both the Club and Shrewsbury Town in the Community, Working together to improve and showcase the match day experience for all.
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#Salop
Ignore the dog hairs on the couch lol.
Happy with two weeks of weight loss (5lbs) so far. Not much in the scheme of things but every little helps.
How is everyone doing tonight?
Tremendous and fascinating book received for Christmas (didn't realise just how good it was!) some light pre reading before the bible (if I can ever bear to take it from its cellophane!!) 😍
#BritishRail
#MerryGeekmas
@Lionesses
Email at 0902. On site at 0903, queuing for 8 mins, then this for 2 or even 1 ticket - but they're already on resale sites for stupid mark ups. What a farce - this kind of thing has to stop!
Eeeeee!
@shrewsweb
Season Ticket renewed for next season. Between covid rule relaxations, job commitments and hopefully learning to drive, hope to be in SY2 more often in 21-22. Looking forward to getting back in the ground! 🙌 💙🧡 😍
@AvantiWestCoast
Has to be another vote here for Turing. A national hero, an LGBT icon and someone intrinsically linked with various locations along the WCML
Look. We were really poor. Burton, well kindest thing I can say is once they scored, they showed mastery of "game management".
BUT. It was great to see live football, to see the gaffer fit and well, to hear the passion of crowds again.
It's bloody good to have football back.
@HomerHickam
@NaomiH_official
You'll know how fucking INCREDIBLE an opportunity this is then for this bright young star. Let her have her moment, and nurture her and let her shine, and stop the pissing contest. "I'm on the NSC" big woop indeed.
Devastating news received this morning. Just shows, you never know what's ahead. Hug those who mean something to you, and tell those you love that you do. Life is so cruel 😥
@CapitalNWNews
@AndyBurnhamGM
Missing the opportunity to make the design a little more interesting without being too much, using like a simple geometric honeycomb pattern in black on the yellow. Please let the slogan be 'getting you from A to Bee' 🙏😂
Can't get over the view from the field here we're walking the dogs over. 5 mins from the house. 😍 Quite a contrast from living under the flight path of Birmingham Airport!
I'd just like to take this opportunity to apologise in advance to all
#Salop
fans.
Between work and finances (and living away) I've not yet been able to attend a
@shrewsburytown
match yet this season - home or away - that changes today.
And we've been doing so well, too... 🙄🤣