Chris Lepkowski

Harry Kane is a fantastic footballer, a great role model, and now, the world's best. The professional's professional. In a world of ferocious egos and stroppy has-beens, football needs more Harry Kanes.

Assuming Utd's next move may be to lurch for someone with significant pedigree. He will inevitably fail and be replaced with a former Utd player who will do well as an interim, before falling short as permanent boss. Meanwhile, executives and players will continue to stink the place out

NEW EPISODE: Damp Squib at Drip-Dale... Why couldn't The Baggies perform better at Preston? #wba @goldbergradio.bsky.social @chrislepkowski.bsky.social youtu.be/qzphHYkb-Co?...

🤨 From Viz 😂

@tinsoldier1.bsky.social you need to know this!!

Hard to argue with this. Only imo The Office (Uk), Fawlty Towers and Blackadder come close

I never knew The Liquidator by Harry J Allstars is actually just called Liquidator. No prefix

Imagine disliking summer and liking autumn. It's like the world is about to end right now. Vile weather.

On which note, I do recall my first-ever visit to AFCB and having to do a walk of shame down the main stand after my car reg got called out over the Tannoy. I'd parked my car behind one of the goals (no stand then!) and left my windows open.

Wish no ill on the great progress of a club like AFCB, but something feels very broken with football's overall model - one that allows Premier League clubs to be so dominant against the backdrop of the Man City saga and resulting inflated financial ecosystem.

The 'Is roadworks still there?' notification on Maps... Is??? 😫😫

Advert from 38 years ago: Sunday Mirror, 16/10/1988

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Boys On Film: Albion In The Orient. WBA head for China. John Trewick gets stitched up, Bryan Robson searches for sun-loungers, Sir Bert needs a change of clothing, and Mick Martin reaches for the note pad and pen. This is 1978. open.substack.com/pub/yourboys...

BBC Three’s removal from free to air makes sense. It may be an age thing but it was limited appeal. Scotland not so much but they do still have Alba. I quite like 4 extra but always listened online anyway. Make Three a BBC sport channel that would work for some and it wouldn’t interrupt others.

Tumble weed across legacy media about ITV's exposé of Reform. Can you imagine the hysteria if an SNP councillor advocated for concentration camps or a Muslim Labour candidate said he wants to shoot MPs he considers traitors? The Mail front pages, Telegraph thinkpieces, and somber Today interviews?

In the legislature for the rest of her life thanks to Kemi Badenoch.

I challenge anyone to read Sharron Davies' X posts and then try to tell me that swimming is good for you.

Brighton and Hove Albion; what an incredible story.

Well done to the undercover reporters at ITV showcasing what many of us already knew - that a vote for Reform is a vote for outright racism and hate.

ITV is exposing racism & misogyny within Reform. Farage’s threat to take legal action against ITV’s undercover reporters rather than tackle their findings says a lot about his inclination to play victim. The question is not how ITV investigated Reform but why Reform allows such behaviour to persist.

"Hello, I’m Jeff Astle, West Bromwich Albion. I’m playing in the cup final tomorrow. Can we get a discount on a suit for it?" And please don't tell Puma what the #WBA players did with their boots and a tin of white paint... What times these were. 1968 to be exact. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Another sporting hero from the 80s who needs chucking in the bin. Vile, vacuous idiot.

Watching last night's BBC2 coverage of 1986 hits on iPlayer? If so, I know just the accompaniment. THE SLUM SPORT covers the 1985/86 football season. See how many of the hits you can spot among the chapter titles...

Latest episode now on YouTube Apple and Spotify ⚽️ Baggies Get The Horn ⚽️ Panenka Pens ⚽️ Suki at The Vine RIP ⚽️ Racism at #wba @goldbergradio.bsky.social @chrislepkowski.bsky.social Listen: pod.fo/e/6cc3b9 Watch: youtu.be/KhnPcNryvcg

NEW EPISODE: Baggies Get The Horn! Reflecting a brilliant Baggies comeback. #wba @goldbergradio.bsky.social @chrislepkowski.bsky.social youtu.be/KhnPcNryvcg

Remember when Spitting Image mocked Reagan with a regular skit called 'The President's brain is missing'? What the hell would they make of this pillock?

A measure of character is to return points (preferably through wins) from adversity. WBA do that. Still a few screws that need tightening, but maybe that's part of their charm. The side has imperfections, sometimes annoying imperfections. But I quite like that about them

@carlosourjackal.bsky.social the comeback is on

In it together? Not so sure chrislepkowski.substack.com/p/in-in-toge...

By order of the fallen

In it together? Not so sure chrislepkowski.substack.com/p/in-in-toge...

Arsenal won. City lost. Here is the Telegraph on both

QPR were a bit good tonight - move the ball around so well. Long way back for Eustace at Derby. They look utterly shot.

Hoping this documentary budget stretches to Sandwell. There are a few there who could do with the Roger Cook treatment

Reminds me of the day in 2010 when Armand One scored in the first minute for Stranraer v East Stirlingshire, the only goal of the game. Stranraer 1 (One 1) - ES 0. True story.

We don't need a documentary to tell us something we all knew, but good that it's going to all come out on the small screen.

Boys On Film: Forbidden Games. Michael Hamlen delves into the story of one of football's saddest tales: the Justin Fashanu story. This is well worth a few minutes of your time... yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/boys-on-fi...

This is beyond glorious. Check out the second #wba goalscorer... @footballcliches.bsky.social

Pretty grim that the Premier League champions are having to cut office jobs. Meanwhile, the third choice keeper is on a reported £50k a week. Oh, and Arteta wants bigger matchday squads to help him negotiate games more easily. Wrong on every single level. Football; broken.

Was hopefully a claim repeated by many right wing social media... all of whom would be vulnerable to legal action.

@carlosourjackal.bsky.social can't believe we both predicted a 2-1 win during our chat today.

This is just ridiculous. What an industry

Glorious photo of a fantastic stadium. Looked even better inside.

From The Athletic. Damning stuff from the IFR 'State of the Game' report.

Football club banter has reached a stage where a 62-year-old man gets intentionally drunk at an Ipswich match to deliberately throw himself onto supporters in the lower tier of a stand. Can we please go back to the international break? Club football isn't something I recognise any more.

For football context, he set off 35 Watford managers ago.