Terry Duffelen

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It feels somehow appropriate that the year Keegan passed away, an English striker should win the Balon D'Or as a Bundesliga player.

Salford City are awful, but I like them.

The latest episode of the Oddjob Pod is out. Continuing our While They Were Bond season we discuss the controversial 1976 war film The Wild Geese. www.oddjobpod.com/2026/10/whil...

Nationalise Star Trek! www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Atleti are truly awful.

NEW PODCAST: www.sofpodcast.com/2026/10/soun... According to the Independent Football Regulator, 94% of professional football clubs in England ran at a loss last year. With so many clubs reliant on support from benefactors, what happens the next time the economy suffers a financial crisis?

Up till half one watching the other half of season 1 of The Diplomat. Brilliantly stupid stuff.

The Beasley Table returns.

1. FC Lok Leipzig captain Djamal Ziane has won the league three times - but he's never been promoted. Feature for BBC Sport on "Germany's Unpromotables," the growing campaign for league reform and lingering disparities between east and west. www.bbc.com/sport/footba...

I mean, fucking hell.

Don't mind if I do.

Posted without comment (or context).

No negotiated sanctions. They cheated and denied it. Throw the book, throw the whole library at them.

An FA sub-committee have made a decision over a refereeing mistake in an FA Cup qualifier which could end up having far-reaching consequences. unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/the-fa-hav...

We’ve taken a break this week. If that’s left a hole in your listening why not listen to us talking about a 33 year old action movie…

I have come to the view that Dr Who, at its best, exists to prepare young people for the horrors of the world they are entering and to provide some moral framework to help them manage in that world.

After Rebel Moon I'm staggered that Zack is still getting a gig let alone being let loose on Escape From New York. This should be opposed.

The Oddjob Pod returns with another episode. Join me, @garyandrews.bsky.social and @firefli.es as we enjoy dissecting The Fugitive. www.oddjobpod.com/2026/09/acti...

Looking at available managers on Transfermarkt and am depressed to find that despite seemingly being around forever, Didier Deschamps is the same age as me. I'm going back to bed.

Happy Spazio 1999 day to us all.

Unashamedly posting this absolute banger. youtu.be/HTNX6arJKUY?...

"stop, stop he's already dead!" Oh wait...

Fotmob unable to compute that VFL went a goal up against Bayern.

Hey, at least HSV showed up, right?

[Exit Queen.]

This pulled me into my local vinyl shop. Hats off to Silva Screen for having the balls to publish the score to the Tara Reed era of The Avengers. Hats off also to the vendor who sized me up in seconds and gave me an optimum price point for both parties.

Eintracht appear to have declared at 10. #dfbpokal

The existence and effects of El Niño Godzilla have been reported for some time. It's disappointing that this story is dropping into the mainstream only now. www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...

That is rain but the wind it blowing it in the wrong direction.

A rare moment of public affection from the Mouse.

Yeah we know.

Citizens are at liberty to shop their neighbours for starting barbeques.

WEEKEND BOXSET: blog.sofpodcast.com/2026/08/week... An East Midlands derby, Legionnairre's disease, the Weeknd and the world's best player. All here in our weekend preview @firefli.es on SHUvBIR, SEVvRAY, ARSvMCI, CMRvMWI(w) @terryduffelen.com on WATvSOU, WOLvBBR @janbilton.bsky.social on NOTvLEI

Some absolute snooker going on in this here snooker match. youtu.be/pMLsVShRxBk?... #thesnooker

Recall parliament and nationalise Raleigh now.

NEW SEASON: www.sofpodcast.com/2026/08/soun... Season 18 of the Sound of Football starts with the chaos of the last week, and how it could, and should, change FIFA forever.