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Andrew Raeburn

@andrewraeburn.bsky.social

Sports journalist/commentator, sometimes heard on radio too. Magazine production editor. Podcast host. #AVFC fan. Trivia geek. Views own, mitts off.

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Any Villa fans on night shifts at home, kept up by babies, or just plain night owls, Sky Sports Football are showing the entirety of the play-off final against Derby from midnight.

#avfc

09.07.2025 22:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You may find some scenes distressingly mundane

07.07.2025 17:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If there was a film of your life being made, what content warnings would be shown before it?

07.07.2025 17:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The loss of Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva is primarily a devastating tragedy for their families, friends and team-mates.

It's also a huge loss for football. Diogo in particular was a selfless and clever player, an outstanding individual on and off the pitch.

03.07.2025 09:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

She's one of my favourite players (and being relatively local to me doesn't hurt). A real scrapper. Similar to Ons Jabeur. Her progress in the last year has been huge.

30.06.2025 12:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's been a particularly difficult draw for most Brits this time round.

30.06.2025 12:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Second Brit through at #Wimbledonβ€―- and it's a massive moment for qualifier and SW19 debutant Oliver Tarvet from St. Albans (world number 733 and British #33!).

🎾 He wins in straight sets - and could face defending champion Carlos Alcaraz next! Incredible.

30.06.2025 12:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Five Brits in action on the opening morning of #Wimbledonβ€―- and a big early victory!

🎾 Hove's Sonay Kartal, British #3 and world number 51, beats former French Open winner & 2018 Wimbledon semi-finalist Jelena Ostapenko, 7-5 2-6 6-2!

30.06.2025 12:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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"This Welfare Bill doesn’t help people into work or address the rising health issues that hold many back."

@helenmaguiremp.bsky.social on the Liberal Democrats amendment to the welfare bill

30.06.2025 10:53 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Happy Wimbledon day to those who celebrate it.

#Wimbledon2025

30.06.2025 07:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Can already picture the England press conference after day one.

"Any questions for Ben?"
*dozens of hands go up*

"Any questions NOT about the toss?"
*all hands go down*

#ENGvIND

20.06.2025 13:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Spot on.

19.06.2025 18:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The problem with this β€˜let’s weaken our commitment to the ECHR so as to fend off Farage’ plan is that when it doesn’t work, we end up with Farage *and* a weakened commitment to the ECHR at exactly the moment we need the ECHR the most.

19.06.2025 08:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1690    πŸ” 384    πŸ’¬ 71    πŸ“Œ 31
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Aston Villa are the best performing team in the Premier League over the last 10 games.

#UTV #AVFC

12.05.2025 16:00 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

Incredibly sad to learn that 1957 FA Cup hero Peter McParland has died.

I was fortunate to talk with Peter in the media room at Fulham one day before a game. He was very self-effacing and generous with his time.

An absolute legend who will be sadly missed.

#AVFC

04.05.2025 19:04 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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This sums the whole situation up quite nicely.

03.05.2025 19:30 β€” πŸ‘ 3251    πŸ” 888    πŸ’¬ 143    πŸ“Œ 96

Arne Slot: "My line-ups will be different to the last 10 months. We are not going to change everyone, but there will be a few players that come into the team and there will be a certain rotation for the upcoming games."

Liverpool visit Villa's top 5 rivals Chelsea on Sunday.

#AVFC

02.05.2025 10:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

One of Manchester United and Tottenham are going to be in the Champions League next season - and one of Newcastle, Man City, Chelsea, Forest and Villa aren't.

Madness.

02.05.2025 09:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

I feel incredibly sorry for the fans who travelled today. The team have given them so much joy this season, so there's credit in the bank - but they have let them down big time today.

Palace excellent, but we have made it very easy.

30 years without a trophy, now.

#AVFC

26.04.2025 18:03 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thanks Joel!

22.04.2025 08:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@grovejoel.bsky.social Hi Joel, who is overseeing the applications for the GFW producer pool? Just want to know who to address the letter to please. Thanks!

17.04.2025 16:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Villa unbeaten at home in their first Champions League/European Cup campaign since 1983.

We beat Bayern Munich, PSG and Celtic, and drew with Juventus.

It's been incredible.

#AVFC

15.04.2025 21:07 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Paid the price for the last minute goal in Paris and a very poor first half in the second leg.

But we can be proud of them for the first half in Paris and the second half tonight. Toe to toe with probably the best team in Europe.

Newcastle and Man City next. Easy, right?

#AVFC

15.04.2025 20:57 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Definitely took a while to settle in. I remember him giving interviews during international breaks complaining about being on the bench. Now we can't live without him.

13.04.2025 12:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Genuinely think Youri Tielemans may be the most underrated player in the Premier League right now.

#AVFC

13.04.2025 10:33 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Keir Starmer 1, Tinie Tempah 0.

12.04.2025 07:59 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Too good. Far, far too good.

PSG easily the best we've played all season. Relentless intensity, incredible movement to support the player on the ball. But what goes unnoticed is their hard work off the ball.

Phenomenal.

#AVFC

09.04.2025 20:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Five minutes of feeling on top of the world.

40 minutes of feeling absolutely terrified.

And there's another 135 minutes of this tie to go.

Come on, Villa

#AVFC

09.04.2025 19:51 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I have wavered between terrified and weirdly confident all day.

09.04.2025 17:12 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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