Aubrey

(Now if only Fabian could twig that Georgi is an incisive, intelligent 10 and stop playing him up front, we'd be in business.)

I will say, after the card on Joël, Hooper getting in Yasin's way, and us not getting the penalty for Yankuba getting kicked in the head, I was expecting the worst. But instead, enter Maxim de Cuyper and Daniel Nii Tackie Mensah Welbeck. So happy to see Dat Guy swimming in goals again. #BHAFC

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Yeah, needed that one. In a lot of ways, for a lot of reasons. Well done boys. Well fucking done. #BHAFC

Yeah, rather enjoyed that. #BHAFC

Diego Gomez, then. My word. #BHAFC

I'm hoping for this as well, some of the training footage of him has looked really promising.

Lot to be excited about/intrigued by here. Looking forward to seeing how they get on. #BHAFC

This niche observation by and for the average middle-aged comedy enjoyer is brought to you by someone who happened upon an absolute fucking armada of baby spiders just inside the back door earlier today and was like, wasn't there an Adam and Joe story about this? A wee google later and here we are.

Citations needed, you say? 1. www.youtube.com/watch?v=txtE... 2. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgsH... It all tracks with young Elis working for a homeless charity and, you know, being the type of man who would say 'sorry to be the bringer of spiders'.

In news directly from 2009, it would seem that the subject of the 'sorry to be the bringer of the spiders' story from Adam and Joe is actually Elis James? What a world.

WHAT A WIN FOR THE ALBION! 🙌

We're so lucky to have him. I just have zero time for James Milner slander. What a penalty, what a man. #BHAFC

Yeah, didn't mind that. Good vibes. #BHAFC

It’s #BHAFC v #Wolfsburg today. The 24-page programme is a banger, with a fantastic Jamie Eke creation on the cover. Each cover this season will be a different image of
@officialbhafc.bsky.social programmes from over the years, in the run up to the 125th anniversary of the club’s formation

Oh Dan, I'm so sorry. Every time you and Maureen got dog talking, it was always so clear how much Spotty was loved. Condolences to you and yours.

Well. I've seen better endings to tournaments recently. That's what I'll say about that. Pick yourself up and go again, Jore.

Yeah, Harry Howell's going to be a thing. A shot and a foul within 0.7 seconds of coming on. I hope he stays this much of a joy to watch, he's delightful. #BHAFC

Seeing as we're all talking about penalties at the minute, our Jorelyn Carabalí took an excellent one in Colombia's semi-final shootout victory v Argentina at Copa América Femenina last night. She's played every minute of the tournament, scoring one goal in open play as well as the penalty. #BHAFC

The gasp from me when Lucy Bronze said she'd played the entire tournament with a fractured tibia. Jesus Christ. JESUS CHRIST. She put away *that* penalty with a fractured fucking tibia. There will never, ever be another Lucia Roberta Tough Bronze. What a time to be alive.

Fucking saying this today of all days. Nonsense.

A TV screen with a red background and the word football in large white capital letters on it.

This might have been the worst tournament experience of my life. England, you've taken years off me. Thank you.

Wafcon final was madness, but it was good to see our new goalkeeper for a bit (neither of the goals were her fault as Nigeria's defenders absolutely fucked it). So while we lost a champion of Africa in Adingra, we've gained one in Nnadozie. Congratulations Chiamaka and welcome to the Albion! #BHAFC

Yeah, of course his age could make it more difficult, but here's hoping he'll be taking general recovery advice from the eternal James Milner.

Devastated at the news about Adam Webster. ACL injuries can get fucked. He was in such tremendous form at the end of last season and I was so looking forward to seeing that continue. Hope he knows we're all behind him, just like we were with Solly. Can't wait to see him come back stronger. #BHAFC

Spain. Sigh. But unlike last time, now we have a Michelle Agyemang (and ABJ and all the rest of the new little monsters). It's going to be a hell of a match or a match from hell. See you Sunday.

Unreal watching Michelle Agyemang yet again do a fucking job for England but also knowing that it's going to hurt so badly when she does a job against us in the WSL this season. Oh well. Get into them (whoever they end up being) on Sunday, Mich. #BHAFC

As footballing dynasties go, the Hinshelwoods take some beating. Wally played for #readingfc against #BHAFC in 1955, Martin managed us in 3 spells, Adam played for us in the late 2000s and now we have Jack, established first team player and U21 Euro winner. Crazy

I think about Elis's increasingly mad laughter in Beef Encounters more frequently than would be expected.