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Ex pro footballer Man Utd/ Exeter City. Finished young with injury. PhD. CPsychol. Senior Lecturer. BBC Radio co-comms for ECFC. Man Utd fan. Never give up 🙏 #mentalhealth #autism ‘From Red to Read’ Book link👇 https://amzn.eu/d/6PQ0gOB
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29.10.2025 17:34 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
100%! The road less travelled is the path of a warrior!
29.10.2025 17:07 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0I will be recording Episode 2 of Inside Soccer over the next week or so 👍 🎤 The next guest is Dr Thomas Buck and we will be discussing the topic of mental health/ mental health support within football academies. Please give us a listen ❤️
28.10.2025 10:40 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0"I have decided, as I always have, to put my duty to my family and the country first."
What absolute horse shit.
The first episode of Inside Soccer is out! The guest is Dr Mark Nesti, a sport psychologist who has worked extensively with players in the Premier League🎙️ The link to Mark’s new book that we discuss is below:
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Remembering my dear twin brother Kev who tragically lost his life to sepsis 5 years ago today, 16th October, 2020 💔 An absolute hammer blow for all the family as he was only 48 years old 😢 I hope we’re all making you proud and may you stay Forever Young. RIP 🙏🌹
16.10.2025 07:18 — 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
A huge heavyweight club tussle taking place in the North this weekend……..…….…..Stockport County v Exeter City ☺️
Please join myself and the brill James Vickery/ Jed Penberthy for build up and live match commentary on BBC Radio Devon Sport 📻 🎤
Cmon The Grecians! 👊👊 #ecfc
I’ll be recording my first episode for youtube.com/@insidesocce... tomorrow evening. It’s with Dr Mark Nesti, a psychologist who has worked with PL players. We’ll discuss Mark’s work and also his new book. It will be posted on the site over the next few days 👍 #InsideSoccer
13.10.2025 16:15 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I can give you the bottom two!
Andy Cook and Danny Bailey and Ian Thompstone. The Ian Thompstone pic may well have been my football league debut.
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10.10.2025 07:16 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0I’ve set up a You Tube channel called Inside Soccer ❤️ I’ll have a chat with a guest each week (or bi-weekly) about current topics within the game. First up is Dr Mark Nesti and supporting players psychologically in the PL. Mark will also discuss his latest book. Coming soon 👍
02.10.2025 06:31 — 👍 5 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 1
Looking forwards to getting back behind the mic on Saturday with the brilliant Ant Wareing and James Vickery for Lincoln City v Exeter City live on BBC Radio Devon Sport 📻 🎤
The Grecians desperately need something to get their season moving! I hope we can bring some luck 🍀
Cmon 👊👊
When entering a club full time at 16 (incorporating the 4 football leagues), it’s approx 6/100 (6%) who will go on to make at least 25 league/ cup appearances.
If starting the journey from under 9s, it’s approx 1/1000 (0.1%) who will do it.
An incredibly tough industry!
Very humbled to pick up an unsung hero award at the 2025 UCFB Manchester staff conference ☺️
Everyone at UCFB is an unsung hero! This is for all of us! I’m privileged to work in a fantastic team alongside some brilliant academics, top people and some super talented students! ❤️
Word Suicide Prevention Day
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If you’re not heading up, we’d love you Grecians to join us for Rotherham v Exeter City on BBC Radio Devon Sport 📻 🎤
Build up starts at 2pm with the main man James Vickery and then into live commentary from 3pm with myself and the brill Anthony Wareing.
Cmon The Grecians 👊👊 #ecfc
The ‘glorious twelfth.’ Grouse shooting commences if that’s your bag! What better way to celebrate its anniversary by digging out this banger of a goal from the Charity Shield of 1967. How can you not smile at Denis Law’s body swerve ☺️ What a goal and what great commentary! ❤️🇾🇪
12.08.2025 19:15 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1That’s very kind of you to say. Thank you.
10.08.2025 15:05 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0While Man Utd/Exeter City fans are in a good mood re The Snapdragon Cup/ a superb 3 league points, I’ll throw in a shameless plug ha ha! ☺️ There are only 5 books left ‘From Red to Read’ on Amazon! It would mean the absolute world to sell these out! A bargain at £12.72! 🙏❤️
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Some atmosphere today, Grecians 🔥
#ECFC #SemperFidelis
Really looking forwards to Doncaster Rovers v Exeter City tomorrow. I love the 1st game of the season! Passion, hope, anticipation, wonder, optimism!
Join myself and the brill Ant Wareing for build up/ live match commentary on BBC Radio Devon Sport with James Vickery 📻 🎤
Cmon The Grecians! #ecfc
If you fancy a read in the garden, the park or at the side of the pool this summer please give this a shot! 📕 ✈️ ☀️🏝️
Only 13 left in stock! Limited time deal!
A % of any royalties made are donated to @ManchesterMind every year
Pls RT 🙏 #mufc #ecfc
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It would have been Aidy Doherty’s 52nd birthday today. Many youth watchers at the time thought he was as good as Giggsy, but la forza del destino took him elsewhere. Tragically died at only 26 yrs old, the 25th anniversary of this being yesterday. May you stay forever young 🙏 #mufc
10.06.2025 09:56 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
We need help with all our work.In the museum, helping with opening times, administration and with our online archive. Researchers, archivists and statisticians. Selling on EBay, Can you scan programmes or digitise media.
26.05.2025 08:10 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0I had some very humbling feedback about my book on Saturday ☺️ If you’re after a little Father’s Day gift or fancy a read around 80s/90s Man Utd/ ECFC football culture/ mental health challenges following serious injury pls give it a shot! ❤️
A % of any royalties made sent to Mind 🙏
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Having completed the reformatting of all men’s and women’s match reports, For the women’s games there are a number of gaps.
Can anyone help? Press cuttings, programmes anything.
grecianarchive.exeter.ac.uk/search?query...
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#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
4/05/93
A 1-1 draw v Port Vale ended in controversy and pushed Exeter towards a nail biting final match of the season away at Fulham in order to stay up
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Another season done with BBC Radio Devon, Exeter City northern summarising. 6 years and counting! A bit up and down with some good stuff/ some not so good stuff. Like life! They say sport is the mirror of it! A pleasure to work with the brill James Vickery Ant Wareing, Jim Dale and Jed Penberthy 📻 🎤
03.05.2025 19:31 — 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Off to OT and the Man Utd ex players association 40th year anniversary dinner. Andy Cole is the guest of honour and Gary Neville speaking too ❤️🇾🇪
24.04.2025 17:02 — 👍 15 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
