@scraggy74.bsky.social
Author of A Tournament Frozen in Time, Where the Cool Kids Hung Out, The Undisputed Champions of Europe, In the Heat of the Midday Sun and Euro 88. Podcast host and occasional talking head on various radio stations.
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Author @scraggy74.bsky.social gives his first hand account of #LiverpoolFC chaotic 2004/05 season, as Rafael BenΓtez attempted to build a team fit for Champions League glory amid an incredible injury crisisβ½οΈππ
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#UCL #LFC #YNWA #BookSky
THE SLUM SPORT: Chapter 12; Slave to the Rhythm
@evertonfc.com adjust to life sans Andy Gray as Gary Lineker checks into Goodison Park
A monumental title dice, open bus tours, impromptu toilet visits & much more
ποΈGraeme Sharp & Derek Mountfield do the talking
The story of #EFC and 1985/86
www.pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/there-a... My sixth book is now available. Liverpool 2004/05, the glory and dysfunction of a campaign that brought Champions League success in the most dramatic way possible, offset by domestic difficulties, plus managerial and squad upheaval. Spread the good word.
29.09.2025 09:48 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Ey up, it's a South Yorkshire feast for you, as @themagicofthecup.bsky.social & @scraggy74.bsky.social pore over the delights of Sheffield Wednesday vs Barnsley. This is meat and potatoes. Tuck in, son. Tuck in. Fred Dinenage, take it away... yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/197980-par...
11.07.2025 09:47 β π 1 π 2 π¬ 0 π 1
WOAH, what's this!? We are in Dallas superstar JR Ewing appearing on Knots Landing territory here...
@allbluedaze.bsky.social talks us through his 1980s as the @ybtahoab.bsky.social team welcomes its newest member.
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#QPR vs #Burnley.
π§€17-year-old gloveman Billy OβRourke mans the Burnley goal and finds himself elevated to the YBTAHOAB Hall of Fame by the end of the game.
At @ybtahoab.bsky.social we're embracing the football of the 1980s with a wide-eyed wonderment. Module 7 has taken us to the West Midlands, for the spectacular misadventures, post-1982 European Cup at Villa Park, along with accompanying self-destructions at St Andrew's, The Hawthorns, and Molineux.
12.06.2025 12:59 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1
yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/module-3-a... Module 3 of Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating takes in the 1980-1983 span of Alex Ferguson's Aberdeen years. Scottish champions in 1979/80, to the glory of Gothenburg and the 1983 European Cup Winners' Cup. Join us, and spread the word.
13.05.2025 11:16 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Module 2 of Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating takes us to the opening day of the 1988/89 season. Me and Stu Horsfield take a deep delve on late postponements, hat-tricks, the flood of ITV money into the First Division, a lack of actually coverage, and what to record illegally from the Top 40.
09.05.2025 08:18 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
substack.com/@yourboystoo... It's Friday afternoon, you need something to help the last few hours of the working week melt away, and we've got you covered. Join @aidanwilliams74.bsky.social and @scraggy74.bsky.social for Module 1 of Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating. 1980sTastic.
02.05.2025 12:27 β π 4 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0Its a gloriously sunny afternoon. We reckon you should down tools and give this a listen. Scattered among the topics of conversation are Robert Maxwell, the ratio in composition of Subbuteo player to trophy, plus the Top 40, TV guide and back page headlines from the week beginning August 11, 1986.
30.04.2025 13:25 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/module-1-e... We present you with MODULE 1 of Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating, the definitive 1980s football podcast. This week's teachings sees the 1986 Charity Shield put under the microscope by @aidanwilliams74.bsky.social and @scraggy74.bsky.social
30.04.2025 08:41 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 1 π 1
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygVg... Yes it is Archie, indeed it is...
29.04.2025 08:23 β π 0 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/pun-ditry-... "That is certainly a booking"...
29.04.2025 08:21 β π 1 π 3 π¬ 1 π 0
As days go, that was off the scale...
27.04.2025 19:29 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Whether you wear spectacles or not, everything is rose tinted around Anfield this afternoon...
27.04.2025 15:09 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
I said. Liverpool Vs. Tottenham Hotspur it is then.
27.04.2025 09:47 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Liverpool Vs. Tottenham Hotspur it is then.
27.04.2025 09:45 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Udg... It was more than alright on the night though.
27.04.2025 08:38 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/prediction... Tony Gubba had profound doubts that Italy could win the the 1982 World Cup, and to be fair, he wasn't a lone voice... Liam Brady felt they were in with a shout though.
27.04.2025 08:36 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0Something is happening... Hop aboard.
25.04.2025 19:27 β π 2 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0DROPPING SUNDAYποΈ
@miguellpereira.bsky.social joins me for a second time to discuss his new book on #Spain πͺπΈ
π£οΈ Regional identity and football
β½οΈ Rise of Spanish coaches
ποΈ Groundhopping
...and much more!
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Here's a taster...
Our Mo. The absolute fella.
11.04.2025 09:36 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Didn't feel the nerves that some seemed to be feeling about tonight's game. We are where we deserve to be. 13 points to go.
02.04.2025 21:36 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba... Due to be the unique way in which the BBC is funded...
26.03.2025 14:38 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Like I said at half time...
05.03.2025 21:58 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0In total control of this, Reds...
05.03.2025 20:54 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1That was a massively grown up performance from the Reds there.
23.02.2025 18:40 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Liverpool are the only team that can now break the 90-point barrier in the Premier League this season.
22.02.2025 17:36 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Atalanta and Club Brugge putting on magnificent madness of a game.
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