@drdavewebber.bsky.social
#6MusicDad to Daniel, Evie, and Reuben. A lifelong Red playing on the Left. Thinks a lot and writes a bit on the political economy of football.
Itโs fucking disgusting
29.07.2025 17:47 โ ๐ 49 ๐ 10 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Owen here, channeling his inner Alan โneedless to sayโฆโ Partridge.
The dick.
This. ๐๐ป
29.07.2025 19:35 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0The โSave the Unbornโ and โMarch for Lifeโ protestors are out in force for this, right?
Right?
Thereโs doing the things the hard wayโฆand then thereโs the Lionessesโ way.
My word. ๐ฎโ๐จ
Remember when everyone was falling over themselves to tell us how amazing and โproperโ Leicesterโs owners were. Real fairytale stuff.
22.07.2025 10:22 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
๐ฃ New BJPIR article out now!
'Demystifying sportswashing: An assemblage theory perspective on authoritarian statesโ investment in global sport' by Paul Michael Brannagan, Jonathan Grix & Alessio Norrito
Find the full article in #OpenAccess here: buff.ly/zjv7m4s
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
Now *that* is a penalty shootout. Incredible quality from both France and Germany.
What a performance from Ann-Katrin Berger ๐ฅ๐งค
How the hell have England won that.
17.07.2025 21:50 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Weโve reached the point where taking penalties really should be on the school curriculum.
17.07.2025 21:49 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Forget the hype, the ticket fiasco, the cash-ins and the collaborationsโฆ the only thing that mattered last night was the music. And Oasis returned to Manchester at the peak of their considerable powers.
13.07.2025 17:27 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
On the 35th anniversary of the final of Italia โ90, now is as good a time as any to plug my chapter in โWorld Cup!โ.
It offers a Gramscian analysis of the cultural politics of โNessun Dormaโ, โWorld In Motionโ and the trasformismo of English football that followed.
vernonpress.com/book/2320
Kinda sounds a lot like a ghetto or a concentration campโฆand youโd have thought the Israelis of all people would know where that ends up.
But then again, maybe thatโs the idea.
"Heโll always be alive to us. Heโll always be 28 in our hearts. Heโll always be lifting that trophy, those trophies. Heโll always wear the number 20. He always did lead us to victory."
โ๏ธ @thecenci.bsky.social's column...
Read here ๐
Weโve all sat in conferences and workshops with whoppers like these. โYeah, more of a comment than a questionโฆโ
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The BBC giving this Oasis show in Cardiff the Saturday afternoon Final Score treatment is quite possibly the maddest part of this reunion - but Iโm here for it!
04.07.2025 19:34 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0FIFA is rarely a decent judge of morality but theyโve outdone themselves here. Quite how one member association can be responsible for the genocide of another and yet remain part of the FIFA โfamilyโ is obscene.
04.07.2025 18:36 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Remembering two lads from Portugal. Rest easy Diogo and Andre.
YNWA
On sad days, do what makes your soul happy.
@thecharlatans.bsky.social
Beautiful tribute to a brilliant footballer and exceptional man.
โBetter than Figo, dontcha knowโฆโ
RIP you magician.
"a theater of the absurd, where the PM and the media commentariat dedicate more energy and column inches to condemning a chant at a music festival than the unconscionable violence that Israel perpetrates against Palestinians every single day" @emhilton.bsky.social www.972mag.com/uk-idf-music...
02.07.2025 08:12 โ ๐ 9 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Obviously no actual crime going on in Avon & Somerset.
This country is losing its mind ...
As an aside, you should have all been listening to Bob Vylan aaaaages ago. โMakes Me Violentโ is an astonishing critique of UK capitalism, culture and inequality.
30.06.2025 10:29 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Ohhh, looky-here. I swear the capitalists will be the death of football.
30.06.2025 10:26 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0The BBC, the tabloid rags and the UK government are angrier this morning about two artists theyโd never even heard of on Friday than an actual genocide thatโs been happening for *years*.
Free Palestine now and always. ๐ต๐ธ
Thankfully notโฆbut only because it would have *ruined* me! ๐
29.06.2025 19:49 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Meanwhile, Lana Del Rey played a blinder at Anfield last night. An astonishing show.
29.06.2025 16:06 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0How on earth is โdeath to the IDFโ in any way anti-Semitic? Thatโs like claiming โdeath to the SSโ is โanti-Germanโ.
The very idea of the IDF, its ethno-fascist ideology and its instrumentation in the genocide of the Palestinian people, is an affront to any peace loving Jewish person.
So let me get this straight.
We have an *actual* human rights lawyer as Prime Minister (1) continuing to arm a genocide, (2) proscribing non-violent protest, and (3) demanding, in The S*n โnewspaperโ of all places, an artist be banned from freely expressing their legitimately held political views.
