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Arlene Finnigan 💙
@arlenefinnigan.bsky.social
NHS worker. #oafc season ticket holder. Understandably angry at the world. 'Obscene blog writer' for @oldhamfanmedia.bsky.social. Leftwing feminazi. She/her #jft97
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I'm walking 100 Miles In March to support the great work that @roycastle.bsky.social do in memory of my mum and dad. Any donations or shares very much appreciated.

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Walk 100 Miles in March for Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation
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First Anne, now Thomas. The Franks have had it tough
February 11, 2026 at 10:45 AM
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This week's podcast is upon us, featuring hospitals in the 1970s, a weekend of more questions than answers, and the stereotypical footballers you get in the EFL. Join @samwhyte.bsky.social and I for more.

Please share if you're able to :-)

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The Football Kickback: What is Chas & Dave?
Listen now | On this week's Football Kickback, are Brighton in decline, are Saudi Arabia losing interest in Newcastle, and are Spurs going down this season? So many questions, and so little time.
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February 10, 2026 at 10:31 AM
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There are so many hospitals with norovirus outbreaks at the moment. Please remember to WASH your hands with soap and water. It's a savage illness and hand sanitiser doesn't kill noro.
February 8, 2026 at 8:40 PM
On your way to Swindon? You must be mental. Pour yourselves another Jager and read this week's @oldhamfanmedia.bsky.social blog. #oafc

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U's stole the sun from my heart
ARRRRRRRGH WHAT IN THE NAME OF FUCK WAS THAT?It’s hard to remember, or to believe it, now, but I swear, we were honestly the better team in the first half v Cambridge Utd. We’re the only team to have ...
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February 7, 2026 at 8:08 AM
@captainflack.bsky.social thanks for the repost!
February 2, 2026 at 7:26 PM
@evertonthesitcom.bsky.social thanks for the repost!
February 2, 2026 at 7:25 PM
I'm walking 100 Miles In March to support the great work that @roycastle.bsky.social do in memory of my mum and dad. Any donations or shares very much appreciated.

www.justgiving.com/fundraising/...
Walk 100 Miles in March for Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation
Help Arlene Finnigan raise money to support Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation
www.justgiving.com
February 2, 2026 at 7:04 PM
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Christmas Day.
February 2, 2026 at 3:58 PM
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This weekend's match sees me rename a cat, take in some live music, and watch a game which I didn't expect to be any good, but which actually turned out to be pretty diverting. It's time for Carshalton Athletic vs Whitehawk.

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The Weekend Match: Carshalton Athletic 2-2 Whitehawk - There Once Were Lots of Trains to Catch, but Soon There Will be None
This week, I refuse to misgender a cat and end up watching an afternoon of football far more entertaining than I thought it would be.
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February 1, 2026 at 12:11 PM
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While on the one hand I think queuing at pubs represents the death of society, there is an upside because I really enjoy ignoring everyone in the queue and going to the bar where staff are literally stood waiting to serve you

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
‘It’s ridiculous’: publicans bemused by rise of single-file queues to get served
Bar owners say they struggle to dissuade people from forming a line as behavioural experts point to post-pandemic ‘new norms’
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2026 at 8:06 PM
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In case you are wondering how the NHS is doing, one Merseyside hospital has so many patients in corridors that it’s asking non-clinical staff to volunteer time to sit with them

Truly bleak report here
'Mayhem' at hospital with volunteers asked to sit with patients in corridors
Concerning scenes continue at the hospital where ambulances are queuing up outside and where an elderly woman died alone on a trolley
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January 31, 2026 at 9:47 AM
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MATCH FORECAST ⚽

Oldham Athletic v Cambridge Utd FC

Cloudy with rain coming and going. Cold breeze.

7°C #oafc
January 30, 2026 at 4:56 PM
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Every time I walk past the antivaxxers stall in town it never gets less funny to me that they've got a massive poster claiming that the, alive and well, Shaka Hislop is among the "victims of the vaccine".
January 30, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Your life isn't shit because of identity politics, your life is shit because of capitalism, and the left needs reminding of this more than anyone. Ash Sarkar argues this, and backs it up with research and evidence, far better than me. #BookSky💙📚
January 29, 2026 at 2:24 PM
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This is brilliant and you should read it.
January 29, 2026 at 12:46 PM
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This week's podcast is upon us, including being sick all over your dad, buying a plastic duck bill in an altered state and - OH YES! - some football.

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The Football Kickback: A Jim Ratcliffe Rubber Face-Mask
This week's Football Kickback features Brent Cross Shopping Centre, being sick all over your dad, and why you have to temper expectations if you want to wear club colours to a wedding.
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January 28, 2026 at 12:53 PM