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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Walk 100 Miles in March for Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation
Help Arlene Finnigan raise money to support Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation
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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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February 11, 2026 at 2:09 PM
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First Anne, now Thomas. The Franks have had it tough
February 11, 2026 at 10:45 AM
First Anne, now Thomas. The Franks have had it tough
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In which @willholdaway.bsky.social compares the Rothwells to the politburo. #oafc
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www.notreallyheremedia.com/news/oldham-...
Latics diary: It was nice while it lasted, The big question
Just 21 days ago, I wrote on these pages that Latics could mount a promotion play-off challenge with the remaining fixtures – that the players were good enough, that the club was entitled to think of ...
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February 10, 2026 at 2:53 PM
In which @willholdaway.bsky.social compares the Rothwells to the politburo. #oafc
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www.notreallyheremedia.com/news/oldham-...
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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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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.
unexpecteddelirium.substack.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:31 AM
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 :-)
unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/the-footba...
Please share if you're able to :-)
unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/the-footba...
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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
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.
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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www.weareoldham.co.uk/post/u-s-sto...
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 ...
www.weareoldham.co.uk
February 7, 2026 at 8:08 AM
On your way to Swindon? You must be mental. Pour yourselves another Jager and read this week's @oldhamfanmedia.bsky.social blog. #oafc
www.weareoldham.co.uk/post/u-s-sto...
www.weareoldham.co.uk/post/u-s-sto...
@captainflack.bsky.social thanks for the repost!
February 2, 2026 at 7:26 PM
@captainflack.bsky.social thanks for the repost!
@evertonthesitcom.bsky.social thanks for the repost!
February 2, 2026 at 7:25 PM
@evertonthesitcom.bsky.social thanks for the repost!
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/...
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
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/...
www.justgiving.com/fundraising/...
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Reposted by Arlene Finnigan 💙
Reposted by Arlene Finnigan 💙
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.
unexpecteddelirium.substack.com
February 1, 2026 at 12:11 PM
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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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...
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
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...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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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
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
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk
January 31, 2026 at 9:47 AM
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
Truly bleak report here
Well at least it's a normal KO time today. This week's blog for @oldhamfanmedia.bsky.social. #oafc
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www.weareoldham.co.uk/post/y-all-b...
Y'all been warned about them killa Bees on the swarm
Ugh. Lunchtime kick offs are shit. I guess they’re even shitter if you got up in the middle of the night in order to be in north London for midday. Thoughts and prayers with you poor bastards.And it a...
www.weareoldham.co.uk
January 31, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Well at least it's a normal KO time today. This week's blog for @oldhamfanmedia.bsky.social. #oafc
www.weareoldham.co.uk/post/y-all-b...
www.weareoldham.co.uk/post/y-all-b...
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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
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".
Excellent preview of tomorrow's game, and lots of numbers, from @willholdaway.bsky.social #oafc
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www.notreallyheremedia.com/news/sport/l...
Latics v Cambridge United preview: time running out for promotion push
One valuable lesson I learned from James Reade, professor of economics at Reading University, Latics academic board member, Boundary Bulletin contributor and massive Latics fan, was to tell fortunes w...
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January 30, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Excellent preview of tomorrow's game, and lots of numbers, from @willholdaway.bsky.social #oafc
www.notreallyheremedia.com/news/sport/l...
www.notreallyheremedia.com/news/sport/l...
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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
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💙📚
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This is brilliant and you should read it.
Wrote something about Baker Street last night. Thanks to @emilyoram.bsky.social for the (unintentional) reminder to get this written.
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open.substack.com/pub/unexpect...
The Soundtrack to my Life: You're Crying, You're Crying Now
There are many reasons why Baker Street by Gerry Rafferty means so much to me, and none of them are particularly healthy.
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January 29, 2026 at 12:46 PM
This is brilliant and you should read it.
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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.
unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/the-footba...
unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/the-footba...
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.
unexpecteddelirium.substack.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:53 PM
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.
unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/the-footba...
unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/the-footba...