Chris Lepkowski
@chrislepkowski.bsky.social
Academic | sports journalist | author | comms
Birmingham City University sports journalism course director. Freelance, FWA member
Author: THE SLUM SPORT
Ghostwriter: THE THIRD DEGREE
Sport, media, football finance, politics
Birmingham City University sports journalism course director. Freelance, FWA member
Author: THE SLUM SPORT
Ghostwriter: THE THIRD DEGREE
Sport, media, football finance, politics
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The first batch of THE SLUM SPORT pre-orders are on their way in the post.
🛒If you wish to order, please go to curtis-sport.com/all-programmes…
🖋If you wish to buy an author-signed copy, please DM me directly.
🔎Alternatively type The Slum Sport into your search engine to find link
🛒If you wish to order, please go to curtis-sport.com/all-programmes…
🖋If you wish to buy an author-signed copy, please DM me directly.
🔎Alternatively type The Slum Sport into your search engine to find link
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November 12, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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This Sunday's podcast guest is @chrislepkowski.bsky.social discussing his new book on the pivotal 1985/86 season
Was this the genesis of the Prem?
Sub/catch up wherever you get your podcasts...
Was this the genesis of the Prem?
Sub/catch up wherever you get your podcasts...
November 12, 2025 at 7:23 PM
This Sunday's podcast guest is @chrislepkowski.bsky.social discussing his new book on the pivotal 1985/86 season
Was this the genesis of the Prem?
Sub/catch up wherever you get your podcasts...
Was this the genesis of the Prem?
Sub/catch up wherever you get your podcasts...
Interesting piece here by Dan Roan.
Also, a prime example of why the PL will struggle with TBA.
Rearrange the following into a sentence: christmas, vote, don't, turkeys, for.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Also, a prime example of why the PL will struggle with TBA.
Rearrange the following into a sentence: christmas, vote, don't, turkeys, for.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
November 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Interesting piece here by Dan Roan.
Also, a prime example of why the PL will struggle with TBA.
Rearrange the following into a sentence: christmas, vote, don't, turkeys, for.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Also, a prime example of why the PL will struggle with TBA.
Rearrange the following into a sentence: christmas, vote, don't, turkeys, for.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
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🎄Christmas present idea alert!
THE SLUM SPORT - the story of the 1985/86 football season is now available.
✒️For an author-signed copy please contact me via DM.
🛒Or to buy a copy from the publishers please follow this link.
www.curtis-sport.com/all-programm...
THE SLUM SPORT - the story of the 1985/86 football season is now available.
✒️For an author-signed copy please contact me via DM.
🛒Or to buy a copy from the publishers please follow this link.
www.curtis-sport.com/all-programm...
November 10, 2025 at 4:14 PM
🎄Christmas present idea alert!
THE SLUM SPORT - the story of the 1985/86 football season is now available.
✒️For an author-signed copy please contact me via DM.
🛒Or to buy a copy from the publishers please follow this link.
www.curtis-sport.com/all-programm...
THE SLUM SPORT - the story of the 1985/86 football season is now available.
✒️For an author-signed copy please contact me via DM.
🛒Or to buy a copy from the publishers please follow this link.
www.curtis-sport.com/all-programm...
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Maybe Nigel Farage should refuse to appear on the BBC in protest.
November 10, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Maybe Nigel Farage should refuse to appear on the BBC in protest.
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There are just two more episodes to go in the latest series of the Outside Write podcast before I take a break and return in the spring.
They are:
16/11 🏴 @chrislepkowski.bsky.social on the pivotal 1985/86 season
23/11 🇫🇷 @simonbinns.bsky.social on Red Star Paris
Stay tuned...
They are:
16/11 🏴 @chrislepkowski.bsky.social on the pivotal 1985/86 season
23/11 🇫🇷 @simonbinns.bsky.social on Red Star Paris
Stay tuned...
November 10, 2025 at 6:59 PM
There are just two more episodes to go in the latest series of the Outside Write podcast before I take a break and return in the spring.
They are:
16/11 🏴 @chrislepkowski.bsky.social on the pivotal 1985/86 season
23/11 🇫🇷 @simonbinns.bsky.social on Red Star Paris
Stay tuned...
They are:
16/11 🏴 @chrislepkowski.bsky.social on the pivotal 1985/86 season
23/11 🇫🇷 @simonbinns.bsky.social on Red Star Paris
Stay tuned...
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I agree. This isn't about good or bad documentary making. This is about accepting facts or not. If the government would rather bend the knee to tyrants than protect free speech, they are themselves a danger to democracy.
November 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I agree. This isn't about good or bad documentary making. This is about accepting facts or not. If the government would rather bend the knee to tyrants than protect free speech, they are themselves a danger to democracy.
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I wonder when he will start suing news outlets for describing his barefaced lies about the 2020 election as barefaced lies…
November 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I wonder when he will start suing news outlets for describing his barefaced lies about the 2020 election as barefaced lies…
🎄Christmas present idea alert!
THE SLUM SPORT - the story of the 1985/86 football season is now available.
✒️For an author-signed copy please contact me via DM.
🛒Or to buy a copy from the publishers please follow this link.
www.curtis-sport.com/all-programm...
THE SLUM SPORT - the story of the 1985/86 football season is now available.
✒️For an author-signed copy please contact me via DM.
🛒Or to buy a copy from the publishers please follow this link.
www.curtis-sport.com/all-programm...
November 10, 2025 at 4:14 PM
🎄Christmas present idea alert!
THE SLUM SPORT - the story of the 1985/86 football season is now available.
✒️For an author-signed copy please contact me via DM.
🛒Or to buy a copy from the publishers please follow this link.
www.curtis-sport.com/all-programm...
THE SLUM SPORT - the story of the 1985/86 football season is now available.
✒️For an author-signed copy please contact me via DM.
🛒Or to buy a copy from the publishers please follow this link.
www.curtis-sport.com/all-programm...
I can't stop looking at this. It is Tosh.
Waiting for adidas to produce a Viv Martella, and Nike to launch their Burnside Burners. #toerag
Waiting for adidas to produce a Viv Martella, and Nike to launch their Burnside Burners. #toerag
Got these new trainers today but I can't get it out of my head that they look like fuckin DC Tosh Lines from The Bill
November 9, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I can't stop looking at this. It is Tosh.
Waiting for adidas to produce a Viv Martella, and Nike to launch their Burnside Burners. #toerag
Waiting for adidas to produce a Viv Martella, and Nike to launch their Burnside Burners. #toerag
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Fifa showing FIFPro the finger by creating yet another of those pretend forums filled with "legends", bypassing the trade union which represents 65,000 professional players worldwide. FIFPro could bring the house of Gianni down if it put its mind to it. It won't.
November 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Fifa showing FIFPro the finger by creating yet another of those pretend forums filled with "legends", bypassing the trade union which represents 65,000 professional players worldwide. FIFPro could bring the house of Gianni down if it put its mind to it. It won't.
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Nothing to add here.
November 9, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Nothing to add here.
In fact the best Eurythmics songs was this 'before they were famous' goth-like track from 1980ish called Never Gonna Cry Again
youtu.be/0k-OmFXL3JI?...
youtu.be/0k-OmFXL3JI?...
Never Gonna Cry Again (2018 Remastered)
YouTube video by Eurythmics - Topic
youtu.be
November 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
In fact the best Eurythmics songs was this 'before they were famous' goth-like track from 1980ish called Never Gonna Cry Again
youtu.be/0k-OmFXL3JI?...
youtu.be/0k-OmFXL3JI?...
The Eurythmics. Or the Rythmics, as they've been known since Brexit
November 7, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The Eurythmics. Or the Rythmics, as they've been known since Brexit
Kylie's world colliding with "'Allo 'Allo!"
November 7, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Kylie's world colliding with "'Allo 'Allo!"
Tanita Tikaram. My brilliant musically-blessed cousin toured with her last year. She's a wonderful person by all accounts (as is my cousin) #totp
November 7, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Tanita Tikaram. My brilliant musically-blessed cousin toured with her last year. She's a wonderful person by all accounts (as is my cousin) #totp
Tusk! Now you're talking; what a song. Ending on a high after some utter horrors. But then they cut it off before the good bit. Ffs #totp
November 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Tusk! Now you're talking; what a song. Ending on a high after some utter horrors. But then they cut it off before the good bit. Ffs #totp
The word 'eclectic' was created for this 1979 Totp play list. Something for everyone...
November 7, 2025 at 8:12 PM
The word 'eclectic' was created for this 1979 Totp play list. Something for everyone...
What an absolute legend Alan Carr is for choosing the Neuroblastoma charity for #CelebrityTraitors.
November 7, 2025 at 5:57 PM
What an absolute legend Alan Carr is for choosing the Neuroblastoma charity for #CelebrityTraitors.
Liverpool's 1985/86 is one of the great stories of Kenny Dalglish's illustrious career.
Gary Gillespie takes THE SLUM SPORT into the dressing room of a team that would win the League and FA Cup double under their rookie player-manager.
Links to THE SLUM SPORT below ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Gary Gillespie takes THE SLUM SPORT into the dressing room of a team that would win the League and FA Cup double under their rookie player-manager.
Links to THE SLUM SPORT below ⬇️⬇️⬇️
November 7, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Liverpool's 1985/86 is one of the great stories of Kenny Dalglish's illustrious career.
Gary Gillespie takes THE SLUM SPORT into the dressing room of a team that would win the League and FA Cup double under their rookie player-manager.
Links to THE SLUM SPORT below ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Gary Gillespie takes THE SLUM SPORT into the dressing room of a team that would win the League and FA Cup double under their rookie player-manager.
Links to THE SLUM SPORT below ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, reportedly earned $16 billion in 2024 from ads connected to fraudulent products and scams.
When flagged, internal systems didn't pull those spots in all cases — sometimes, Meta simply charged scammers more.
When flagged, internal systems didn't pull those spots in all cases — sometimes, Meta simply charged scammers more.
Meta projected 10% of 2024 revenue came from scams and banned goods, Reuters reports
The report shows that the company was hesitant to crack down harder on scams, due to the billions in revenue that they were generating for Meta....
sherwood.news
November 6, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, reportedly earned $16 billion in 2024 from ads connected to fraudulent products and scams.
When flagged, internal systems didn't pull those spots in all cases — sometimes, Meta simply charged scammers more.
When flagged, internal systems didn't pull those spots in all cases — sometimes, Meta simply charged scammers more.
Sad news. What an actress.
"Chips and friggin egg..."
"Chips and friggin egg..."
November 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Sad news. What an actress.
"Chips and friggin egg..."
"Chips and friggin egg..."