Chris Nee
@chrisnee.co.uk
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Chris Nee
@chrisnee.co.uk
· Sep 8
How Cardiac Risk in the Young are making football a safer place for young people
How the sudden and tragic death of an Everton teenager helped save dozens of lives…
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In 1995, Liverpool supporter and Lilleshall graduate John Marshall signed for Everton. He passed away on the day he was due to start life as a Toffee.
Through Cardiac Risk in the Young, The John Marshall Fund has raised more than £100,000. This is his story.
By me for @mundialmag.bsky.social
Through Cardiac Risk in the Young, The John Marshall Fund has raised more than £100,000. This is his story.
By me for @mundialmag.bsky.social
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Week 2 of the J1 100 Year Vision League is done and dusted and a thoroughly enjoyable week it was too.
Gōtoku Sakai's audacious volley was the first and best goal of the weekend as Vissel Kobe collected all three points with a 2-0 win over V-Varen Nagasaki in the West division.
Gōtoku Sakai's audacious volley was the first and best goal of the weekend as Vissel Kobe collected all three points with a 2-0 win over V-Varen Nagasaki in the West division.
February 15, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Week 2 of the J1 100 Year Vision League is done and dusted and a thoroughly enjoyable week it was too.
Gōtoku Sakai's audacious volley was the first and best goal of the weekend as Vissel Kobe collected all three points with a 2-0 win over V-Varen Nagasaki in the West division.
Gōtoku Sakai's audacious volley was the first and best goal of the weekend as Vissel Kobe collected all three points with a 2-0 win over V-Varen Nagasaki in the West division.
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This is how BBC Alba introduced Serie A 🥹
February 15, 2026 at 7:27 PM
This is how BBC Alba introduced Serie A 🥹
Week 2 of the J1 100 Year Vision League is done and dusted and a thoroughly enjoyable week it was too.
Gōtoku Sakai's audacious volley was the first and best goal of the weekend as Vissel Kobe collected all three points with a 2-0 win over V-Varen Nagasaki in the West division.
Gōtoku Sakai's audacious volley was the first and best goal of the weekend as Vissel Kobe collected all three points with a 2-0 win over V-Varen Nagasaki in the West division.
February 15, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Week 2 of the J1 100 Year Vision League is done and dusted and a thoroughly enjoyable week it was too.
Gōtoku Sakai's audacious volley was the first and best goal of the weekend as Vissel Kobe collected all three points with a 2-0 win over V-Varen Nagasaki in the West division.
Gōtoku Sakai's audacious volley was the first and best goal of the weekend as Vissel Kobe collected all three points with a 2-0 win over V-Varen Nagasaki in the West division.
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3️⃣ THE HOLY TRINITY 3️⃣
- The sad truth facing Aston Villa in the future
- VAR is still shit
- Tammy time
For paid subs, our Aston Villa v Newcastle United match conclusions.
🦁 | #AVFC | #UTV
- The sad truth facing Aston Villa in the future
- VAR is still shit
- Tammy time
For paid subs, our Aston Villa v Newcastle United match conclusions.
🦁 | #AVFC | #UTV
The Holy Trinity: Aston Villa conclusions from dismal FA Cup loss against Newcastle United
Villa exited the FA Cup in the fourth round after Marco Bizot's red card turned the tie in favour of Newcastle
www.astonvillareview.com
February 15, 2026 at 5:36 PM
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FA CUP PLAYER RATINGS.
- Bizot. Marco Bizot.
- Falling apart with ten men
- Tammy Abraham gets his goal
Our Aston Villa v Newcastle United ratings, courtesy of Jamie Cutteridge.
🦁 | #AVFC | #UTV
- Bizot. Marco Bizot.
- Falling apart with ten men
- Tammy Abraham gets his goal
Our Aston Villa v Newcastle United ratings, courtesy of Jamie Cutteridge.
🦁 | #AVFC | #UTV
Aston Villa player ratings as FA Cup quest ends in defeat to Newcastle United
Premier League opposition condemn ten-man Villa to an FA Cup exit in the fourth round
www.astonvillareview.com
February 15, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Latest Paste 👇🏻
Manchester United have been on a tear under Michael Carrick. I'm not surprised by that.
I am shocked – SHOCKED – to be enjoying Bruno Fernandes.
Here's the latest HPBP football newsletter.
I am shocked – SHOCKED – to be enjoying Bruno Fernandes.
Here's the latest HPBP football newsletter.
Manchester United are finally catching up with Bruno Fernandes
Michael Carrick has reinvigorated Manchester United in the image of his single-minded captain
hpbp.substack.com
February 13, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Latest Paste 👇🏻
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Manchester United have been on a tear under Michael Carrick. I'm not surprised by that.
I am shocked – SHOCKED – to be enjoying Bruno Fernandes.
Here's the latest HPBP football newsletter.
I am shocked – SHOCKED – to be enjoying Bruno Fernandes.
Here's the latest HPBP football newsletter.
Manchester United are finally catching up with Bruno Fernandes
Michael Carrick has reinvigorated Manchester United in the image of his single-minded captain
hpbp.substack.com
February 12, 2026 at 9:30 AM
Manchester United have been on a tear under Michael Carrick. I'm not surprised by that.
I am shocked – SHOCKED – to be enjoying Bruno Fernandes.
Here's the latest HPBP football newsletter.
I am shocked – SHOCKED – to be enjoying Bruno Fernandes.
Here's the latest HPBP football newsletter.
Manchester United have been on a tear under Michael Carrick. I'm not surprised by that.
I am shocked – SHOCKED – to be enjoying Bruno Fernandes.
Here's the latest HPBP football newsletter.
I am shocked – SHOCKED – to be enjoying Bruno Fernandes.
Here's the latest HPBP football newsletter.
Manchester United are finally catching up with Bruno Fernandes
Michael Carrick has reinvigorated Manchester United in the image of his single-minded captain
hpbp.substack.com
February 12, 2026 at 9:30 AM
Manchester United have been on a tear under Michael Carrick. I'm not surprised by that.
I am shocked – SHOCKED – to be enjoying Bruno Fernandes.
Here's the latest HPBP football newsletter.
I am shocked – SHOCKED – to be enjoying Bruno Fernandes.
Here's the latest HPBP football newsletter.
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ASTON VILLA PLAYER RATINGS.
- Tyrone Mings bags the winner
- Alysson's Villa debut
- Leon Bailey off the bench
Our free player ratings from Villa v Brighton & Hove Albion.
🦁 | #AVFC | #UTV
- Tyrone Mings bags the winner
- Alysson's Villa debut
- Leon Bailey off the bench
Our free player ratings from Villa v Brighton & Hove Albion.
🦁 | #AVFC | #UTV
Aston Villa player ratings as Tyrone Mings delivers a late Premier League win over Brighton
Villa rescued themselves from a disappointing evening in B6 to gain a couple of crucial points in the fight for the Champions League
www.astonvillareview.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:31 PM
The best.
A huge honour to be nominated for The Hugh McIlvanney Award for Sports Journalist of the Year at the annual Press Awards.
Everybody who starts writing about football (and is older than they would like) knows that name as one of the absolute greats.
Everybody who starts writing about football (and is older than they would like) knows that name as one of the absolute greats.
February 11, 2026 at 6:27 PM
The best.
Someone's going to be sending a lot of threatening LinkedIn messages to journalists tonight.
February 10, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Someone's going to be sending a lot of threatening LinkedIn messages to journalists tonight.
Not in Villa matches but everywhere else.
If the ref plays advantage you should be able to have a free foul to even things up.
Is that what people want? 😄
Is that what people want? 😄
February 8, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Not in Villa matches but everywhere else.
The best sport, even when it's being ruined.
February 8, 2026 at 6:34 PM
The best sport, even when it's being ruined.
The first week of the J1 100 Year Vision League Regional Round is in the books and it had a bit of everything including three red cards, an average of three goals per game and three penalties shoot-out.
February 8, 2026 at 3:47 PM
The first week of the J1 100 Year Vision League Regional Round is in the books and it had a bit of everything including three red cards, an average of three goals per game and three penalties shoot-out.
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ASTON VILLA PLAYER RATINGS.
- Morgan Rogers goal
- Timid in key areas
- More points dropped
Our free player ratings after the Premier League draw at Bournemouth. Villa need to get their shit together.
🦁 | #AVFC | #UTV
- Morgan Rogers goal
- Timid in key areas
- More points dropped
Our free player ratings after the Premier League draw at Bournemouth. Villa need to get their shit together.
🦁 | #AVFC | #UTV
Aston Villa player ratings after limp Premier League draw at Bournemouth
Villa's recent run of poor form continued on the south coast and Unai Emery needs to find the answer quickly
www.astonvillareview.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:59 PM
If you landed a spaceship on the pitch and the aliens were made out of cake, I still wouldn't see the point of Ref Cam.
February 7, 2026 at 1:50 PM
If you landed a spaceship on the pitch and the aliens were made out of cake, I still wouldn't see the point of Ref Cam.
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ASTON VILLA MATCH PREVIEW.
- Premier League form book
- Villa team news
- Me banging on about Bournemouth again
For paying subs, our AFC Bournemouth preview.
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- Premier League form book
- Villa team news
- Me banging on about Bournemouth again
For paying subs, our AFC Bournemouth preview.
🦁 | #AVFC | #UTV
Saturday at the seaside: Bournemouth v Aston Villa match preview and team news
Villa's Premier League results have faltered but a win against stabilising AFC Bournemouth would go a long way towards putting it right.
www.astonvillareview.com
February 7, 2026 at 12:34 PM
This belter starts tomorrow.
Japan's J.League is moving to an August-June calendar this year. What are those 60 teams going to do all year?
The answer is bold and clever and weird and fun – and expensive.
Introducing the magnificent Meiji Yasuda J1 100 Year Vision League.
The answer is bold and clever and weird and fun – and expensive.
Introducing the magnificent Meiji Yasuda J1 100 Year Vision League.
The J.League is in the middle of changing its football calendar in a World Cup year – this is the innovative plan to make it work
Introducing the 100 Year Vision League, the reward-laden bridge between J.League seasons
hpbp.substack.com
February 5, 2026 at 6:37 PM
This belter starts tomorrow.
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💥 NEW EPISODE 💥
In the latest Aston Villa Review podcast, we talk about the Premier League loss against Brentford.
I'll be honest: it's mostly me ranting about VAR more generally. WHAT FUN!
🦁 | #AVFC | #UTV
In the latest Aston Villa Review podcast, we talk about the Premier League loss against Brentford.
I'll be honest: it's mostly me ranting about VAR more generally. WHAT FUN!
🦁 | #AVFC | #UTV
Aston Villa Review: Villa beaten by Brentford thanks to scandalous VAR intervention
Villa are having a wobble in the Premier League and the last thing they needed was for their opponents to be let off the hook
www.astonvillareview.com
February 5, 2026 at 3:40 PM
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If there are no limits to our dreams, why do we keep telling everyone about them?
Aston Villa will only succeed with a no-excuses culture and that only works without excuses.
New on AVR for paying subscribers. Why not join them? It's cheap.
🦁 | #AVFC | #UTV
Aston Villa will only succeed with a no-excuses culture and that only works without excuses.
New on AVR for paying subscribers. Why not join them? It's cheap.
🦁 | #AVFC | #UTV
Aston Villa's 'no excuses' culture only works without excuses
Commitment to an ethos is serving Villa well in the Premier League but self-pity must not become an enemy within
www.astonvillareview.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:10 PM
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I don't buy that VAR is systemically corrupt (beyond, you know, its existence in football as a commercial enterprise), nor that there's a target conspiracy against a particular club.
But damn, I hate watching football sometimes now.
New for AVF.
But damn, I hate watching football sometimes now.
New for AVF.
I started watching Aston Villa in the early nineties – VAR re-refereeing is ruining football
Aston Villa supporters were left frustrated by the four-minute VAR check that ruled out Tammy Abraham's goal against Brentford.
www.avillafan.com
February 2, 2026 at 2:41 PM
I don't buy that VAR is systemically corrupt (beyond, you know, its existence in football as a commercial enterprise), nor that there's a target conspiracy against a particular club.
But damn, I hate watching football sometimes now.
New for AVF.
But damn, I hate watching football sometimes now.
New for AVF.
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3️⃣ THE HOLY TRINITY 3️⃣
- Villa's kryptonite
- Dougie's back
- The offside line still works
For paying subs, our Aston Villa v Brentford match conclusions.
🦁 | #AVFC | #UTV
- Villa's kryptonite
- Dougie's back
- The offside line still works
For paying subs, our Aston Villa v Brentford match conclusions.
🦁 | #AVFC | #UTV
The Holy Trinity: Aston Villa conclusions from damaging Premier League defeat against Brentford
Villa found themselves in a familiar and unwelcome situation in Sunday's loss, the second in as many league games at Villa Park
www.astonvillareview.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:54 PM
I don't buy that VAR is systemically corrupt (beyond, you know, its existence in football as a commercial enterprise), nor that there's a target conspiracy against a particular club.
But damn, I hate watching football sometimes now.
New for AVF.
But damn, I hate watching football sometimes now.
New for AVF.
I started watching Aston Villa in the early nineties – VAR re-refereeing is ruining football
Aston Villa supporters were left frustrated by the four-minute VAR check that ruled out Tammy Abraham's goal against Brentford.
www.avillafan.com
February 2, 2026 at 2:41 PM
I don't buy that VAR is systemically corrupt (beyond, you know, its existence in football as a commercial enterprise), nor that there's a target conspiracy against a particular club.
But damn, I hate watching football sometimes now.
New for AVF.
But damn, I hate watching football sometimes now.
New for AVF.