Leslie Mabon
@jobanmono2711.bsky.social
Personal account (@ljmabon.bsky.social for work). Football and climate change, and Oh No No No podcaster.
Likes: Raith Rovers, Iwaki FC いわきFC, Parma
Dislikes: conceding from cross balls
Likes: Raith Rovers, Iwaki FC いわきFC, Parma
Dislikes: conceding from cross balls
Getting the Raith Rovers UEFA Cup tops lined up - 30 years on. Home and away tops, plus the three teams we played: Gøtu Ítróttarfelag, Akranes, and FC Bayern.
October 24, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Getting the Raith Rovers UEFA Cup tops lined up - 30 years on. Home and away tops, plus the three teams we played: Gøtu Ítróttarfelag, Akranes, and FC Bayern.
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FIFA were crowing about how Club World Cup was the most "merit-based" competition in the world. The World Cup? Not so much when it comes to Asia. Qatar and Saudi given home advantage for two mini group playoffs. Now Qatar maximise this by playing crunch UAE game in tiny stadium to limit away fans
October 13, 2025 at 10:42 AM
FIFA were crowing about how Club World Cup was the most "merit-based" competition in the world. The World Cup? Not so much when it comes to Asia. Qatar and Saudi given home advantage for two mini group playoffs. Now Qatar maximise this by playing crunch UAE game in tiny stadium to limit away fans
Earlier this week - all my ‘Crociati’ Parma tops together for the last time before one heads off to a new owner! One of these shirts is not like the others 🧐 #Parma ⚪️⚫️ 🟡🔵
September 6, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Earlier this week - all my ‘Crociati’ Parma tops together for the last time before one heads off to a new owner! One of these shirts is not like the others 🧐 #Parma ⚪️⚫️ 🟡🔵
Iwaki conceding in 2025 from opposition attackers cutting in from the left: a gallery
July 13, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Iwaki conceding in 2025 from opposition attackers cutting in from the left: a gallery
On Twitter, @kitnerduk.bsky.social has initiated #CancerHasNoColours. I'll do it on BlueSky as that's where I post these days.
8 days, 8 themes. Wear/share your best football shirt that fits the theme, spread the word and donate to Bradley Lowery Foundation:
www.justgiving.com/campaigns/ch...
8 days, 8 themes. Wear/share your best football shirt that fits the theme, spread the word and donate to Bradley Lowery Foundation:
www.justgiving.com/campaigns/ch...
July 7, 2025 at 11:34 PM
On Twitter, @kitnerduk.bsky.social has initiated #CancerHasNoColours. I'll do it on BlueSky as that's where I post these days.
8 days, 8 themes. Wear/share your best football shirt that fits the theme, spread the word and donate to Bradley Lowery Foundation:
www.justgiving.com/campaigns/ch...
8 days, 8 themes. Wear/share your best football shirt that fits the theme, spread the word and donate to Bradley Lowery Foundation:
www.justgiving.com/campaigns/ch...
Iwaki FC don't score many from open play, but when we do they are almost inevitably screamers. Nelson Ishiwatari is some talent, and came up with the goods again today from outside the box to beat Omiya Ardija 2-1. Kaina Tanimura's last game before moving on to - seemingly - Yokohama F Marinos.
July 5, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Iwaki FC don't score many from open play, but when we do they are almost inevitably screamers. Nelson Ishiwatari is some talent, and came up with the goods again today from outside the box to beat Omiya Ardija 2-1. Kaina Tanimura's last game before moving on to - seemingly - Yokohama F Marinos.
Kaina Tanimura confirmed as leaving Iwaki FC. Less than 24 hours after the news that captain and centre-back Ryo Endo will be out for the rest of the season with an ACL injury.
Big fight for Iwaki to stay in J2 now.
Big fight for Iwaki to stay in J2 now.
July 3, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Kaina Tanimura confirmed as leaving Iwaki FC. Less than 24 hours after the news that captain and centre-back Ryo Endo will be out for the rest of the season with an ACL injury.
Big fight for Iwaki to stay in J2 now.
Big fight for Iwaki to stay in J2 now.
Hunting for old Japanese shirts online is absolutely bloody exhausting. For every genuine one, you have to wade through fifty of these god-awful fakes 😑
June 7, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Hunting for old Japanese shirts online is absolutely bloody exhausting. For every genuine one, you have to wade through fifty of these god-awful fakes 😑
I occasionally get a notification of a spike in traffic to this article, and am so chuffed to see this has found its way into videogame folklore. Even see folk on Facebook and Reddit talking in hushed tones about 'the original Master League team being Alfa Romeo employees' without linking to this 😅
Was updating my personal blog, and remembered the time ten years ago when I discovered that the Master League players in the original Pro Evolution Soccer were all mysteriously named after figures from Alfa Romeo's history. That was some rabbithole:
thezerocar.wordpress.com/2015/03/26/a...
thezerocar.wordpress.com/2015/03/26/a...
Alfa Ronaldo: the curious case of the football game laced with obscure Italian car references
This post has been updated June 2025, with an additional player identified thanks to the Enzo Ferrari biopic! “I know, I will give these fake footballers names corresponding to key figures in…
thezerocar.wordpress.com
June 5, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I occasionally get a notification of a spike in traffic to this article, and am so chuffed to see this has found its way into videogame folklore. Even see folk on Facebook and Reddit talking in hushed tones about 'the original Master League team being Alfa Romeo employees' without linking to this 😅
Was updating my personal blog, and remembered the time ten years ago when I discovered that the Master League players in the original Pro Evolution Soccer were all mysteriously named after figures from Alfa Romeo's history. That was some rabbithole:
thezerocar.wordpress.com/2015/03/26/a...
thezerocar.wordpress.com/2015/03/26/a...
Alfa Ronaldo: the curious case of the football game laced with obscure Italian car references
This post has been updated June 2025, with an additional player identified thanks to the Enzo Ferrari biopic! “I know, I will give these fake footballers names corresponding to key figures in…
thezerocar.wordpress.com
June 5, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Was updating my personal blog, and remembered the time ten years ago when I discovered that the Master League players in the original Pro Evolution Soccer were all mysteriously named after figures from Alfa Romeo's history. That was some rabbithole:
thezerocar.wordpress.com/2015/03/26/a...
thezerocar.wordpress.com/2015/03/26/a...
Hit the jackpot in a charity shop in Vienna last week. Picked this up knowing nothing about it because it looked funky. Did a bit of research back home, and learned it's a match-issue Venezia goalkeeper top from the 1992-93 Serie B season, issued to substitute keeper Roberto Menghini (not pictured)!
June 3, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Hit the jackpot in a charity shop in Vienna last week. Picked this up knowing nothing about it because it looked funky. Did a bit of research back home, and learned it's a match-issue Venezia goalkeeper top from the 1992-93 Serie B season, issued to substitute keeper Roberto Menghini (not pictured)!
Reposted by Leslie Mabon
NEW POD RELEASE (GENERAL)
ICYMI, a new JTET episode is now live on the free @jtalkpod.bsky.social PodBean feed!
This show features a full report on J2 Round 11 from James, while Jon talked to special guest @jobanmono2711.bsky.social for the main section! jtalkpod.podbean.com/e/jtet-j2-ro...
ICYMI, a new JTET episode is now live on the free @jtalkpod.bsky.social PodBean feed!
This show features a full report on J2 Round 11 from James, while Jon talked to special guest @jobanmono2711.bsky.social for the main section! jtalkpod.podbean.com/e/jtet-j2-ro...
JTET - J2 Round 11 Review | The J-Talk Podcast
With a rush of Golden Week matches hoving into view, the JTET team looks back on the most recent slate of J2 fixtures (played across Friday and Saturday last week).
In Part 1 (Start to 04:15) James gi...
jtalkpod.podbean.com
April 29, 2025 at 10:29 PM
NEW POD RELEASE (GENERAL)
ICYMI, a new JTET episode is now live on the free @jtalkpod.bsky.social PodBean feed!
This show features a full report on J2 Round 11 from James, while Jon talked to special guest @jobanmono2711.bsky.social for the main section! jtalkpod.podbean.com/e/jtet-j2-ro...
ICYMI, a new JTET episode is now live on the free @jtalkpod.bsky.social PodBean feed!
This show features a full report on J2 Round 11 from James, while Jon talked to special guest @jobanmono2711.bsky.social for the main section! jtalkpod.podbean.com/e/jtet-j2-ro...
Reposted by Leslie Mabon
NEW POD RELEASE (PATREON)
An all-new JTET episode is now live for @jtalkpod.bsky.social Pateons (free feed at 12:00 JST today, Tuesday 29th April)!
This week the boys were joined by special guest @jobanmono2711.bsky.social for a deep dive into Nagasaki v Iwaki (plus all the usual segments)!
An all-new JTET episode is now live for @jtalkpod.bsky.social Pateons (free feed at 12:00 JST today, Tuesday 29th April)!
This week the boys were joined by special guest @jobanmono2711.bsky.social for a deep dive into Nagasaki v Iwaki (plus all the usual segments)!
April 29, 2025 at 1:21 AM
NEW POD RELEASE (PATREON)
An all-new JTET episode is now live for @jtalkpod.bsky.social Pateons (free feed at 12:00 JST today, Tuesday 29th April)!
This week the boys were joined by special guest @jobanmono2711.bsky.social for a deep dive into Nagasaki v Iwaki (plus all the usual segments)!
An all-new JTET episode is now live for @jtalkpod.bsky.social Pateons (free feed at 12:00 JST today, Tuesday 29th April)!
This week the boys were joined by special guest @jobanmono2711.bsky.social for a deep dive into Nagasaki v Iwaki (plus all the usual segments)!
So lucky my visit to Kyushu for family + work coincided with Iwaki FC's visit to the Peace Stadium to take on V-Varen Nagasaki. Rollicking 4-3 win that was more like Iwaki of last season with pinpoint crosses, rapid counter attacks and wild defending. V-Varen's ground very impressive too. #いわきFC
April 26, 2025 at 4:52 AM
So lucky my visit to Kyushu for family + work coincided with Iwaki FC's visit to the Peace Stadium to take on V-Varen Nagasaki. Rollicking 4-3 win that was more like Iwaki of last season with pinpoint crosses, rapid counter attacks and wild defending. V-Varen's ground very impressive too. #いわきFC
Was in Klaipeda on the Lithuanian coast for fieldwork. Took in a 2nd division game on the last day, seeing Neptunas Klaipeda beat Be1 NFA 3-0. Basketball is the main sport in Lithuania, so kudos to the 'Klaipeda Seaside Youth' who brought drums and flags! Be1 had a guy up front on loan from Airdrie!
April 19, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Was in Klaipeda on the Lithuanian coast for fieldwork. Took in a 2nd division game on the last day, seeing Neptunas Klaipeda beat Be1 NFA 3-0. Basketball is the main sport in Lithuania, so kudos to the 'Klaipeda Seaside Youth' who brought drums and flags! Be1 had a guy up front on loan from Airdrie!
Early start yesterday for Ventforet Kofu 1-0 Iwaki. That was much better and unlucky not to take something, but Iwaki have 2 goals from open play in 8 games, which tells its own story. It's the same strikeforce as last season minus Arima. Double up on Tanimura and you simply stop Iwaki scoring.
April 5, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Early start yesterday for Ventforet Kofu 1-0 Iwaki. That was much better and unlucky not to take something, but Iwaki have 2 goals from open play in 8 games, which tells its own story. It's the same strikeforce as last season minus Arima. Double up on Tanimura and you simply stop Iwaki scoring.
An excellent day. Been a good while since I’ve seen us win by three goals ‘in the flesh.’ It may have come to late for us to close the gap to fourth, but Barry Robson has got us playing some solid stuff and looking up rather than down. 5 unbeaten, time to pump up my tyres 🚴 🗺️
March 29, 2025 at 8:52 PM
An excellent day. Been a good while since I’ve seen us win by three goals ‘in the flesh.’ It may have come to late for us to close the gap to fourth, but Barry Robson has got us playing some solid stuff and looking up rather than down. 5 unbeaten, time to pump up my tyres 🚴 🗺️
First visualisations of Iwaki FC's planned new stadium are out! A purpose-built football stadium, right by the sea in Onahama. Have been to that area many times interviewing fishers, local government scientists and aquarium staff. It's a beautiful setting - but nearest station is 3km away.
March 28, 2025 at 5:09 PM
First visualisations of Iwaki FC's planned new stadium are out! A purpose-built football stadium, right by the sea in Onahama. Have been to that area many times interviewing fishers, local government scientists and aquarium staff. It's a beautiful setting - but nearest station is 3km away.
Yesterday was Purple Day to raise epilepsy awareness. As I don't have a purple Raith Rovers shirt, I took the chance on @onnnpodcast.bsky.social to break out this magnificent bargain I scored on Vinted a few months back: a long-sleeve Sanfrecce Hiroshima template:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJ4B...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJ4B...
March 27, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Yesterday was Purple Day to raise epilepsy awareness. As I don't have a purple Raith Rovers shirt, I took the chance on @onnnpodcast.bsky.social to break out this magnificent bargain I scored on Vinted a few months back: a long-sleeve Sanfrecce Hiroshima template:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJ4B...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJ4B...
The BTCC was to motor racing in the 1990s what the Scottish Championship is to football today.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6Jc...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6Jc...
BTCC Tribute: This is Supertouring
YouTube video by JackDavis16
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March 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The BTCC was to motor racing in the 1990s what the Scottish Championship is to football today.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6Jc...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6Jc...
"Highlights"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBRy...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBRy...
【HIGHLIGHTS】いわきFC vs FC今治 | 2025明治安田J2リーグ 第6節
YouTube video by いわきFC / IWAKI FC
www.youtube.com
March 23, 2025 at 4:20 PM
"Highlights"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBRy...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBRy...
Firhill last night (+ my wife enjoying a cheeseboard in a 1995-96 Rovers goalie top). In isolation that's not a bad result - and if we don't make the playoffs it will be because of how bad we were earlier in the season, rather than games like this alone - but no quality whatsoever from either side.
March 22, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Firhill last night (+ my wife enjoying a cheeseboard in a 1995-96 Rovers goalie top). In isolation that's not a bad result - and if we don't make the playoffs it will be because of how bad we were earlier in the season, rather than games like this alone - but no quality whatsoever from either side.
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Our latest episode on the 2030 World Cup is now out! We look at Morocco's precarious economic situation and occupation of Western Sahara while Open University's @ljmabon.bsky.social discusses environmental and sustainability issues and concerns. Check it out! www.buzzsprout.com/2253650/epis...
March 17, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Our latest episode on the 2030 World Cup is now out! We look at Morocco's precarious economic situation and occupation of Western Sahara while Open University's @ljmabon.bsky.social discusses environmental and sustainability issues and concerns. Check it out! www.buzzsprout.com/2253650/epis...
A goal from open play! Frustrating start to 2025 for Iwaki, but a better performance today. Lots of new players who Tamura doesn't quite seem to have figured out how to use, and a real lack of creativity to get balls to players in the box. Still, only 4 games in.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr3N...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr3N...
【HIGHLIGHTS】いわきFC vs サガン鳥栖 | 2025明治安田J2リーグ 第4節
YouTube video by いわきFC / IWAKI FC
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March 9, 2025 at 10:26 PM
A goal from open play! Frustrating start to 2025 for Iwaki, but a better performance today. Lots of new players who Tamura doesn't quite seem to have figured out how to use, and a real lack of creativity to get balls to players in the box. Still, only 4 games in.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr3N...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr3N...