Marc Bazeley
@marcbazeley.bsky.social
Journalism tutor at News Associates by day, the Shed Seven of rugby league writers and one half of the Baby Forces Sale podcast by night.
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Marc Bazeley
@marcbazeley.bsky.social
· Sep 30
Oldham and Toulouse Olympique make their case for Super League spots – Total Rugby League
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🗞 My latest Rugby League World feature, looking at the application process to join an expanded Super League, is now online.
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Barrow above Lockyer's boys in the Championship. I think we can just call the season now.
January 18, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Barrow above Lockyer's boys in the Championship. I think we can just call the season now.
This week's automotive ridiculousness...
This week, the weird world of second-hand cars on Facebook Marketplace brings us the hideous yet surprisingly popular Chrysler PT Cruiser and an incredible rare Alfa Romeo 33 Sportwagon which has seen better days.
Plus, some Nissan Primera propaganda with Tiff Needell!
Listen here: pod.fo/e/377940
Plus, some Nissan Primera propaganda with Tiff Needell!
Listen here: pod.fo/e/377940
January 13, 2026 at 11:05 AM
This week's automotive ridiculousness...
Have you got yours working yet @putting-gott.bsky.social?
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January 12, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Have you got yours working yet @putting-gott.bsky.social?
A brush/roller-painted MPV and a horrendously unsafe pickup are this week's selections from the bowels of Facebook Marketplace...
Back to #weirdcarbs on this week's podcast, featuring a Fiat Multipla with a questionnable paint-job and a Proton Jumbuck which thinks it'a a Mitsubishi Evo I.
Plus, a long-awaited punk music and motoring crossover.
Listen here: pod.fo/e/37331a
Plus, a long-awaited punk music and motoring crossover.
Listen here: pod.fo/e/37331a
January 6, 2026 at 7:12 AM
A brush/roller-painted MPV and a horrendously unsafe pickup are this week's selections from the bowels of Facebook Marketplace...
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It’s 36 years since David Hirst started the 90s in absolutely sensational style…
January 1, 2026 at 8:39 AM
It’s 36 years since David Hirst started the 90s in absolutely sensational style…
Save yourself two hours and 47 minutes of your life by just listening to this instead...
Strap yourselves in as we ditch weird second-hand cars for Twixtmas to watch F1 The Movie, six months after it was released.
The suprising similarities to Driven, rampant cheating, and whether Sonny Hayes was even eligible for an FIA Super Licence on this week's pod.
Listen here: pod.fo/e/36ef40
The suprising similarities to Driven, rampant cheating, and whether Sonny Hayes was even eligible for an FIA Super Licence on this week's pod.
Listen here: pod.fo/e/36ef40
December 29, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Save yourself two hours and 47 minutes of your life by just listening to this instead...
A proud day for the Trialist family
December 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
A proud day for the Trialist family
This year's Christmas Lego project complete
December 27, 2025 at 3:39 PM
This year's Christmas Lego project complete
On this day 40 years ago, the greatest fight in the history of heavyweight boxing took place as Rocky Balboa avenged the death of his friend Apollo Creed and single-handedly ended the Cold War by knocking out Ivan Drago in the 15th and final round of their epic showdown in Moscow.
Rocky Vs Drago - Final Fight
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December 25, 2025 at 11:01 AM
On this day 40 years ago, the greatest fight in the history of heavyweight boxing took place as Rocky Balboa avenged the death of his friend Apollo Creed and single-handedly ended the Cold War by knocking out Ivan Drago in the 15th and final round of their epic showdown in Moscow.
Avoid interacting with your family over the festive period for at least half an hour by listening to this instead...
We're back with a non-Christmas Christmas special, which accidentally turned out to be something of a Ford takeover.
This week, there's an XR3i Cabriolet restoration project, an incredibly rare Mondeo, and a list of insults levelled at the Scorpio!
Listen here: pod.fo/e/36b277
This week, there's an XR3i Cabriolet restoration project, an incredibly rare Mondeo, and a list of insults levelled at the Scorpio!
Listen here: pod.fo/e/36b277
December 22, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Avoid interacting with your family over the festive period for at least half an hour by listening to this instead...
Here we go again for my 10th season as a rugby league journalist...
December 19, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Here we go again for my 10th season as a rugby league journalist...
Does this mean we win the Moral Ashes (copyright 2023) again?
December 17, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Does this mean we win the Moral Ashes (copyright 2023) again?
Why did someone import a left-hand drive Fiat from Japan only to not drive it, and not just why but YRV?
We fail to answer these questions and more on this week's podcast...
We fail to answer these questions and more on this week's podcast...
This week, we've found a Fiat Barchetta which has travelled from Italy to the UK via Japan, and the outrageously nutty Daihatsu YRV Turbo 130.
Plus, the Duckhams Cosworth competition mystery deepens and some Street Fighter Lexus news.
Listen here: pod.fo/e/36755b
Plus, the Duckhams Cosworth competition mystery deepens and some Street Fighter Lexus news.
Listen here: pod.fo/e/36755b
December 16, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Why did someone import a left-hand drive Fiat from Japan only to not drive it, and not just why but YRV?
We fail to answer these questions and more on this week's podcast...
We fail to answer these questions and more on this week's podcast...
Reposted by Marc Bazeley
Babe Ruth hit 405 home runs after Dick Van Dyke was born.
December 13, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Babe Ruth hit 405 home runs after Dick Van Dyke was born.
Reposted by Marc Bazeley
Our plucky little second-hand car podcast is pootling up the charts! Definitely buying the second cheapest bottle of wine from the offy tonight.
December 12, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Our plucky little second-hand car podcast is pootling up the charts! Definitely buying the second cheapest bottle of wine from the offy tonight.
Well worth a read for some deep insight into what went on at Salford from someone who was there...
👹 Exclusive: Former Salford Red Devils CEO Paul King has opened up about the events that led to the financial decline and liquidation of the Super League club.
✍️ @johnnyddavidson.bsky.social has the story.
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✍️ @johnnyddavidson.bsky.social has the story.
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Salford Red Devils’ fall: Paul King reveals the pressure, promises and pain that drove the club to ruin - rugbyleaguehub.com
BY JOHN DAVIDSON Exclusive: Former Salford Red Devils CEO Paul King has opened up about the events that led to the financial decline and liquidation of the Super League club. Salford are being liquida...
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December 11, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Well worth a read for some deep insight into what went on at Salford from someone who was there...
I have some questions. Like why is he being presented with it by John Virgo and Linda Robson?
It’s Ludo Miklosko’s birthday today, so here he is receiving a telly as a MOTM award in the early 90s.
Tremendous.
Tremendous.
December 9, 2025 at 7:44 AM
I have some questions. Like why is he being presented with it by John Virgo and Linda Robson?
One of the ugliest cars ever to grace the roads or one apparently beloved by some of the worst people of its decade on this week's bout of automotive nonsense...
This week's episode sees us looking at two ridiculously overpowered executive saloons with a Ford Scorpio Cosworth and a Citroen CX Turbo.
Drag coefficients! 1980s dictators! Grace Jones! Plus, a painting that proves a car really can be art.
Listen here: pod.fo/e/362aa4
Drag coefficients! 1980s dictators! Grace Jones! Plus, a painting that proves a car really can be art.
Listen here: pod.fo/e/362aa4
December 9, 2025 at 7:25 AM
One of the ugliest cars ever to grace the roads or one apparently beloved by some of the worst people of its decade on this week's bout of automotive nonsense...
Following England during this year's Ashes like...
December 7, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Following England during this year's Ashes like...
Maybe it's just me, but having the UK Championship and Mosconi Cup on at the same time seems like a really bad piece of planning
December 3, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Maybe it's just me, but having the UK Championship and Mosconi Cup on at the same time seems like a really bad piece of planning
Surprised we managed to make it through this entire episode without referencing Del Boy falling through the bar.
Though we did talk about Michael Knight getting punched in the crotch and Magnum PI shooting a nun off a ladder...
Though we did talk about Michael Knight getting punched in the crotch and Magnum PI shooting a nun off a ladder...
Ever fantasised about being Michael Knight or Del Boy?
Well, good news! This week we've found a Pontiac modified to look like KITT and a Reliant Rialto as the Trotters' three-wheel.
Plus, a ludicrous Duckhams competition from 1991 to win a Sierra Cosworth.
Listen here: pod.fo/e/35e2e5
Well, good news! This week we've found a Pontiac modified to look like KITT and a Reliant Rialto as the Trotters' three-wheel.
Plus, a ludicrous Duckhams competition from 1991 to win a Sierra Cosworth.
Listen here: pod.fo/e/35e2e5
December 2, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Surprised we managed to make it through this entire episode without referencing Del Boy falling through the bar.
Though we did talk about Michael Knight getting punched in the crotch and Magnum PI shooting a nun off a ladder...
Though we did talk about Michael Knight getting punched in the crotch and Magnum PI shooting a nun off a ladder...
Hang it in the Hyacinthe Riguad 👏👏👏
November 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Hang it in the Hyacinthe Riguad 👏👏👏
A tribute to the madness of TVR and Peter Wheeler on this week's podcast...
TVR is apparently back!
So, what better way to pay tribute to those manly maverick geniuses than looking at a Tuscan which has been cared for better than the owner's offspring and a Cebera which may or may not have once been used to sell marital aids?
Listen here: pod.fo/e/35911c
So, what better way to pay tribute to those manly maverick geniuses than looking at a Tuscan which has been cared for better than the owner's offspring and a Cebera which may or may not have once been used to sell marital aids?
Listen here: pod.fo/e/35911c
November 24, 2025 at 8:40 PM
A tribute to the madness of TVR and Peter Wheeler on this week's podcast...
The streets will never forget
November 23, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The streets will never forget