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Mick Hitchin
@mickhitchin.bsky.social
Family man, music lover and West Ham fan. Also on Facebook.
Don’t believe the hype.
Viewers voting with their remote controls.

www.theguardian.com/football/202...
TNT Sports finds viewers more drawn to FA Cup than Premier League matches
The FA Cup third round generated higher viewing figures for the main rights holder, TNT Sports, than any of their Premier League games this season
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:28 PM
West Ham remain the only club among the traditional "ever-present" or long-standing top-flight teams to never lose to a non-league club while playing as a league side themselves.
They are also one of only eight clubs never to have dropped below the top two tiers of English football.
#COYI
#whufc
February 6, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Limehouse lunchtime walk.
February 4, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Hackney Wick and Canary Wharf.
Spot the difference.
February 3, 2026 at 12:40 PM
The new Archbishop of Canterbury looks like she was popped out of the same mould as the woman running the Post Office.
Must be a Home Counties conveyor belt out there?!
January 28, 2026 at 12:48 PM
3-1 win against the surprise package of the season Sunderland.
Great to meet up with an old friend as well.
January 24, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Up for the cup.
January has been my favourite part of following football. Cup competitions.
A change from the money motivated Premiership.
FA Cup third round, West Ham v QPR and the FA Trophy and Hornchurch v Telford United.
January 21, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Reposted by Mick Hitchin
JAMIE O'HARA
CHAZ AND DAVE
MICHAEL MCINTYRE
SIR KENETH BRANAGH
ADELLE

YOURE BOYS TOOK ONE HELL OF A, WELL, ALMOST KIND OF BEATING.

1-2 I'LL TAKE IT 😁

HAVE SOME OF THAT 😂
January 17, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Reposted by Mick Hitchin
I think the BBC means 'Money, money'. More slobbering, uncritical slop about a Petrostate-owned club which still has over 100 charges of impropriety hanging over it.
The rot at the heart of BBC journalism goes way beyond Reform Boy Chris Mason.
Manchester derby: How Man City boss Pep Guardiola has outlasted five Man Utd managers
Pep Guardiola will take on a sixth different Manchester United boss in Saturday's derby as he approaches a decade at City, but how has he outlasted all of those before Michael Carrick?
www.bbc.co.uk
January 17, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Reposted by Mick Hitchin
London just gained a brand-new riverside spot thanks to the Thames Tideway Project.
January 16, 2026 at 7:16 AM
A tangential point admittedly but the political journalists at the Farage/Jenrick press conference are clearly in the main pretty posh.
Has social mobility gone backwards in the U.K.?
#reformuk
#farage
#jenrick
January 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Following a pitch inspection this afternoon, we can confirm tonight’s fixture against AFC Telford United has been postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.

A new date for the tie will be announced in due course.
January 13, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Aged 58 and running for a bus. Maggie Thatcher would be very disappointed in me!!!
January 13, 2026 at 7:56 AM
Reposted by Mick Hitchin
The reality of Brexit:

David Chadwick MP: "Welsh farmers were promised that Brexit would make exporting easier.

"Instead, Conservative governments, cheered on by Reform UK, delivered more paperwork, higher costs and fewer markets."

https://bit.ly/4pATu1B

Export barriers continue to hit Welsh farmers says David Chadwick MP
Fresh concerns have been raised over post-Brexit export barriers facing Welsh farmers.
www.countytimes.co.uk
January 9, 2026 at 9:36 AM
Kasper the cat looking up a little disturbed as Van Morrison hits the high notes.
January 10, 2026 at 6:57 PM
A headline for our age,

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Weight loss jabs affecting Greggs, boss says
The Greggs boss says there is
www.bbc.co.uk
January 8, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Reposted by Mick Hitchin
Another day of Green voters demanding ludicrous statements from the PM, and absolutely refusing to accept that tens of thousands of UK jobs, as well as UK security is dependent on the US relationship.

Absolutely fucking halfwits.
January 4, 2026 at 11:02 AM
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West Ham are in serious trouble 😳. Forcing Moyes out because they wanted a certain style has turned into a disaster.
January 3, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Finished the Xmas Radio Times.
Movies watched:

The Holiday
Robin Hood Prince of Thieves
Die Hard
It’s a Wonderful Life
Scrooge
Batman Begins
Dr Zhivago
The Dark Knight
The Dark Knight Rises
Thursday Murder Club
Jaws
Elvis
North by North West
The Sound of Music
Mary Poppins Returns
January 3, 2026 at 6:27 PM
The Venn diagram of a Moyes Out West Ham fan and a Farage fan is a circle.
#becarefulwhatyouwishfor
#justsaying
#COYI
#whufc
January 3, 2026 at 5:09 PM
2-2 against Brighton.
Ending a tough calendar year for the Hammers.
Here’s hoping for a distinct improvement in 2026.
Happy New Year to all football fans on BlueSky.
December 30, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Another pre-match drink another glitter-ball!!!
#COYI
#whubri
#hackneywick
December 30, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Christmas just over and the political obsessives are back posting I see…
December 29, 2025 at 4:09 PM
A fun day out at the District Line derby Dagenham v Hornchurch.
3-2 away win and over 3,600 in attendance Thanks @vincenthitchin.bsky.social and @hornchurchfc.bsky.social
December 26, 2025 at 3:31 PM