Neil Grayson
@neilgrayson.bsky.social
☀️ Writer and broadcaster . 🦚 Widow of Bielsa. ⛔️ Offline, mostly
https://bangretromag.substack.com/ and I made @commodoreformat.bsky.social
https://bangretromag.substack.com/ and I made @commodoreformat.bsky.social
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Neil Grayson
@neilgrayson.bsky.social
· Aug 21
Bi-annual serious post, ‘cos I see a lot of pain on here.
If the world is grinding you down, you gotta shift your focus to what you can be grateful for. Take a moment to appreciate every good thing in your life, no matter how small. Don’t let the ugliness you see on your phone take root inside you.
If the world is grinding you down, you gotta shift your focus to what you can be grateful for. Take a moment to appreciate every good thing in your life, no matter how small. Don’t let the ugliness you see on your phone take root inside you.
🎶 it’s happening again 🎶
February 18, 2026 at 9:56 PM
🎶 it’s happening again 🎶
I think Ryan Giggs was the last elite footballer who was older than me. I knew it was over on May 5 2014 😂
My age moving on year after year worries me, it's now at the ripe old age of 40 that I know I will not be signed as a professional footballer, perhaps only on an emergency loan now.
February 18, 2026 at 4:10 PM
I think Ryan Giggs was the last elite footballer who was older than me. I knew it was over on May 5 2014 😂
This 1997 report on Richey Edwards supposedly living in Goa is striking in the totally alien era it describes: one of temporary passports easily available in post offices, and a long-gone world in which one can very easily vanish.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/i...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/i...
It's easy to disappear in Goa's hippy haunts
If missing rock star Richey Edwards is in India, he could live anonymously for years, reports Jan McGirk
www.independent.co.uk
February 18, 2026 at 1:18 PM
This 1997 report on Richey Edwards supposedly living in Goa is striking in the totally alien era it describes: one of temporary passports easily available in post offices, and a long-gone world in which one can very easily vanish.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/i...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/i...
Siri never works for me, but I did get an “aha?” when I said “hey kitty” TO A STREET CAT today. Another Jobs triumph
February 17, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Siri never works for me, but I did get an “aha?” when I said “hey kitty” TO A STREET CAT today. Another Jobs triumph
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Love this so much, especially the juxtaposition of English folklore paths with an Amazon spokesperson going out of their way to deny a person driving their branded vehicle is an employee.
I followed the biggest story of the week: how an Amazon delivery van became marooned on the Broomway www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Abandon shipment: how an Amazon van got marooned on the UK’s ‘most dangerous path’
Driver reportedly checked with base and was told to continue when GPS directed van on to Essex mudflats
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Love this so much, especially the juxtaposition of English folklore paths with an Amazon spokesperson going out of their way to deny a person driving their branded vehicle is an employee.
Soccer Stats have done an all-time PL table, with Leeds looking very good for a team that was absent for 18 seasons of it - and a notable GD of zero across 608 games.
February 17, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Soccer Stats have done an all-time PL table, with Leeds looking very good for a team that was absent for 18 seasons of it - and a notable GD of zero across 608 games.
I wonder if they, as back in the ‘80s, are trying to recruit from within football - and from lads who dont really know who they are but are desparate to be something. Call this shit out at ER if you see it.
February 16, 2026 at 1:15 PM
I wonder if they, as back in the ‘80s, are trying to recruit from within football - and from lads who dont really know who they are but are desparate to be something. Call this shit out at ER if you see it.
It is very clear that this Leeds United is a very close unit. I’m sure they have their moments but they all seem to be there for each other. It counts for a lot.
February 16, 2026 at 12:14 PM
It is very clear that this Leeds United is a very close unit. I’m sure they have their moments but they all seem to be there for each other. It counts for a lot.
Not the best yesterday but it’s cool to get through to round 5 (there’s a round 5?!). Now we’ve got to keep cool heads over the next two difficult games imo. The gap may shrink but it’s going to widen again once Feb is out. 2/3 wins to make sure? We’ve got this.
February 16, 2026 at 10:03 AM
Not the best yesterday but it’s cool to get through to round 5 (there’s a round 5?!). Now we’ve got to keep cool heads over the next two difficult games imo. The gap may shrink but it’s going to widen again once Feb is out. 2/3 wins to make sure? We’ve got this.
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If children were more politically active they would be quite pissed to be told that their screen time is “the most urgent public health issue” while the largest measles outbreak since the vaccine sweeps their schools because of conspiracies that the adults in their life believed from social media.
‘It’s the most urgent public health issue’: Dr Rangan Chatterjee on screen time, mental health – and banning social media until 18
‘It’s the most urgent public health issue’: Dr Rangan Chatterjee on screen time, mental health – and banning social media until 18
The hit podcaster, author and former GP says a failure to regulate big tech is ‘failing a generation of children’. He explains why he quit the NHS and why he wants a ban on screen-based homework
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2026 at 7:52 AM
If children were more politically active they would be quite pissed to be told that their screen time is “the most urgent public health issue” while the largest measles outbreak since the vaccine sweeps their schools because of conspiracies that the adults in their life believed from social media.
The Silence of the Lambs is 35. It’s one of my favourite films for lots of reasons, but I particularly like its relentless use of POV. For 90 minutes you see through the eyes of Clarice, except…(1/3)
February 15, 2026 at 9:52 AM
The Silence of the Lambs is 35. It’s one of my favourite films for lots of reasons, but I particularly like its relentless use of POV. For 90 minutes you see through the eyes of Clarice, except…(1/3)
That seagull at Anfield has had enough.
February 14, 2026 at 9:29 PM
That seagull at Anfield has had enough.
Nothing will prepare you for the volume of pussy eating jokes in Sinners.
February 14, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Nothing will prepare you for the volume of pussy eating jokes in Sinners.
Odds on Dyche back at Burnley before Monday? 😂
February 14, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Odds on Dyche back at Burnley before Monday? 😂
Deep in the naughty naughty (pork ‘n’ booze) section of a Middle Eastern supermarket I find
February 14, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Deep in the naughty naughty (pork ‘n’ booze) section of a Middle Eastern supermarket I find
I know Nuno ultimately left Wolves ‘cos of his state of mind, but you can’t say he’s looked better recently. Guy looks positively haunted here. Has for some time.
February 14, 2026 at 2:12 PM
I know Nuno ultimately left Wolves ‘cos of his state of mind, but you can’t say he’s looked better recently. Guy looks positively haunted here. Has for some time.
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Roses are white,
Queen orchids have blue in,
No one has more Premier League goals from inside the six-yard box this season as Dominic Calvert-Lewin.
Queen orchids have blue in,
No one has more Premier League goals from inside the six-yard box this season as Dominic Calvert-Lewin.
February 14, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Roses are white,
Queen orchids have blue in,
No one has more Premier League goals from inside the six-yard box this season as Dominic Calvert-Lewin.
Queen orchids have blue in,
No one has more Premier League goals from inside the six-yard box this season as Dominic Calvert-Lewin.
Not a cloud today.
February 13, 2026 at 12:19 PM
Not a cloud today.
lol, as I believe you say.
February 12, 2026 at 11:06 PM
lol, as I believe you say.
Only thing I have to say on this is that disgustingly rich people never really seem to understand the system that keeps them disgustingly rich.
The problem in our society is billionaires.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
The problem in our society is billionaires.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Manchester United assert ‘inclusive’ values as FA looks into Jim Ratcliffe comments
Manchester United took the extraordinary step of publicly asserting their ‘inclusive and welcoming’ values after their co-owner Jim Ratcliffe’s comments about immigration
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Only thing I have to say on this is that disgustingly rich people never really seem to understand the system that keeps them disgustingly rich.
The problem in our society is billionaires.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
The problem in our society is billionaires.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
This cat is gonna bring her blinds down live on Sky. Currently giving it a good thrashing, anyway.
February 12, 2026 at 3:20 PM
This cat is gonna bring her blinds down live on Sky. Currently giving it a good thrashing, anyway.
My wife was watching me play football today. I felt an odd need to impress. It’s OK, Neil. She already shows you her boobs 😂
February 12, 2026 at 1:09 PM
My wife was watching me play football today. I felt an odd need to impress. It’s OK, Neil. She already shows you her boobs 😂
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Looking at 24/25 after 26 games. #lufc same pts now as Stretford Reds then.
Pre-season question was if a promoted team was to stay up, which established Prem club would they finish above? WHU & Wolves (about to go on a 6W run) were 16th & 17th
Spurs took just 5 points from their last 12 games 😳...
Pre-season question was if a promoted team was to stay up, which established Prem club would they finish above? WHU & Wolves (about to go on a 6W run) were 16th & 17th
Spurs took just 5 points from their last 12 games 😳...
February 12, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Looking at 24/25 after 26 games. #lufc same pts now as Stretford Reds then.
Pre-season question was if a promoted team was to stay up, which established Prem club would they finish above? WHU & Wolves (about to go on a 6W run) were 16th & 17th
Spurs took just 5 points from their last 12 games 😳...
Pre-season question was if a promoted team was to stay up, which established Prem club would they finish above? WHU & Wolves (about to go on a 6W run) were 16th & 17th
Spurs took just 5 points from their last 12 games 😳...