Ian
@thesportsfan.bsky.social
I like to write about sport occasionally; mainly #F1 🏎️ & #NUFC ⚽️
Checkout my FREE substack publications:
'The Overtake' #Formula1 - https://theovertake.substack.com
'View From The Gallowgate' #NewcastleUnited - https://ismith.substack.com
Checkout my FREE substack publications:
'The Overtake' #Formula1 - https://theovertake.substack.com
'View From The Gallowgate' #NewcastleUnited - https://ismith.substack.com
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I implore someone, anyone, in the media…
Do your job
And the next time you have Farage on, please ask him directly:
…what were the motivations behind this?
Do your job
And the next time you have Farage on, please ask him directly:
…what were the motivations behind this?
November 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I implore someone, anyone, in the media…
Do your job
And the next time you have Farage on, please ask him directly:
…what were the motivations behind this?
Do your job
And the next time you have Farage on, please ask him directly:
…what were the motivations behind this?
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This is one of the big accounts boosting Tommy Robinson, Farage and Reform and ‘English Patriots’.
It’s Russian.
It’s Russian.
November 24, 2025 at 9:29 AM
This is one of the big accounts boosting Tommy Robinson, Farage and Reform and ‘English Patriots’.
It’s Russian.
It’s Russian.
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„Quiet, Piggy!“ Just think about that for a minute, and what it means to live in a time when a President can assault a woman in public like that without any consequences.
It‘s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.
It‘s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.
November 23, 2025 at 6:09 PM
„Quiet, Piggy!“ Just think about that for a minute, and what it means to live in a time when a President can assault a woman in public like that without any consequences.
It‘s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.
It‘s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.
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X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
November 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
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Farage can now be easily boxed in to a corner where his only ‘defence’ becomes: “Yes I spouted Kremlin propaganda & Putin worship but, unlike Nathan Gill, I didn’t need bribes to do it.”
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
November 22, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Farage can now be easily boxed in to a corner where his only ‘defence’ becomes: “Yes I spouted Kremlin propaganda & Putin worship but, unlike Nathan Gill, I didn’t need bribes to do it.”
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
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How are we living in a world where this kind of blatant lying is just accepted as ok? It’s gross.
Mike Johnson: "The president has ended 8 wars around the globe. All that in 9 months!"
November 14, 2025 at 7:36 PM
How are we living in a world where this kind of blatant lying is just accepted as ok? It’s gross.
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America's most notorious child rapist, Jeffrey Epstein, said this man was the worst person he'd ever met. Let that sink in.
November 14, 2025 at 12:36 AM
America's most notorious child rapist, Jeffrey Epstein, said this man was the worst person he'd ever met. Let that sink in.
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The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
There’s hope yet.
🚨Wow - this will be huge if it bears out. Exit polls show the pro-EU D66 party has WON the Dutch election.
The far-right PVV party of Geeet Wildsrs has lost 12 seats, according to exit polls.
Huge if true.
The far-right PVV party of Geeet Wildsrs has lost 12 seats, according to exit polls.
Huge if true.
October 29, 2025 at 9:49 PM
There’s hope yet.
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October 29, 2025 at 1:08 PM
No further action on Verstappen. The sport is totally bent. Honestly not sure, after 31 years of watching, how much more I can keep doing this. All the talking heads just cream themselves over his ‘aggressive’ style without ever condemning him for being over the line. It’s pathetic.
October 26, 2025 at 8:37 PM
No further action on Verstappen. The sport is totally bent. Honestly not sure, after 31 years of watching, how much more I can keep doing this. All the talking heads just cream themselves over his ‘aggressive’ style without ever condemning him for being over the line. It’s pathetic.
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So once again, Verstappen just not going to get looked at at all for creaming into the side of someone on his way past while Hamilton gets a 10s penalty. Ludicrous!!
#MexicanGP #F1
#MexicanGP #F1
October 26, 2025 at 8:25 PM
So once again, Verstappen just not going to get looked at at all for creaming into the side of someone on his way past while Hamilton gets a 10s penalty. Ludicrous!!
#MexicanGP #F1
#MexicanGP #F1
So Hamilton under investigation for using escape road, but Verstappen doing it on lap 1 is ok? Just ridiculous how much impunity Verstappen has. #F1
October 26, 2025 at 8:17 PM
So Hamilton under investigation for using escape road, but Verstappen doing it on lap 1 is ok? Just ridiculous how much impunity Verstappen has. #F1
If NUFC do go on and win this match we’ll never hear the end of that goal from Arteta and a section of Arsenal fans - just like they still go on about the ball over the line from a couple of years back.
September 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
If NUFC do go on and win this match we’ll never hear the end of that goal from Arteta and a section of Arsenal fans - just like they still go on about the ball over the line from a couple of years back.
What a comeback win for the #Eagles. And what a way to win it too! Blocked field goal and return for a TD. Nice to see them win against the Rams too.
September 21, 2025 at 8:13 PM
What a comeback win for the #Eagles. And what a way to win it too! Blocked field goal and return for a TD. Nice to see them win against the Rams too.
aka Charlie Sheen.
I remember back in the early days of Twitter the whole Charlie Sheen ‘winning’ and ‘tiger blood’ stuff and him getting fired from Two and a Half Men.
But oh my days, I did not realise how messed up that dude was at that time.
How is he still living? #charliesheen
I remember back in the early days of Twitter the whole Charlie Sheen ‘winning’ and ‘tiger blood’ stuff and him getting fired from Two and a Half Men.
But oh my days, I did not realise how messed up that dude was at that time.
How is he still living? #charliesheen
September 19, 2025 at 7:10 PM
aka Charlie Sheen.
I remember back in the early days of Twitter the whole Charlie Sheen ‘winning’ and ‘tiger blood’ stuff and him getting fired from Two and a Half Men.
But oh my days, I did not realise how messed up that dude was at that time.
How is he still living? #charliesheen
I remember back in the early days of Twitter the whole Charlie Sheen ‘winning’ and ‘tiger blood’ stuff and him getting fired from Two and a Half Men.
But oh my days, I did not realise how messed up that dude was at that time.
How is he still living? #charliesheen
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If you aren't watching Channel 5's NFL coverage you're missing out on Partridge levels of cringe. Every time the play stops it cuts to a studio where Dermot O'Leary hosts the cheapest American football-themed game show you've ever seen. Bucking broncos and everything
September 7, 2025 at 5:41 PM
If you aren't watching Channel 5's NFL coverage you're missing out on Partridge levels of cringe. Every time the play stops it cuts to a studio where Dermot O'Leary hosts the cheapest American football-themed game show you've ever seen. Bucking broncos and everything
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Angela Rayner accidentally pays less tax than she should have, resigns, and the media gives her hell.
Nigel Farage deliberately pays less tax than he should have, and the media gives him a free pass.
That, right there, is the problem.
Nigel Farage deliberately pays less tax than he should have, and the media gives him a free pass.
That, right there, is the problem.
September 5, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Angela Rayner accidentally pays less tax than she should have, resigns, and the media gives her hell.
Nigel Farage deliberately pays less tax than he should have, and the media gives him a free pass.
That, right there, is the problem.
Nigel Farage deliberately pays less tax than he should have, and the media gives him a free pass.
That, right there, is the problem.
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Farage dodged parliament, went to the US, slagged off the UK, lied to Congress, grifted for donations and hoped to persuade the US to punish us for the Online Safety Act. And got his arse handed back to him.
You’d think our ‘patriotic’ media would go nuts. But no. Some quiet mumbling. Beyond feeble.
You’d think our ‘patriotic’ media would go nuts. But no. Some quiet mumbling. Beyond feeble.
September 4, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Farage dodged parliament, went to the US, slagged off the UK, lied to Congress, grifted for donations and hoped to persuade the US to punish us for the Online Safety Act. And got his arse handed back to him.
You’d think our ‘patriotic’ media would go nuts. But no. Some quiet mumbling. Beyond feeble.
You’d think our ‘patriotic’ media would go nuts. But no. Some quiet mumbling. Beyond feeble.
Sorry but that VAR decision is appalling. Absolute rubbish that they've disallowed that.
August 30, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Sorry but that VAR decision is appalling. Absolute rubbish that they've disallowed that.
Key part here seems to be the high ceiling. With Howe’s record of improving players this is very exciting indeed.
⚫ Secret parallel talks 🤐
⚪ 'Beating' Bayern to striker 🙌
⚫ From believing not attainable, to going big 🤑
⚪ High fee, but also high potential 📈
⚫ What it means for Isak/Strand Larsen/Wissa 🔮
⚪ Why #NUFC love "Woltemessi" 😍
👀 How & why #NUFC are signing Nick Woltemade
www.nytimes.com/athletic/658...
⚪ 'Beating' Bayern to striker 🙌
⚫ From believing not attainable, to going big 🤑
⚪ High fee, but also high potential 📈
⚫ What it means for Isak/Strand Larsen/Wissa 🔮
⚪ Why #NUFC love "Woltemessi" 😍
👀 How & why #NUFC are signing Nick Woltemade
www.nytimes.com/athletic/658...
Nick Woltemade, secret talks, and the night Newcastle decided to go for it
Newcastle have finally made their move for a striker. This is the story of how their approach for Woltemade accelerated this week
www.nytimes.com
August 30, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Key part here seems to be the high ceiling. With Howe’s record of improving players this is very exciting indeed.
Very exciting to have a new striker. If we can bring in one more before the deadline this will have been an AMAZING transfer window - the shot in the arm that we’ve needed. (It’s already been very good imo)
And even losing Isak definitely feels like it could be an opportunity rather than a problem
And even losing Isak definitely feels like it could be an opportunity rather than a problem
August 30, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Very exciting to have a new striker. If we can bring in one more before the deadline this will have been an AMAZING transfer window - the shot in the arm that we’ve needed. (It’s already been very good imo)
And even losing Isak definitely feels like it could be an opportunity rather than a problem
And even losing Isak definitely feels like it could be an opportunity rather than a problem