Andrew Raeburn
andrewraeburn.bsky.social
Andrew Raeburn
@andrewraeburn.bsky.social
Sports journalist/commentator, sometimes heard on radio too. Magazine production editor. Podcast host. #AVFC fan. Trivia geek. Views own, mitts off.
Aston Villa are the best performing team in the Premier League over the last 10 games.

#UTV #AVFC
May 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
April 22, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Keir Starmer 1, Tinie Tempah 0.
April 12, 2025 at 7:59 AM
National League South remains insanely tight, with four matches to play.

- Two leaders on 80 points.
- Two points separating the top four.
- Three points separating the top five.
- Eight points separating the top eight.

After *42* games.
April 5, 2025 at 6:41 PM
National League South this season is ridiculous.

With 6 games to go, the top five are separated by just THREE points, and seven points cover the top seven.
March 25, 2025 at 10:17 PM
"On the line we have Pete from Washington DC. And you can shed some light on America's plans for war, can't you...?"
March 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM
The officers only wanted tickets to the reunion tour.
March 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
This was 5 years ago yesterday. We were 17th.

Imagine telling Villa fans that in the next 5 years...

🟣 We'd beat Liverpool 7-2
🔵 Sell Grealish for £100m
🟣 Sign Coutinho and Rashford
🔵 Get Unai Emery as manager
🟣 Finish in the top 4
🔵 Qualify for the CL last 16

#AVFC
February 2, 2025 at 9:42 PM
This film sequel didn't have Alec Guinness in it.
February 1, 2025 at 10:20 AM
The National League South remains incredibly tight.

After almost two-thirds of the season, just three points separate the top seven teams.

There's something in the sea air for Torquay, Worthing, Eastbourne Borough and Weston-super-Mare.
January 25, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Villa's last 10 games - 3 wins, 2 draws, 5 defeats - puts them 16th in form table (same points as "crisis clubs" Spurs and Man Utd).

Two goals conceded per game, same as Southampton. Only Leicester have a worse defensive record in that time.

They are our next opponents.

#AVFC
December 30, 2024 at 11:12 PM
In League 1 yesterday, Northampton Town subbed off a substitute who had been a substitute for another substitute.
December 30, 2024 at 10:46 AM
Big new role for Guus Hiddink.
December 10, 2024 at 6:37 PM
December 9, 2024 at 10:33 AM
Wallace and vomit.
December 1, 2024 at 10:27 AM
Happy 150th birthday*, Aston Villa.

(*even though no-one knows when it actually is)

#AVFC
November 21, 2024 at 8:32 AM
My thoughts with Nessa at this difficult time.
November 21, 2024 at 7:32 AM
POV: you're an elite striker.
November 15, 2024 at 5:40 PM
You know you're nearly 40 when...

You remember the Denise Lewis heptathlon game on the BBC Sport website.
November 14, 2024 at 10:38 AM
Two Daily Mirror front pages, exactly 100 years apart.

Oct 31st 1924: celebrating as Britain "tears down the red flag" amid a Conservative majority.

Oct 31st 2024: celebrating the first female Chancellor's budget under a new Labour government.
October 31, 2024 at 10:56 AM
It started its journey at King's Crustacean.
March 30, 2024 at 10:00 AM
Remembering this double-whammy for fans of 90s boybands...
February 10, 2024 at 10:46 AM
February 9, 2024 at 10:44 AM
True.
December 14, 2023 at 11:49 PM
BREAKING: Icicles reported in the Hell region, after Boris Johnson promises to "tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth".
December 6, 2023 at 10:08 AM