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Benji Lanyado
@benjilanyado.bsky.social
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Founder of Picfair. Totally Football Show guest. Former journo (Guardian/NYT). Engineer. West Ham sufferer ⚒️
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🚨SATURDAY POD!🚨

It's @acjimbo.bsky.social, @oilysailor.bsky.social, @benjilanyado.bsky.social & Alan Curbishley, one of whom oversaw one of the greatest escapes in Premier League history. But not if you're a Sheffield United fan. It's Tevez-era West Ham United

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The Totally Football Show with James Richardson: Totally Extra: West Ham 06/07 - Tevez, Mascherano, Pards & Curbs
Jimbo opens the Totally Almanac in 2006 and is joined by Duncan Alexander, Benji Lanyado and special guest Alan Curbishley to discuss an unforgettable West Ham season.It was the tale of two Alan's ...
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October 18, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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🚨 THURSDAY POD! 🚨

@acjimbo.bsky.social, @oilysailor.bsky.social, @benjilanyado.bsky.social & @adrianjclarke.bsky.social assemble for your latest dose of Totally...

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Finally look good
🇳🇴 11-goal haul w/ @tkkarlsen.bsky.social
🌳All change at Forest w/ @mattdaviesff.bsky.social

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The Totally Football Show with James Richardson: Ange arrives at Forest, England click and the Manchester derby
Jimbo's joined by Adrian Clarke, Benji Lanyado and Duncan Alexander as we gear up for a tasty weekend of enticing fixtures as the Premier League returns after the international break.We begin with ...
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September 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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The new Route One is live, we’ve got Tim Spiers, we’ve got @benjilanyado.bsky.social, we’ve
got all the football news you need and a fair bit that you probably don’t. Listen here

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Route One: Is Strand Larsen really the new Isak?
It looks like Newcastle have started succession planning. They’ve made bids of £50m and £55m for Wolves’ striker Jorgen Strand Larsen. But is he worth that much money? Tim Spiers has seen a l...
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August 27, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Not time to panic

but also maybe we go down sell Bowen sell Paqueta sell everyone

sign the rest of Steve Potts’s children

Charge £7 a pop for Potts XI at the Stratford Thunderdome

yep that’s the plan
August 22, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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V fun new football score prediction app - was part of the private beta last season and was predictably addicted.

Join my league on Scoresheet! scoresheetapp.com/open?inviteCode=D3EIWH
Open — ALL THE THRILL...NONE OF THE RISK!
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August 13, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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V fun new football score prediction app - was part of the private beta last season and was predictably addicted.

Join my league on Scoresheet! scoresheetapp.com/open?inviteCode=D3EIWH
Open — ALL THE THRILL...NONE OF THE RISK!
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August 13, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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We asked AI to recreate Picfair’s best ever advert.

It didn’t go to plan.
July 17, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Very clear Conference League trend emerging:

Cradles of civilisation in even years; London clubs in odd years.

2022: Roma
2023: West Ham
2024: Olympiakos
2025: Chelsea

Predictions:
2026: İstanbul Başakşehir
2027: Crystal Palace
May 28, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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🚨BRAND NEW POD!🚨

@acjimbo.bsky.social, @oilysailor.bsky.social, @cdeccleshare.bsky.social, @benjilanyado.bsky.social and @jackpittbrooke.bsky.social

🏆Spurs win the Europa League!
🌳Forest v Chelsea and the PL final day
🏟️Blades v Black Cats at Wembley
😏Players who never get booked

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The Totally Football Show with James Richardson: Spurs win the Europa League - who will join them in the Champions League?
Jimbo is joined by Duncan Alexander, Charlie Eccleshare and Benji Lanyado after Tottenham Hotspur make history in Bilbao.Spurs beat Manchester United in the Europa League final to claim silverware,...
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May 22, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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🚨BRAND NEW POD!🚨

It's @acjimbo.bsky.social, @oilysailor.bsky.social, @benjilanyado.bsky.social & Natalie Gedra🎙️

🏆Forest, City, Palace & Villa head to Wembley
🥳Liverpool a point away from a party
🦅Which relegated players will be swooped for?
📈20 goal players in a PL season

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The Totally Football Show with James Richardson: Can Forest & Palace stun City & Villa at Wembley? Plus Liverpool a point away from the title
Jimbo has Duncan Alexander, Natalie Gedra and Benji Lanyado for company in the studio ahead of a huge weekend of action.Crystal Palace, Nottingham Forest and Man City secure impressive results in t...
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April 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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❓QUESTIONS QUESTIONS❓

@acjimbo.bsky.social, @oilysailor.bsky.social, @benjilanyado.bsky.social & Natalie Gedra are in the studio tomorrow morning to pod again. Titles to be won, Wembley glory to be had...
April 23, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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🚨BRAND NEW POD!🚨

It's @acjimbo.bsky.social, @zonal-marking.bsky.social, @cdeccleshare.bsky.social & @benjilanyado.bsky.social in the studio:

🇦🇷Argentina thrash Brazil
🇧🇷Natalie Gedra on the state of the Seleção
🇪🇸Trent moving to Madrid?
🏆Fun FA Cup 1/4 finals
🦅Mateta🤝Michael Caine

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The Totally Football Show with James Richardson: Argentina thrashing Brazil, Trent moving to Madrid and fun FA Cup quarter-finals
Jimbo is joined in the studio by Michael Cox, Charlie Eccleshare and Benji Lanyado as the international break ends and club football returns.Holders Argentina qualify for the World Cup with a scint...
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March 27, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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By the end of 2025 England will have played:

Albania
Latvia
Andorra
Senegal
Serbia
Wales

We’ll go into a World Cup year with Tuchel having learned nothing of substance about this group of players. Not ideal.
March 24, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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Every West Ham fan will be watching the Newcastle footage with a pinch of Prague. Wonderful wonderful wonderful.
March 16, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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Tim Steidten got us all so fizzy about exotic World Cup winner Guido Rodriguez when it turns out all we really needed was some local hearty James Ward-Prowse
February 27, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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Inspired by dreamy Dominik Szoboszlai I asked an AI who the most handsome players in the Premier League and shared it with the lads 👇🏼
February 27, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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❓QUESTIONS QUESTIONS❓

So much Premier League football, plus an FA Cup 5th round, to digest when @acjimbo.bsky.social, @oilysailor.bsky.social,
@mattdaviesadams.bsky.social & @benjilanyado.bsky.social meet in the studio tomorrow morning. What say you?
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February 26, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Lovely side project from Picfair's designer - London art exhibitions in order of when they end: shouldgoto.com
Should Go To - Good things to do in London
London art exhibitions, in order of when they end.
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February 18, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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✅ Andy Irving (prev: Falkirk, Türkgücü München, Austria Klagenfurt) - STARTS

❌ Guido Rodriguez (prev: Argentina World Cup winner) - BENCH

And it’s the right decision.
February 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Genuinely shaken to discover that there is a footballer called João Neves and he doesn’t play for Wolves
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From 2-0 down, Paris Saint-Germain are now 3-2 up against Manchester City.

Joao Neves heads home at the far post to send the Parc des Princes wild.
January 23, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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AI rollout in the public sector is a good thing.

But there must be a counter-balance: a Ministry for the Replaced-by-AI.

If we do nothing, we're sowing the seeds for the next Trump & Brexit.

Wrote this a few years ago: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
January 13, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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Lopategui is grieving for his father.

The club needs to replace him, but if ever there was a time to show empathy through clarity, it’s now.

Classless, again.

And stupid. Any new manager will look closely at how his predecessors were treated. We’ve now mistreated 2 in a row.
January 7, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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Highlights from West Ham’s season so far:

• Star player banned for 5 games for knocking out half the Spurs team

• Record goalscorer almost dies in car crash and pulverises his legs

• Struggling manager’s father dies

• Captain & talisman breaks his foot

HNY Irons! ⚒️
December 31, 2024 at 2:32 PM
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Uncle Jeff back at the football having seen off cancer. Chuffed to see us move to a +1 coefficient 🫡⚒️
December 21, 2024 at 5:32 PM
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Picfair’s best of 2024. Absolute belters.

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December 20, 2024 at 7:54 PM