Colin Davey
@c9d9.bsky.social
Lover of bad football and great writing. From the Deep South (of England). Former Football Programme editor, Hastings Writers Group. Pub deadbeat, old. Got a novel on the stocks, need to live on a bit.
app.the-tls.com/214759/conte... I feel seen, as the youths say. Greetings, fellow decrepits.
Out of the loop
On failing to keep up
app.the-tls.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
app.the-tls.com/214759/conte... I feel seen, as the youths say. Greetings, fellow decrepits.
Reposted by Colin Davey
Megalithic monuments in the otherworldly Orkney Islands, in northern Scotland, remain a fundamental part of the landscape. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/3hepma
In Northern Scotland, the Neolithic Age Never Ended
Megalithic monuments in the otherworldly Orkney Islands remain a fundamental part of the landscape.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Megalithic monuments in the otherworldly Orkney Islands, in northern Scotland, remain a fundamental part of the landscape. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/3hepma
Taking my business away from Substack. Going back to Medium: medium.com/@colin_davey
Colin Davey – Medium
Read writing from Colin Davey on Medium. DFL (Down from Luton) since 2014. Former programme editor, deadbeat.
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November 16, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Taking my business away from Substack. Going back to Medium: medium.com/@colin_davey
Sitting in The Strand (pub), unsubscribing from Substack subscriptions, which is like pulling teeth, with Call Me F****** Al on the jukebox. Worst Sunday drinks since the Tina Turner tribute act.
November 16, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Sitting in The Strand (pub), unsubscribing from Substack subscriptions, which is like pulling teeth, with Call Me F****** Al on the jukebox. Worst Sunday drinks since the Tina Turner tribute act.
From the TLS
"More than nine billion tins of Spam have passed through the world’s gastrointestinal tracts ad thirteen tins are eaten every second."
Bloody. Vikings.
"More than nine billion tins of Spam have passed through the world’s gastrointestinal tracts ad thirteen tins are eaten every second."
Bloody. Vikings.
October 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
From the TLS
"More than nine billion tins of Spam have passed through the world’s gastrointestinal tracts ad thirteen tins are eaten every second."
Bloody. Vikings.
"More than nine billion tins of Spam have passed through the world’s gastrointestinal tracts ad thirteen tins are eaten every second."
Bloody. Vikings.
In the pub. There's a dispute, namely, "Where's my Guiness?" Turns out the barman had, oddly, heard "Innes" and poured a glass of Innes and Gunn, a lovely Scots oddity. Meanwhile, thirsty me. If Gunn had been the senior partner, we'd be there yet.
October 4, 2025 at 4:57 PM
In the pub. There's a dispute, namely, "Where's my Guiness?" Turns out the barman had, oddly, heard "Innes" and poured a glass of Innes and Gunn, a lovely Scots oddity. Meanwhile, thirsty me. If Gunn had been the senior partner, we'd be there yet.
Whatever you do, don't call it "Brit Card" . True cringe.
September 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Whatever you do, don't call it "Brit Card" . True cringe.
It seems you can only read Samuel Beckett sober, which seems all wrong.
September 22, 2025 at 7:27 PM
It seems you can only read Samuel Beckett sober, which seems all wrong.
I have an AA Milne / Samuel Beckett mashup going. I think I can make ir work. --"Eeyore's Last Tape." Anyone? #GiveItAGo
September 19, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I have an AA Milne / Samuel Beckett mashup going. I think I can make ir work. --"Eeyore's Last Tape." Anyone? #GiveItAGo
It's like Captain Pike in The Cage. Two bleeps for yes, one for no, are no basis for a form of government. Yet the USA is either MIA Democrat (boo) or MAGA (hooray).
September 12, 2025 at 2:35 PM
It's like Captain Pike in The Cage. Two bleeps for yes, one for no, are no basis for a form of government. Yet the USA is either MIA Democrat (boo) or MAGA (hooray).
I was at a wedding last weekend. As usual, a group photograph was to be taken after the ceremony, outdoors on the front steps of the hall. The photographer calls “Is everyone out?” From behind me, a voice: “ Man, it's a gay marriage. Everyone's out who's coming out!”
August 16, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I was at a wedding last weekend. As usual, a group photograph was to be taken after the ceremony, outdoors on the front steps of the hall. The photographer calls “Is everyone out?” From behind me, a voice: “ Man, it's a gay marriage. Everyone's out who's coming out!”
youtu.be/eO0jkjo2NkU?...
The girl singer here has a "perfect" blues voice. But who would have thought how far she could take it? Glorious singing.
The girl singer here has a "perfect" blues voice. But who would have thought how far she could take it? Glorious singing.
When the Train Comes Back
YouTube video by Chicken Shack - Topic
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August 7, 2025 at 8:40 PM
youtu.be/eO0jkjo2NkU?...
The girl singer here has a "perfect" blues voice. But who would have thought how far she could take it? Glorious singing.
The girl singer here has a "perfect" blues voice. But who would have thought how far she could take it? Glorious singing.
When paid subscriptions are easy to set up but are all at "beware of the leopard" levels to cancel, I get all funny about it and go a bit mad. Sorry to any cool Substack providers I have unsubscribed from as collateral damage. I may be back if you behave. #GoodnightSeetheart
August 4, 2025 at 4:21 PM
When paid subscriptions are easy to set up but are all at "beware of the leopard" levels to cancel, I get all funny about it and go a bit mad. Sorry to any cool Substack providers I have unsubscribed from as collateral damage. I may be back if you behave. #GoodnightSeetheart
For how many years has she been telling us that "Thunder Only Happens When It's Raining", the fakest of fake news? Yet we're no nearer believing it than we were then. We CAN if we try,
July 26, 2025 at 1:37 PM
For how many years has she been telling us that "Thunder Only Happens When It's Raining", the fakest of fake news? Yet we're no nearer believing it than we were then. We CAN if we try,
"Free Rein" doesn't need a g in it, for God's sake. Why do people do this?
July 24, 2025 at 1:39 PM
"Free Rein" doesn't need a g in it, for God's sake. Why do people do this?
New cooker was delivered today. The last time I saw her this happy, it didn't cost £5000 , just a bottle of Pinot and a hand on the thigh. Oh tempora.
July 18, 2025 at 2:12 PM
New cooker was delivered today. The last time I saw her this happy, it didn't cost £5000 , just a bottle of Pinot and a hand on the thigh. Oh tempora.
Let me introduce you to 70s band #Fruup. They didn’t always nail it so they never made it out of Div. 2, but when they did it was beautiful. Saw them in Dunstable a lifetime ago. youtu.be/DNmdII3V4iE?...
Song for a Thought
YouTube video by Fruupp - Topic
youtu.be
July 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Let me introduce you to 70s band #Fruup. They didn’t always nail it so they never made it out of Div. 2, but when they did it was beautiful. Saw them in Dunstable a lifetime ago. youtu.be/DNmdII3V4iE?...
"This week, I are mostly been speaking Proto-Indian-European."
July 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
"This week, I are mostly been speaking Proto-Indian-European."
You're in America. Speak Proto-Indo-European-Commanche-Spanish or go back to wherever you came from, Commie.
July 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
You're in America. Speak Proto-Indo-European-Commanche-Spanish or go back to wherever you came from, Commie.
It's my birthday today. I have been bought scarves and hats. And the pub has Christmas hits - "Snow is Falling" - playing. So, Merry Christmas, everyone. Nights are drawing in.
July 2, 2025 at 3:17 PM
It's my birthday today. I have been bought scarves and hats. And the pub has Christmas hits - "Snow is Falling" - playing. So, Merry Christmas, everyone. Nights are drawing in.
Did Covid-19 kill blow-football?
July 1, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Did Covid-19 kill blow-football?
4 views 0 Likes. Immortality beckons. Shall I do a Ted?
June 25, 2025 at 2:55 PM
4 views 0 Likes. Immortality beckons. Shall I do a Ted?
70 next week. Fuck that.
June 25, 2025 at 2:09 PM
70 next week. Fuck that.
My Procrastinator's Limerick is upon Substack. open.substack.com/pub/colindav...
Too relatable? Read it when you've got time, or put it on your to-do list. (I have lots of those).
Too relatable? Read it when you've got time, or put it on your to-do list. (I have lots of those).
Procrastinator's Limerick
I started this poem when I should have been doing something else,
open.substack.com
June 25, 2025 at 1:56 PM
My Procrastinator's Limerick is upon Substack. open.substack.com/pub/colindav...
Too relatable? Read it when you've got time, or put it on your to-do list. (I have lots of those).
Too relatable? Read it when you've got time, or put it on your to-do list. (I have lots of those).