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Alex Duff
@duffofbrentford.bsky.social
Author of Smart Money (Brentford FC), Le Fric (Tour de France) & Football's Secret Trade (Player transfers).
Another option not sold out:

the audio book.

The narrator Simon Shepherd is 🔝
November 7, 2025 at 1:22 PM
In other football / Central Line nostalgia:

Stan Bowles used to take the Central Line to training at Orient when he lived at Lancaster Gate.

Stan also took public transport to his first Brentford match in 1981, carrying his boots in a plastic bag.
October 20, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Greenwood covered the trophy in cloth to avoid attention.

Asked by a passenger what was underneath, he said: Sweet FA.

He captained Brentford before becoming West Ham manager.

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October 20, 2025 at 9:45 AM
More from @publico.es including the nugget that the 4 grandchildren of Tour de France matriarch Marie-Odile Amaury, 85, are now shareholders in the family business.

Looks like TdF (family-owned since 1947) will not be for sale for another couple of generations.

www.publico.es/politica/inv...
El negocio de Amaury en España es mucho más que La Vuelta: 22 millones por la salida del Tour en Bilbao y Barcelona y 17 años de maratones
La matriz francesa de Unipublic creó dos UTE para conseguir adjudicaciones públicas y fue durante cuatro años coorganizador de las Titan World Series.
www.publico.es
September 23, 2025 at 9:46 AM
C. 1995

1. Get the story.
2. File to the copy taker.
3. Go to the pub.
September 22, 2025 at 8:37 PM
More scrutiny on Amaury family than usual in Spain following La Vuelta protests and criticism of Spanish government.

When they bought La Vuelta there was barely a murmur.

Now Publico story links the family receiving public money including subsidies with investing offshore.
September 18, 2025 at 9:27 AM