Tony Taylor
@itstonyt10.bsky.social
Ex-ping pongist. Half Man Half Biscuit aficionado. MCFC since 1970.
Born June 1963 ✅️
South Manchester ✅️
Irish Catholic stock ✅️
MCFC fan ✅️
Teenage Buzzcocks devotee ✅️
As this man has also been a member of my two all-time favourite bands, how could I feel anything less than obliged to read his memoir, pronto?
South Manchester ✅️
Irish Catholic stock ✅️
MCFC fan ✅️
Teenage Buzzcocks devotee ✅️
As this man has also been a member of my two all-time favourite bands, how could I feel anything less than obliged to read his memoir, pronto?
So .... I'm just starting Mike Joyce's memoir 'The Drums'. Are the chapter titles actual songs or do they just read like they are?
The demo version of Frankly Mr Shankly now on the Late Show and sounding brilliantly clear and calm.
buff.ly/F5Fue72
The demo version of Frankly Mr Shankly now on the Late Show and sounding brilliantly clear and calm.
buff.ly/F5Fue72
November 21, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Born June 1963 ✅️
South Manchester ✅️
Irish Catholic stock ✅️
MCFC fan ✅️
Teenage Buzzcocks devotee ✅️
As this man has also been a member of my two all-time favourite bands, how could I feel anything less than obliged to read his memoir, pronto?
South Manchester ✅️
Irish Catholic stock ✅️
MCFC fan ✅️
Teenage Buzzcocks devotee ✅️
As this man has also been a member of my two all-time favourite bands, how could I feel anything less than obliged to read his memoir, pronto?
This week's Channel 5 Play for Today was some heavy viewing for a Friday night. Enjoyed it though. Powerful performance by Sue Johnston, as you'd probably expect.
November 21, 2025 at 10:37 PM
This week's Channel 5 Play for Today was some heavy viewing for a Friday night. Enjoyed it though. Powerful performance by Sue Johnston, as you'd probably expect.
The hostile, relentless nature of England's four-pronged attack (before Stokes's introduction) was indeed reminiscent of the late 70s/early 80s Windies. I don't think that's an exaggeration.
#TheAshes
#TheAshes
Q. "Is there a better sight in sport than seeing the Aussies rattled?" 🤔
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WATCH ➡️ youtu.be/GSl2uWDZWVU
#Ashes | #AskGeorge
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WATCH ➡️ youtu.be/GSl2uWDZWVU
#Ashes | #AskGeorge
Wickets tumble in Perth | Ask George
YouTube video by The Cricketer
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November 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The hostile, relentless nature of England's four-pronged attack (before Stokes's introduction) was indeed reminiscent of the late 70s/early 80s Windies. I don't think that's an exaggeration.
#TheAshes
#TheAshes
Turned the telly on just in time to see Stokes being castled. Not a great start to my Ashes.
November 21, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Turned the telly on just in time to see Stokes being castled. Not a great start to my Ashes.
Hang the BJ, hang the BJ, hang the BJ
Can we hang Boris Johnson yet for crimes against the people of the UK?
November 20, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Hang the BJ, hang the BJ, hang the BJ
Strikingly similar to Braverman's "I would love to have a front page of the Telegraph with a plane taking off to Rwanda, that's my dream, it's my obsession."
It's the cruelty Olympics.
It's the cruelty Olympics.
It's not just the fact that they're evil. It's not just the way they are working very hard to make 'asylum seekers' and 'illegal migrants' into interchangeable synonyms for each other. It's the glee with which they communicate these things. They take uncontainable joy in the suffering of others.
November 19, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Strikingly similar to Braverman's "I would love to have a front page of the Telegraph with a plane taking off to Rwanda, that's my dream, it's my obsession."
It's the cruelty Olympics.
It's the cruelty Olympics.
I mean I get it, there's nothing in sport that can ever match an Aguerooooo-type moment, but this year's French Open final was just too great to be so pithily dismissed. If you'd have given say, Formula One as an example, I'd have agreed totally.
Imagine being one of those people who, knowing that football exists, says they prefer sports like tennis instead. Absolute losers.
November 18, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I mean I get it, there's nothing in sport that can ever match an Aguerooooo-type moment, but this year's French Open final was just too great to be so pithily dismissed. If you'd have given say, Formula One as an example, I'd have agreed totally.
FFS, Denmark!! Never had a problem with Scotland football wise, until I found myself working there during the 1986 World Cup (coaching ping pong at Butlin's Ayr, since you ask!). The anti-English sentiment and hostility was off the scale. Ridiculous, really. Always wished them the very worst since.
November 18, 2025 at 9:53 PM
FFS, Denmark!! Never had a problem with Scotland football wise, until I found myself working there during the 1986 World Cup (coaching ping pong at Butlin's Ayr, since you ask!). The anti-English sentiment and hostility was off the scale. Ridiculous, really. Always wished them the very worst since.
Buzzcocks - 'Nothing Left' (Love Bites, 1978)
The Primitives - 'Nothing Left' (Lovely, 1988)
My fave 'same song title, different song' phenomenon. Here's the Prims performing their track for French TV in 1988.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTZT...
The Primitives - 'Nothing Left' (Lovely, 1988)
My fave 'same song title, different song' phenomenon. Here's the Prims performing their track for French TV in 1988.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTZT...
THE PRIMITIVES // 1988-05-22 French TV - Nothing Left
YouTube video by My Prime Rock TV
www.youtube.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Buzzcocks - 'Nothing Left' (Love Bites, 1978)
The Primitives - 'Nothing Left' (Lovely, 1988)
My fave 'same song title, different song' phenomenon. Here's the Prims performing their track for French TV in 1988.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTZT...
The Primitives - 'Nothing Left' (Lovely, 1988)
My fave 'same song title, different song' phenomenon. Here's the Prims performing their track for French TV in 1988.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTZT...
"...City fans. I think we can agree that they're just...Man City fans are better than United fans..."
16-minute Bournemouth fan channel review of their recent trip to Manchester generally, and the Etihad specifically. Pretty fair overall, I'd say.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=knot...
16-minute Bournemouth fan channel review of their recent trip to Manchester generally, and the Etihad specifically. Pretty fair overall, I'd say.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=knot...
Manchester City Fans Are VERY Different To United Fans | Away Day Review
YouTube video by Back of the Net - The AFC Bournemouth Fan Channel
www.youtube.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:52 AM
"...City fans. I think we can agree that they're just...Man City fans are better than United fans..."
16-minute Bournemouth fan channel review of their recent trip to Manchester generally, and the Etihad specifically. Pretty fair overall, I'd say.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=knot...
16-minute Bournemouth fan channel review of their recent trip to Manchester generally, and the Etihad specifically. Pretty fair overall, I'd say.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=knot...
Shabana Mahmood is becoming so confused it's possible she'll deport herself before her tenure is over.
Shabana Mahmood asks MPs to stop mentioning Tommy Robinson's name (in relation to his support for her policies) as "he doesn't even think I am English. I find that offensive."
November 17, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Shabana Mahmood is becoming so confused it's possible she'll deport herself before her tenure is over.
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Wow, he looks just like him!
November 16, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Wow, he looks just like him!
Every single journalist/TV presenter has a moral obligation to read Shabana Mahmood's words from 2015 back to her before even considering entering into further discourse.
2015 Shabana Mahmood really needs to have a word with 2025 Shabana Mahmood
November 16, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Every single journalist/TV presenter has a moral obligation to read Shabana Mahmood's words from 2015 back to her before even considering entering into further discourse.
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You know, when you put it like that.......
Having opened the show with it this morning and given it some thought, I know we’re supposed to dislike Kevin in My Perfect Cousin. But he likes The Human League and University Challenge and proper Subbuteo technique. Apart from the ‘sheepie’, you’d definitely want to hang out with him
November 16, 2025 at 9:46 AM
You know, when you put it like that.......
Can confirm this absolutely true. When discussing the forthcoming Marty Supreme film - which I'm very much looking forward to - with my mate earlier, I casually used the name 'Tiffany Chevrolet' and he didn't bat an eyelid.
November 15, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Can confirm this absolutely true. When discussing the forthcoming Marty Supreme film - which I'm very much looking forward to - with my mate earlier, I casually used the name 'Tiffany Chevrolet' and he didn't bat an eyelid.
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#NewWaveNovember (1978-80)
16--Ian Dury & The Blockheads - What a Waste (1978)
One definition of New Wave is punk sensibility with better musicians. The Blockheads were certainly that - and Dury was a poet, not just a lyricist.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zmop...
16--Ian Dury & The Blockheads - What a Waste (1978)
One definition of New Wave is punk sensibility with better musicians. The Blockheads were certainly that - and Dury was a poet, not just a lyricist.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zmop...
Ian Dury and The Blockheads - What A Waste (Official 4K Video)
YouTube video by Ian Dury & The Blockheads
www.youtube.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:54 PM
#NewWaveNovember (1978-80)
16--Ian Dury & The Blockheads - What a Waste (1978)
One definition of New Wave is punk sensibility with better musicians. The Blockheads were certainly that - and Dury was a poet, not just a lyricist.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zmop...
16--Ian Dury & The Blockheads - What a Waste (1978)
One definition of New Wave is punk sensibility with better musicians. The Blockheads were certainly that - and Dury was a poet, not just a lyricist.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zmop...
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The Primitives are forty years old today. First show , Coventry, 14/11/85.
They've re-released Thru The Flowers to mark the anniversary.
And it's now sounding swell on the Late Show.
buff.ly/IawOAdj
They've re-released Thru The Flowers to mark the anniversary.
And it's now sounding swell on the Late Show.
buff.ly/IawOAdj
November 14, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The Primitives are forty years old today. First show , Coventry, 14/11/85.
They've re-released Thru The Flowers to mark the anniversary.
And it's now sounding swell on the Late Show.
buff.ly/IawOAdj
They've re-released Thru The Flowers to mark the anniversary.
And it's now sounding swell on the Late Show.
buff.ly/IawOAdj
Tempted though I am, it's not quite the weather for 'The First Picture of You', so here's my 20p and let's kick the weekend off with 'Orgasm Addict', 'The Day the World Turned Day-Glo' & 'Panic'.
A bit later in the week than usual due to all the new stock that’s come in here’s this weeks fabulous 50 on the jukebox.
20p gets you 3 picks…GO
20p gets you 3 picks…GO
November 14, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Tempted though I am, it's not quite the weather for 'The First Picture of You', so here's my 20p and let's kick the weekend off with 'Orgasm Addict', 'The Day the World Turned Day-Glo' & 'Panic'.
Yesterday I saw a burly builder, I'd say mid-forties, answer his 'This Charming Man' ringtoned phone. Without wishing to stereotype, it struck me how a man of his demographic would almost certainly have dismissed The Smiths as fey and effeminate forty years ago. Funny how perception changes.
November 14, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Yesterday I saw a burly builder, I'd say mid-forties, answer his 'This Charming Man' ringtoned phone. Without wishing to stereotype, it struck me how a man of his demographic would almost certainly have dismissed The Smiths as fey and effeminate forty years ago. Funny how perception changes.
There's been quite a fuss surrounding Hatful of Hollow's 41st anniversary. My own story goes like this: I bought it from Piccadilly Records, before heading to Manchester YMCA to practise table tennis with a few other full-time players of that time. It wasn't a universally popular choice.
November 14, 2025 at 12:19 AM
There's been quite a fuss surrounding Hatful of Hollow's 41st anniversary. My own story goes like this: I bought it from Piccadilly Records, before heading to Manchester YMCA to practise table tennis with a few other full-time players of that time. It wasn't a universally popular choice.
So clear. So concise.
Christiane Amanpour, "Antisemitism is a major problem. How do you navigate that?"
Zack Polanski, "I think it is a powerful message to have a Jewish leader and a Muslim deputy leader"
"Antisemitism and Islamophobia are two sides of the same coin"
"And the best response to hatred is solidarity"
Zack Polanski, "I think it is a powerful message to have a Jewish leader and a Muslim deputy leader"
"Antisemitism and Islamophobia are two sides of the same coin"
"And the best response to hatred is solidarity"
November 13, 2025 at 9:47 PM
So clear. So concise.
I used to play in the same football team as the lad on the receiving end of this shocking incident. It's fair to say he's milked it a bit over the years and I suppose you can't blame him. Still, it must feel strange to have a lifelong claim to fame of being a dartboard in human form.
November 13, 2025 at 12:26 PM
I used to play in the same football team as the lad on the receiving end of this shocking incident. It's fair to say he's milked it a bit over the years and I suppose you can't blame him. Still, it must feel strange to have a lifelong claim to fame of being a dartboard in human form.
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Now THAT’S how you paint a flag where everyone can see it.
November 12, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Now THAT’S how you paint a flag where everyone can see it.
The new Carol Morley film is currently being shot literally round the corner from our house. I'm a fan of Carol's stuff and, though I haven't read the book, really looking forward to this one.
November 12, 2025 at 11:26 AM
The new Carol Morley film is currently being shot literally round the corner from our house. I'm a fan of Carol's stuff and, though I haven't read the book, really looking forward to this one.