james rushton ✌️
@jamesrushton.bsky.social
Noted Brummie. Aston Villa fan. Work with Cars. Part of The Villa 5ocial podcast. Write about AVFC on House of V Newsletter.
Loud music. Fun games. Big reads. Good films.
Loud music. Fun games. Big reads. Good films.
Buendia has that dawg in him
October 19, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Buendia has that dawg in him
Glad I woke up to a normal day in the world and Aston Villa FC
October 17, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Glad I woke up to a normal day in the world and Aston Villa FC
Can't stop laughing at this picture man. Spezial drop bang on
October 16, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Can't stop laughing at this picture man. Spezial drop bang on
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Q: How do you somehow make the best Villa newsletter even better?
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We're thrilled and honoured that @jamesrushton.bsky.social has joined Aston Villa Review.
Here's his AVR debut: a classic Rushton tale from Villa away in Europe.
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Here's his AVR debut: a classic Rushton tale from Villa away in Europe.
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Another truth: Aston Villa in Rotterdam
'What kept me on the floor must’ve been a chemical accumulation of every single pint spilled beneath me in the years since De Kuip saw a cleaner.'
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October 9, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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We're thrilled and honoured that @jamesrushton.bsky.social has joined Aston Villa Review.
Here's his AVR debut: a classic Rushton tale from Villa away in Europe.
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🦁 | #AVFC | #UTV
Here's his AVR debut: a classic Rushton tale from Villa away in Europe.
No paywall on this one so get stuck in and subscribe!
🦁 | #AVFC | #UTV
Another truth: Aston Villa in Rotterdam
'What kept me on the floor must’ve been a chemical accumulation of every single pint spilled beneath me in the years since De Kuip saw a cleaner.'
www.astonvillareview.com
October 8, 2025 at 10:52 AM
We're thrilled and honoured that @jamesrushton.bsky.social has joined Aston Villa Review.
Here's his AVR debut: a classic Rushton tale from Villa away in Europe.
No paywall on this one so get stuck in and subscribe!
🦁 | #AVFC | #UTV
Here's his AVR debut: a classic Rushton tale from Villa away in Europe.
No paywall on this one so get stuck in and subscribe!
🦁 | #AVFC | #UTV
Delighted to be on board with @astonvillareview.com : here's my first piece for them
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open.substack.com/pub/astonvil...
Another truth: Aston Villa in Rotterdam
'What kept me on the floor must’ve been a chemical accumulation of every single pint spilled beneath me in the years since De Kuip saw a cleaner.'
open.substack.com
October 8, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Delighted to be on board with @astonvillareview.com : here's my first piece for them
open.substack.com/pub/astonvil...
open.substack.com/pub/astonvil...
New chant unlocked
October 3, 2025 at 9:28 PM
New chant unlocked
Rotterdam is class. One of the world's great cities.
October 3, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Rotterdam is class. One of the world's great cities.
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Newsletter: This is The Case Against Generative AI, a comprehensive analysis of a financial collapse built on myths I’ll dispel, the markets’ unhealthy obsession with NVIDIA's growth, and the fact that there is not enough money in the world to fund OpenAI.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-aga...
www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-aga...
The Case Against Generative AI
Soundtrack: Queens of the Stone Age - First It Giveth
Before we go any further: This is, for the third time this year, the longest newsletter I've ever written, weighing in somewhere around 18,500 wo...
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September 29, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Newsletter: This is The Case Against Generative AI, a comprehensive analysis of a financial collapse built on myths I’ll dispel, the markets’ unhealthy obsession with NVIDIA's growth, and the fact that there is not enough money in the world to fund OpenAI.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-aga...
www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-aga...
Anyone fancy scoring a goal with their feet this season
September 29, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Anyone fancy scoring a goal with their feet this season
anyone heard of 'twenty one pilots'? just found them, small little band.
September 24, 2025 at 8:27 AM
anyone heard of 'twenty one pilots'? just found them, small little band.
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I'm thinking about (maybe) bringing a second writer into @astonvillareview.com
Might not do it. Don't know what the terms would be. But there it is.
Shout if you're a broadly interested #AVFC writer with some experience: villa[at]chrisnee.co.uk
Might not do it. Don't know what the terms would be. But there it is.
Shout if you're a broadly interested #AVFC writer with some experience: villa[at]chrisnee.co.uk
September 23, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I'm thinking about (maybe) bringing a second writer into @astonvillareview.com
Might not do it. Don't know what the terms would be. But there it is.
Shout if you're a broadly interested #AVFC writer with some experience: villa[at]chrisnee.co.uk
Might not do it. Don't know what the terms would be. But there it is.
Shout if you're a broadly interested #AVFC writer with some experience: villa[at]chrisnee.co.uk
Tweet something like oh well at least we can focus on the league now
September 16, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Tweet something like oh well at least we can focus on the league now
Very rare that a Villa match is an utter waste of time post-2022. That was one of them.
August 23, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Very rare that a Villa match is an utter waste of time post-2022. That was one of them.
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RIP Brent. You wild bastard.
August 21, 2025 at 5:37 PM
RIP Brent. You wild bastard.
Thought "he's fallen off then"
Oviedo are in La Liga? Wtf
Oviedo are in La Liga? Wtf
Leander Dendoncker close to joining Real Oviedo. No transfer fee involved but helps #AVFC in efforts to comply with UEFA's financial rules. Some details to be discussed and no medical planned yet, but deal is near to being finalised.
Story @theathleticfc.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/655...
Story @theathleticfc.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/655...
Aston Villa’s Leander Dendoncker close to Real Oviedo move
There will be no fee involved for the midfielder, who has one year left on his existing contract but is out of Unai Emery’s plans.
www.nytimes.com
August 16, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Thought "he's fallen off then"
Oviedo are in La Liga? Wtf
Oviedo are in La Liga? Wtf
Villa Vs Toon:
The Good:
12:30 kick off so it's over already.
A point again
The video of Unai crossing himself
Bizot
The Bad:
Had to wake up early
Was too hot
Every single pass
The ref
Red card
The Good:
12:30 kick off so it's over already.
A point again
The video of Unai crossing himself
Bizot
The Bad:
Had to wake up early
Was too hot
Every single pass
The ref
Red card
August 16, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Villa Vs Toon:
The Good:
12:30 kick off so it's over already.
A point again
The video of Unai crossing himself
Bizot
The Bad:
Had to wake up early
Was too hot
Every single pass
The ref
Red card
The Good:
12:30 kick off so it's over already.
A point again
The video of Unai crossing himself
Bizot
The Bad:
Had to wake up early
Was too hot
Every single pass
The ref
Red card
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I did not wake up for a 4:30a kick off so am watching on delay but OH MY GOD hahaha
August 16, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I did not wake up for a 4:30a kick off so am watching on delay but OH MY GOD hahaha
I take it all back what the fuck
August 9, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I take it all back what the fuck
August 9, 2025 at 4:46 PM
living a very stupid late eighties lifestyle :
going gym
slappin the bass
listenin to megadeath
going gym
slappin the bass
listenin to megadeath
August 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
living a very stupid late eighties lifestyle :
going gym
slappin the bass
listenin to megadeath
going gym
slappin the bass
listenin to megadeath
It's a huge achievement being called 'Noted Brummie'
Wonderful newsletter about the intersection of Ozzy, heavy metal and Birmingham from noted Brummie @jamesrushton.bsky.social
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Farewell to Ozzy Osbourne
Poignant. That's the only word to describe the context in which Ozzy Osbourne's farewell concert, Back to the Beginning, at Villa Park now sits.
Seated on a throne on a raised platform on the Villa P...
houseofv.ghost.io
July 30, 2025 at 5:20 PM
It's a huge achievement being called 'Noted Brummie'
Listening to Metallica chronologically along with my biography listen-a-long and I'm feeling very 1997 when I say that Load is trash.
July 30, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Listening to Metallica chronologically along with my biography listen-a-long and I'm feeling very 1997 when I say that Load is trash.