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John Bleasdale
@jbleasdale81.bsky.social
Author, Podcaster, Aberdeen & Scotland fan, Married with 2 Boys, arse kicker of Thyroid Cancer
At Fanzone ready for Scotland v Belarus. Just win, that’s all we ask
October 12, 2025 at 1:09 PM
From being unable to do a High School talk for 3 mins 30 years ago to giving a presentation about my book journey to a group of 40 people. Thanks to Football Memories Scotland for the invitation, you’ve got a great wee group there ⚽️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
January 23, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The closest I got to Scotland’s joint greatest (arguably greatest) ever footballer, and the best Aberdonian not to play for Aberdeen. RIP Denis Law 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
January 17, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Got these three books over Xmas and New Year, looking forward to each of them for different reasons. Only question is which one do I start with?
January 7, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Also covered the SWNT games and summarise the disappointment of missing out on a third major tournament in a row
December 20, 2024 at 2:20 PM
Latest interview for Famous Tartan Army magazine: Dougie Donnelly

📖 Release of his autobiography
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Early memories watching Scotland
🩼 Almost missing Euro 92
🇫🇷 Covering opening game of France 98
🍽️ His ideal football & golf dinner party
December 20, 2024 at 2:20 PM
Got to be content with that, so long as Portugal beat Denmark. Of course having avoided Greece for 30 years we’re now playing them four times in 2025!
December 13, 2024 at 2:11 PM
In position waiting on the teams. C’MON SCOTLAND #SWNT
November 29, 2024 at 7:27 PM
Great day out in hospitality at Preston today, even though the game was crap. Finally Dad got to use his 70th present from us
November 23, 2024 at 11:13 PM
Introduce yourself with four footballers. (Slightly cheated, five footballers four pics)
November 18, 2024 at 9:04 AM
You need another book 😉
November 16, 2024 at 8:49 AM
Huge result for Scotland last night. What a talent Ben Doak is, had a £77m defender on toast 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
November 16, 2024 at 7:44 AM
Christmas is on the way, so for those who love football & books I’ve got the perfect gift. We’re Going to Wembley is my 2nd book & contains an insight into Scotland’s journey to Euro 96, including one of the last interviews with Craig Brown. DM me if you’re interested in a signed copy
November 14, 2024 at 11:31 AM
The 1990 kit remains my favourite but the 150th anniversary top is not far behind 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
November 13, 2024 at 6:08 PM
First post on here to tell a little about me. Family man with a love of football, in particular Aberdeen & Scotland. Podcaster for SFF Podcast & others, writer for Famous Tartan Army Magazine & author of these two amazing books.

Hoping this place is better than Twitter/X 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
November 9, 2024 at 10:44 AM