Beckah
@rebekahgrassby.bsky.social
She/her. I like to run, play football and watch films. Chelsea fan #CFCW. Resident doctor in the NHS #formysins
@footballcliches.bsky.social a sign I've gone too far through the looking glass, is that on reading this in the BBC News article about Mark Townsend's tragic death, I immediately Googled if it was a league or cup game, so as to judge the accuracy of the use of the word "tie"
(It was a league game)
(It was a league game)
October 7, 2025 at 11:11 PM
@footballcliches.bsky.social a sign I've gone too far through the looking glass, is that on reading this in the BBC News article about Mark Townsend's tragic death, I immediately Googled if it was a league or cup game, so as to judge the accuracy of the use of the word "tie"
(It was a league game)
(It was a league game)
@footballcliches.bsky.social Do we think Keir Starmar is Cliches-aware enough to see the irony in him giving his "full confidence" to both Rayner and Mandelson, then sacking them both the next day?
September 11, 2025 at 11:26 PM
@footballcliches.bsky.social Do we think Keir Starmar is Cliches-aware enough to see the irony in him giving his "full confidence" to both Rayner and Mandelson, then sacking them both the next day?
@footballcliches.bsky.social re June MHD… few weeks ago I got cracked on the shin playing 6-a-side with my team. Have an (unfair) rep of “going down easily” due to being lightweight, so my limping was greeted with craws of “she’s fine!!”… imagine my delight when I got to send this to the group chat
July 6, 2025 at 11:27 AM
@footballcliches.bsky.social re June MHD… few weeks ago I got cracked on the shin playing 6-a-side with my team. Have an (unfair) rep of “going down easily” due to being lightweight, so my limping was greeted with craws of “she’s fine!!”… imagine my delight when I got to send this to the group chat
Oh my Cook has matured into a strong silver fox #bbccricket
June 21, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Oh my Cook has matured into a strong silver fox #bbccricket
@maxrushden.bsky.social error on pod from 29th May. Re qualifying for ECL - Chelsea came 6th in PL 23/24, not 8th. Ended up in ECL as Man United won FA Cup, so took Chelsea's Europa League spot.
May 30, 2025 at 12:45 AM
@maxrushden.bsky.social error on pod from 29th May. Re qualifying for ECL - Chelsea came 6th in PL 23/24, not 8th. Ended up in ECL as Man United won FA Cup, so took Chelsea's Europa League spot.
@footballcliches.bsky.social not good audio content for the pod, but this “footballers’ names in things” was enough to interrupt my run this morning
April 8, 2025 at 11:18 AM
@footballcliches.bsky.social not good audio content for the pod, but this “footballers’ names in things” was enough to interrupt my run this morning
I think @footballcliches.bsky.social would have something to say about Chelsea debutant Naomi Girma committing a foul, and the commentator declaring “welcome to the WSL”. An inverse for me - only appropriate if the new signing is the foulee, not the fouler.
March 2, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I think @footballcliches.bsky.social would have something to say about Chelsea debutant Naomi Girma committing a foul, and the commentator declaring “welcome to the WSL”. An inverse for me - only appropriate if the new signing is the foulee, not the fouler.
Sent a WhatsApp message today using “part and parcel” in a very appropriate non-footballing context, disproving a recent claim on the @footballcliches.bsky.social pod (and absolutely not used consciously in order to do so…)
February 11, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Sent a WhatsApp message today using “part and parcel” in a very appropriate non-footballing context, disproving a recent claim on the @footballcliches.bsky.social pod (and absolutely not used consciously in order to do so…)
@footballcliches.bsky.social question: can you score a worldie “too early”? Thought occurred to me during the Man United Women game last weekend. Terland scored a lovely volley in the 6th min… instinctively struck me as too early in the game for a goal of that quality (especially as it ended 1-0)
February 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
@footballcliches.bsky.social question: can you score a worldie “too early”? Thought occurred to me during the Man United Women game last weekend. Terland scored a lovely volley in the 6th min… instinctively struck me as too early in the game for a goal of that quality (especially as it ended 1-0)
Long coat drip from the pundits on the BBC’s coverage of Villa vs Chelsea is quite something else #BarclaysWSL
February 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Long coat drip from the pundits on the BBC’s coverage of Villa vs Chelsea is quite something else #BarclaysWSL
Or bowl twice
New target - bat twice in the test match #WomensAshes
February 1, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Or bowl twice
Not optimistic of this being the reckoning it should be, given how the players have treated Alex Hartley. The misplaced hubris, the incompetency, the poor mentality, the reluctance to accept hard truths… it’s all just so very... *English* #WomensAshes
January 25, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Not optimistic of this being the reckoning it should be, given how the players have treated Alex Hartley. The misplaced hubris, the incompetency, the poor mentality, the reluctance to accept hard truths… it’s all just so very... *English* #WomensAshes
New target - bat twice in the test match #WomensAshes
January 25, 2025 at 10:39 AM
New target - bat twice in the test match #WomensAshes
Very pleased to feature in a very small way in this month's edition of #WhenSaturdayComes, as part of the Pitch&Strike charity match to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Orgreave. Check it out here! www.wsc.co.uk/shop/wsc-449...
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January 2025 - Referee abuse, WBA, Mark Robins, Colchester Utd, Sportscene, Doncaster Rovers
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December 13, 2024 at 10:50 AM
Very pleased to feature in a very small way in this month's edition of #WhenSaturdayComes, as part of the Pitch&Strike charity match to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Orgreave. Check it out here! www.wsc.co.uk/shop/wsc-449...
Reposted by Beckah
‘Don’t man up….
Instead
‘…talk, cry, scream’
This is so important & very poignant from @mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social on men taking their ow lives
Instead
‘…talk, cry, scream’
This is so important & very poignant from @mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social on men taking their ow lives
December 8, 2024 at 1:48 PM
‘Don’t man up….
Instead
‘…talk, cry, scream’
This is so important & very poignant from @mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social on men taking their ow lives
Instead
‘…talk, cry, scream’
This is so important & very poignant from @mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social on men taking their ow lives
People need to stop doubting Lewis Hamilton. There was one truly great champion out on that track today, and he was wearing number 44 #AbuDhabiGP
December 8, 2024 at 3:21 PM
People need to stop doubting Lewis Hamilton. There was one truly great champion out on that track today, and he was wearing number 44 #AbuDhabiGP
This is an incredibly silly game of football #CFCW #BarclaysWSL
December 8, 2024 at 2:45 PM
This is an incredibly silly game of football #CFCW #BarclaysWSL
Absolutely buzzing for Wales, qualifying for a major tournament for the first time! Unashamedly will say I now hve two teams to support at the Euros this summer, the country of my upbringing, and of my birth 🏴🏴
December 4, 2024 at 12:00 AM
Absolutely buzzing for Wales, qualifying for a major tournament for the first time! Unashamedly will say I now hve two teams to support at the Euros this summer, the country of my upbringing, and of my birth 🏴🏴
Off to Bramall Lane for my second #Lionesses game in 4 days tonight 🦁
Excited to watch a team I love play in the city I call home, a tolerant, progressive and diverse place to live.
However, there is reportedly a “protest” planned against trans women in sport, before the game…
Excited to watch a team I love play in the city I call home, a tolerant, progressive and diverse place to live.
However, there is reportedly a “protest” planned against trans women in sport, before the game…
December 3, 2024 at 5:52 PM
Off to Bramall Lane for my second #Lionesses game in 4 days tonight 🦁
Excited to watch a team I love play in the city I call home, a tolerant, progressive and diverse place to live.
However, there is reportedly a “protest” planned against trans women in sport, before the game…
Excited to watch a team I love play in the city I call home, a tolerant, progressive and diverse place to live.
However, there is reportedly a “protest” planned against trans women in sport, before the game…
INDIRECT FREE KICK IN THE BOX
IT'S HAPPENING
TUNE IN TO CHELSEA VS VILLA NOW
IT'S HAPPENING
TUNE IN TO CHELSEA VS VILLA NOW
December 1, 2024 at 1:54 PM
INDIRECT FREE KICK IN THE BOX
IT'S HAPPENING
TUNE IN TO CHELSEA VS VILLA NOW
IT'S HAPPENING
TUNE IN TO CHELSEA VS VILLA NOW
I absolutely cannot fathom the BBC Sport’s rationale behind how the Chelsea starting XI has been ordered. Not formation, not numerical, not alphabetical… what?? A crime against football
December 1, 2024 at 12:32 PM
I absolutely cannot fathom the BBC Sport’s rationale behind how the Chelsea starting XI has been ordered. Not formation, not numerical, not alphabetical… what?? A crime against football
Thoughts on the game last night... Earps has won back the No. 1 shirt, for now. The defensive performance was good, albeit against an understrength USA - and that felt an important reset #Lionesses
December 1, 2024 at 8:44 AM
Thoughts on the game last night... Earps has won back the No. 1 shirt, for now. The defensive performance was good, albeit against an understrength USA - and that felt an important reset #Lionesses
It’s been several years since women’s football transcended into the mainstream consciousness, and popularity - but it still gives me a little thrill to stop off at a service station on my way down to a #Lionesses game, and find it’s rammed full of women and girls wearing England shirts
November 30, 2024 at 4:19 PM
It’s been several years since women’s football transcended into the mainstream consciousness, and popularity - but it still gives me a little thrill to stop off at a service station on my way down to a #Lionesses game, and find it’s rammed full of women and girls wearing England shirts
A win for autonomy today. I believe good palliative care can coexist with assisted dying for terminal people, and support access to, funding for, and education about both #medsky
November 29, 2024 at 7:20 PM
A win for autonomy today. I believe good palliative care can coexist with assisted dying for terminal people, and support access to, funding for, and education about both #medsky