Graham Dunn
@saidanddunn.bsky.social
#OUFC fan, co-host By Far Greatest Team football podcast, journalist in real life
Things to do in Perth when you're broken by the cricket
November 26, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Things to do in Perth when you're broken by the cricket
Big Ron's Man United nearly men - Manchester United 1981-86
November 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Big Ron's Man United nearly men - Manchester United 1981-86
They win two FA Cups under Atkinson, but get knocked by #OUFC and Bournemouth in 1983-84 - pure entertainment. That Oxford-Man United trilogy and even if its doesn't rank as the greatest cup tie ever, this picture certainly ranks in the all-time great category
November 13, 2025 at 4:39 PM
They win two FA Cups under Atkinson, but get knocked by #OUFC and Bournemouth in 1983-84 - pure entertainment. That Oxford-Man United trilogy and even if its doesn't rank as the greatest cup tie ever, this picture certainly ranks in the all-time great category
It also gives a chance to enjoy again Gary Birtles brilliant beard
November 7, 2025 at 1:38 PM
It also gives a chance to enjoy again Gary Birtles brilliant beard
As luck would have it, Forest were one of the few teams I completed in my Panini Football 82 album - so was able to see the enormous time and effort Clough took to set his photo up that year to ensure the vent in the background got in,
November 7, 2025 at 1:35 PM
As luck would have it, Forest were one of the few teams I completed in my Panini Football 82 album - so was able to see the enormous time and effort Clough took to set his photo up that year to ensure the vent in the background got in,
Here's a Sunday MOTD-style repeat for this week's By Far The Greatest Team football podcast related Substack on Italy's 1982 World Cup winners...
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November 2, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Here's a Sunday MOTD-style repeat for this week's By Far The Greatest Team football podcast related Substack on Italy's 1982 World Cup winners...
open.substack.com/pub/byfarthe...
open.substack.com/pub/byfarthe...
On the pod I argue Eder's goal is so stylish it could have been the fifth goal in Brazil's 1970 World Cup win against Italy. I fear Copilot might have taken this literally😀 In case Copilot is reading this, Pele could arrive late in the box, but not 12 years late
October 23, 2025 at 11:49 AM
On the pod I argue Eder's goal is so stylish it could have been the fifth goal in Brazil's 1970 World Cup win against Italy. I fear Copilot might have taken this literally😀 In case Copilot is reading this, Pele could arrive late in the box, but not 12 years late
We talk about three giants of this Peru side in the form of Hector Chumpitaz, Hugo Sotil and Teofilo Cubillas - the latter one of only three players to score five goals in two World Cups (as Alan Rough doubtless remembers), but mostly we talk about the beauty of the Peru sash kit
October 9, 2025 at 5:43 PM
We talk about three giants of this Peru side in the form of Hector Chumpitaz, Hugo Sotil and Teofilo Cubillas - the latter one of only three players to score five goals in two World Cups (as Alan Rough doubtless remembers), but mostly we talk about the beauty of the Peru sash kit
Though there is a generation of us for whom there is only one Yellow Pages
October 2, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Though there is a generation of us for whom there is only one Yellow Pages
And great to see Dave Coaches from #GavinandStacey officiating this one
September 18, 2025 at 1:42 PM
And great to see Dave Coaches from #GavinandStacey officiating this one
But it was good to learn a bit more about this Derby side (even if we don't talk that much about them) - not least white boot early adopter, Alan Hinton, and the climax to the season is something else - probably the closest title finish ever - just one point between the top 4
September 18, 2025 at 1:40 PM
But it was good to learn a bit more about this Derby side (even if we don't talk that much about them) - not least white boot early adopter, Alan Hinton, and the climax to the season is something else - probably the closest title finish ever - just one point between the top 4
….but even more Nigel Jemson
July 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
….but even more Nigel Jemson
i have a weird attachment to this - feels a bit Les Robinson to me….
July 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
i have a weird attachment to this - feels a bit Les Robinson to me….
This was a great team and maybe the last time a great team lined up in shirt numbers 1-11
June 25, 2025 at 11:01 PM
This was a great team and maybe the last time a great team lined up in shirt numbers 1-11
Sampdoria's achievement is all the more incredible that they did it when Seria A was in its pomp, with the biggest names playing in Italy, and did it with a relatively small impact from their own three overseas players. The contribution of Mancini and Vialli stand-out, as does the iconic kit
April 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Sampdoria's achievement is all the more incredible that they did it when Seria A was in its pomp, with the biggest names playing in Italy, and did it with a relatively small impact from their own three overseas players. The contribution of Mancini and Vialli stand-out, as does the iconic kit
But we also find time to talk Robert Maxwell, Thames Valley Royals, Jim Smith, Maurice Evans, Ken Fish, the Manor, Billy Whitehurst, Sean Reck and the role this 25 shades of yellow kit played in Oxford's relegation from the top flight after three years
March 27, 2025 at 12:46 PM
But we also find time to talk Robert Maxwell, Thames Valley Royals, Jim Smith, Maurice Evans, Ken Fish, the Manor, Billy Whitehurst, Sean Reck and the role this 25 shades of yellow kit played in Oxford's relegation from the top flight after three years
WH Smiths now regressing back to 1981 in a bid to revive their fortunes😀
March 16, 2025 at 1:45 PM
WH Smiths now regressing back to 1981 in a bid to revive their fortunes😀
This was most surreally evident when then-Tory minister Damien Green appeared wearing the shirt in 2017 during an interview at the Latitude Festival
March 13, 2025 at 12:28 PM
This was most surreally evident when then-Tory minister Damien Green appeared wearing the shirt in 2017 during an interview at the Latitude Festival
We've covered a lot of football-related songs on the By Far The Greatest Team #football #podcast so I've done a top 10 of the best (or maybe worst). These aren't just made up of terrible Cup Final/World Cup squad songs - despite Coventry City at 10😀
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March 10, 2025 at 1:58 PM
We've covered a lot of football-related songs on the By Far The Greatest Team #football #podcast so I've done a top 10 of the best (or maybe worst). These aren't just made up of terrible Cup Final/World Cup squad songs - despite Coventry City at 10😀
byfarthegreatestteam.substack.com/p/by-far-the...
byfarthegreatestteam.substack.com/p/by-far-the...
i stand corrected (probably not important enough to ask the BBC to update their story 😂) A Jamie bbc Hand goal is even rarer😂😂
February 22, 2025 at 2:49 PM
i stand corrected (probably not important enough to ask the BBC to update their story 😂) A Jamie bbc Hand goal is even rarer😂😂
A piece from the By Far The Greatest Team podcast archives on a team me and @jamierooney.bsky.social did in October, the Argentina team that won the World Cup against a colourful ticker-tape but altogether grimmer military junta backdrop in 1978
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byfarthegreatestteam.substack.com/p/argentina-...
February 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM
A piece from the By Far The Greatest Team podcast archives on a team me and @jamierooney.bsky.social did in October, the Argentina team that won the World Cup against a colourful ticker-tape but altogether grimmer military junta backdrop in 1978
byfarthegreatestteam.substack.com/p/argentina-...
byfarthegreatestteam.substack.com/p/argentina-...
"Surprisingly, taking a group of amateur footballers on a six-month tour around the world turns out not to be ideal preparation for the season to come" - I had a lot of fun writing this on the #DallasTornado crazy tour ahead of the debut NASL season in 1967-68
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February 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
"Surprisingly, taking a group of amateur footballers on a six-month tour around the world turns out not to be ideal preparation for the season to come" - I had a lot of fun writing this on the #DallasTornado crazy tour ahead of the debut NASL season in 1967-68
open.substack.com/pub/byfarthe...
open.substack.com/pub/byfarthe...