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Ian Jones
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Proud Salopian; cautious progressive; fun-loving Methodist. Educated in Shrewsbury and Bristol.
⚽️Shrewsbury Town FC | 🏏Gloucs CCC | 🍺CAMRA | Christian on the left.
Read my thoughts on Shrewsbury Town @ alargegrouse.substack.com
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For my football followers an A Large Grouse match day sketch that illuminates some of the frustrations of the festive period.

#Salop v #GTFC

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Batteries not included.
9 December 2025: Shrewsbury Town 1, Grimsby Town 1.
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December 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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For my football followers. You’ve seen it on the TV, now read the A Large Grouse match day sketch.

Sutton Utd v #Salop

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Subsequent programmes may run late.
6 December 2025: FA Cup second round – Sutton United 1, Shrewsbury Town 2 (AET).
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December 7, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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@pronouncedalva.bsky.social Isn’t the honourable way for Sir K to make way for a new leader is for him to acknowledge his shortcomings in the top job but offer to continue to serve in his area of expertise as foreign secretary?
December 6, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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@roberthutton.co.uk @duncanweldon.bsky.social
enjoyed the @warmovietheatre.bsky.social on The Desert Rats.
Spot on about nasty Nazi dialogue making reference to “The Geneva Convention?!?”
This evolved into the nasty Nazi suggesting a course of action not compliant with “*your* Geneva Convention”.
December 5, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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For my football followers, the latest A Large Grouse match day sketch featuring the return of the hirsute snake.

#Salop v #Gills

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George and Luca’s revenge goes cold.
29 November 2025: Shrewsbury Town 3, Gillingham 3.
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November 30, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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For my football followers the A Large Grouse match day sketch of a visit where the chips were the highlight.

Cods v #Salop

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Self-destruction and chips.
22 November 2025: Fleetwood Town 3, Shrewsbury Town 1.
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November 23, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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@robertsaunders.bsky.social Just been listening to @tommctague.bsky.social on the NS podcast dismissing the idea that the iPhone is the cause of poor unstable political leadership in the UK. It’s not the iPhone but electing leaders by extra-parliamentary elections that is the root of the crisis?
November 23, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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@roberthutton.co.uk Listening to the Biggles pod. Just to let you know, Biggles didn’t swear - he thought it a waste of breath.
November 21, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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For my football followers the A Large Grouse match day sketch of the home match against Newport County.

#Salop v #OneClubOneCounty

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The bounce of the ball.
15 November 2025: Shrewsbury Town 1, Newport County 0.
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November 16, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Sorry football followers. I made a real Aiden O’Brien of publishing the link to the match day sketch of the Crewe game.

Here is the article link:

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Stretched to the limit.
8 November 2025: Crewe Alexandra 3, Shrewsbury Town 1.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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For my football followers the A Large Grouse match day sketch of Town’s breakfast time visit to the stadium of porridge.

#CreweAlex v #Salop

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November 9, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Oooohhh. Sainsbury’s now have a slice your own bread machine…
November 7, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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For my football followers, enjoy the magic of A Large Grouse’s match day sketch of the first round of the FA Cup.

#SSFC #WeAreReady v #Salop

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Salop’s boat comes in.
2 November 2025: FA Cup First Round – South Shields 1, Shrewsbury Town 3.
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November 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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For my football followers, the latest match day sketch from A Large Grouse on an afternoon in Oldham that could not have been more Bovril and meat pie.

#oafc v #Salop

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Tommy’s big moment is snatched away at the death.
25 October 2025: Oldham Athletic 2, Shrewsbury Town 2.
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October 26, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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For my football followers the latest match day sketch from A Large Grouse.

#Salop v #TownTeamTogether🔴

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Unlucky Thirteen.
18 October 2025: Shrewsbury Town 1, Crawley Town 0.
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October 19, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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For my football followers a rare A Large Grouse match day sketch of a Shrewsbury victory. As they say on Antiques Roadshow, it’s something too valuable to part with.

#Salop v Cambridge United.

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A return to those days of yore.
11 October 2025: Shrewsbury Town 2, Cambridge United 0.
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October 12, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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For my football followers this weekend’s match day sketch.

#WeAreBarrow v #Salop

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Way Out Northwest.
4 October 2025: Barrow 0, Shrewsbury Town 0.
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October 5, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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For my football followers the latest match day sketch from A Large Grouse.

#Salop 🟦🟧🟦🟧🟦🟧🟦🥃

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Appleton’s Last Stand?
27 September 2025: Shrewsbury Town 1, Milton Keynes Dons 2.
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September 28, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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For my football football followers a new match day sketch from A Large Grouse.

@harrogatetown.bsky.social v #Salop

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Can they do it on a wet afternoon in Harrogate.
20 September 2025: Harrogate Town 2, Shrewsbury Town 0.
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September 21, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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For my football followers A Large Grouse reflects on Salop’s eventful August and transfer window dealings.

#Salop 🟦🟧🟦🟧🟦🟧🟦 🥃

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The cruelest month.
August was a month of turmoil and change for Salop – but to what effect.
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September 17, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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For my football followers an A Large Grouse match day sketch featuring the return of Dan Udoh.

#Salop v Salford City.

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Udoh and the hand of God.
13 September 2025: Shrewsbury Town 1, Salford City 3.
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September 14, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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@alexmassie.bsky.social Listening to the latest P&M pod, your discussion about Sir K’s future prospects I was reminded of the great Trevor Bailey’s comment about JM Brearley’s England captaincy: “The obvious successor is not obvious…”.
September 14, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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@robertsaunders.bsky.social Good morning. Are we on the verge of the first instance of a sitting PM being ousted by action by the extra-parliamentary party? I would have dismissed the mere notion last week, but am now not so sure.
September 13, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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For my football followers A Large Grouse 🥃 with the sort of match day sketch all Town fans have been waiting for.

#BarnetFC🐝 v #Salop 🟦🟧🟦🟧🟦🟧🟦

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Wait long enough and a surprise will arrive.
6 September 2025: Barnet 1, Shrewsbury Town 3.
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September 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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For my football followers, A Large Grouse detects the aroma of change but cannot taste it yet.

#Salop v #asfc 🟦🟧🟦🟧🟦🟧🟦

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Change is in the air, but results remain stubbornly resistant to it.
30 August 2025: Shrewsbury Town 0, Accrington Stanley 0.
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August 31, 2025 at 3:36 PM