Steven Scragg
@scraggy74.bsky.social
Author of A Tournament Frozen in Time, Where the Cool Kids Hung Out, The Undisputed Champions of Europe, In the Heat of the Midday Sun and Euro 88. Podcast host and occasional talking head on various radio stations.
www.pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/there-a... A Liverpool Champions League night you say? There's this book I've written upon that very topic, in an Istanbul and all things 2004/05 kind of way...
There are Places I Remember: Liverpool FC and the Miracle of Istanbul
Steven Scragg whisks us back to the domestic dysfunction and unexpected European glory of Liverpool's 2004/05 season, when Rafael Benítez's new team seemed to match every two steps forward with one to...
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November 4, 2025 at 5:21 PM
www.pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/there-a... A Liverpool Champions League night you say? There's this book I've written upon that very topic, in an Istanbul and all things 2004/05 kind of way...
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*OUT NOW*
Author @scraggy74.bsky.social gives his first hand account of #LiverpoolFC chaotic 2004/05 season, as Rafael Benítez attempted to build a team fit for Champions League glory amid an incredible injury crisis⚽️📕👇
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#UCL #LFC #YNWA #BookSky
Author @scraggy74.bsky.social gives his first hand account of #LiverpoolFC chaotic 2004/05 season, as Rafael Benítez attempted to build a team fit for Champions League glory amid an incredible injury crisis⚽️📕👇
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#UCL #LFC #YNWA #BookSky
October 1, 2025 at 8:21 PM
*OUT NOW*
Author @scraggy74.bsky.social gives his first hand account of #LiverpoolFC chaotic 2004/05 season, as Rafael Benítez attempted to build a team fit for Champions League glory amid an incredible injury crisis⚽️📕👇
soccer-books.co.uk/collections/...
#UCL #LFC #YNWA #BookSky
Author @scraggy74.bsky.social gives his first hand account of #LiverpoolFC chaotic 2004/05 season, as Rafael Benítez attempted to build a team fit for Champions League glory amid an incredible injury crisis⚽️📕👇
soccer-books.co.uk/collections/...
#UCL #LFC #YNWA #BookSky
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THE SLUM SPORT: Chapter 12; Slave to the Rhythm
@evertonfc.com adjust to life sans Andy Gray as Gary Lineker checks into Goodison Park
A monumental title dice, open bus tours, impromptu toilet visits & much more
🎙️Graeme Sharp & Derek Mountfield do the talking
The story of #EFC and 1985/86
@evertonfc.com adjust to life sans Andy Gray as Gary Lineker checks into Goodison Park
A monumental title dice, open bus tours, impromptu toilet visits & much more
🎙️Graeme Sharp & Derek Mountfield do the talking
The story of #EFC and 1985/86
September 29, 2025 at 8:50 AM
THE SLUM SPORT: Chapter 12; Slave to the Rhythm
@evertonfc.com adjust to life sans Andy Gray as Gary Lineker checks into Goodison Park
A monumental title dice, open bus tours, impromptu toilet visits & much more
🎙️Graeme Sharp & Derek Mountfield do the talking
The story of #EFC and 1985/86
@evertonfc.com adjust to life sans Andy Gray as Gary Lineker checks into Goodison Park
A monumental title dice, open bus tours, impromptu toilet visits & much more
🎙️Graeme Sharp & Derek Mountfield do the talking
The story of #EFC and 1985/86
www.pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/there-a... My sixth book is now available. Liverpool 2004/05, the glory and dysfunction of a campaign that brought Champions League success in the most dramatic way possible, offset by domestic difficulties, plus managerial and squad upheaval. Spread the good word.
There are Places I Remember: Liverpool FC and the Miracle of Istanbul
Steven Scragg whisks us back to the domestic dysfunction and unexpected European glory of Liverpool's 2004/05 season, when Rafael Benítez's new team seemed to match every two steps forward with one to...
www.pitchpublishing.co.uk
September 29, 2025 at 9:48 AM
www.pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/there-a... My sixth book is now available. Liverpool 2004/05, the glory and dysfunction of a campaign that brought Champions League success in the most dramatic way possible, offset by domestic difficulties, plus managerial and squad upheaval. Spread the good word.
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Ey up, it's a South Yorkshire feast for you, as @themagicofthecup.bsky.social & @scraggy74.bsky.social pore over the delights of Sheffield Wednesday vs Barnsley. This is meat and potatoes. Tuck in, son. Tuck in. Fred Dinenage, take it away... yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/197980-par...
1979/80: Para 1.07a Sheffield Wednesday v Barnsley 3/11/1979
Meat, potatoes and Peter Springett
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July 11, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Ey up, it's a South Yorkshire feast for you, as @themagicofthecup.bsky.social & @scraggy74.bsky.social pore over the delights of Sheffield Wednesday vs Barnsley. This is meat and potatoes. Tuck in, son. Tuck in. Fred Dinenage, take it away... yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/197980-par...
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WOAH, what's this!? We are in Dallas superstar JR Ewing appearing on Knots Landing territory here...
@allbluedaze.bsky.social talks us through his 1980s as the @ybtahoab.bsky.social team welcomes its newest member.
yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/supplement...
@allbluedaze.bsky.social talks us through his 1980s as the @ybtahoab.bsky.social team welcomes its newest member.
yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/supplement...
SUPPLEMENTARY MODULE: Gizza job
Boys from the Thackstuff
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June 24, 2025 at 7:59 AM
WOAH, what's this!? We are in Dallas superstar JR Ewing appearing on Knots Landing territory here...
@allbluedaze.bsky.social talks us through his 1980s as the @ybtahoab.bsky.social team welcomes its newest member.
yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/supplement...
@allbluedaze.bsky.social talks us through his 1980s as the @ybtahoab.bsky.social team welcomes its newest member.
yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/supplement...
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#QPR vs #Burnley.
🧤17-year-old gloveman Billy O’Rourke mans the Burnley goal and finds himself elevated to the YBTAHOAB Hall of Fame by the end of the game.
#QPR vs #Burnley.
🧤17-year-old gloveman Billy O’Rourke mans the Burnley goal and finds himself elevated to the YBTAHOAB Hall of Fame by the end of the game.
1979/80: Para 1.06a QPR v Burnley 27/10/1979
Taking in the Second Division, the BBC keep it local. Very local.
yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com
June 23, 2025 at 10:26 PM
yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/197980-par...
#QPR vs #Burnley.
🧤17-year-old gloveman Billy O’Rourke mans the Burnley goal and finds himself elevated to the YBTAHOAB Hall of Fame by the end of the game.
#QPR vs #Burnley.
🧤17-year-old gloveman Billy O’Rourke mans the Burnley goal and finds himself elevated to the YBTAHOAB Hall of Fame by the end of the game.
At @ybtahoab.bsky.social we're embracing the football of the 1980s with a wide-eyed wonderment. Module 7 has taken us to the West Midlands, for the spectacular misadventures, post-1982 European Cup at Villa Park, along with accompanying self-destructions at St Andrew's, The Hawthorns, and Molineux.
Module 7 of YOUR BOYS TOOK A HELL OF A BEATING looks at the West Midlands drift.
Villa go from Rotterdam to Reading. WBA & Birmingham slip away. Wolves? Oh dear.
@chrislepkowski.bsky.social & @scraggy74.bsky.social
are your tutors
yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/module-7-o...
Villa go from Rotterdam to Reading. WBA & Birmingham slip away. Wolves? Oh dear.
@chrislepkowski.bsky.social & @scraggy74.bsky.social
are your tutors
yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/module-7-o...
MODULE 7: Once Upon A Time In The West Midlands...
He's gorra gew!
yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com
June 12, 2025 at 12:59 PM
At @ybtahoab.bsky.social we're embracing the football of the 1980s with a wide-eyed wonderment. Module 7 has taken us to the West Midlands, for the spectacular misadventures, post-1982 European Cup at Villa Park, along with accompanying self-destructions at St Andrew's, The Hawthorns, and Molineux.
yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/module-3-a... Module 3 of Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating takes in the 1980-1983 span of Alex Ferguson's Aberdeen years. Scottish champions in 1979/80, to the glory of Gothenburg and the 1983 European Cup Winners' Cup. Join us, and spread the word.
Module 3: Aberdeen FC 1980-1983
The start of Fergie time
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May 13, 2025 at 11:16 AM
yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/module-3-a... Module 3 of Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating takes in the 1980-1983 span of Alex Ferguson's Aberdeen years. Scottish champions in 1979/80, to the glory of Gothenburg and the 1983 European Cup Winners' Cup. Join us, and spread the word.
Module 2 of Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating takes us to the opening day of the 1988/89 season. Me and Stu Horsfield take a deep delve on late postponements, hat-tricks, the flood of ITV money into the First Division, a lack of actually coverage, and what to record illegally from the Top 40.
yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/module-2-o... And lo, Module 2 of Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating is upon us. Join @scraggy74.bsky.social and Stuart Horsfield as they dissect the opening day of the 1988/89 season. Martin Tyler seems to be everywhere, and hat-tricks abound.
MODULE 2: Opening Day 1988/89
Where did the BBC go?
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May 9, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Module 2 of Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating takes us to the opening day of the 1988/89 season. Me and Stu Horsfield take a deep delve on late postponements, hat-tricks, the flood of ITV money into the First Division, a lack of actually coverage, and what to record illegally from the Top 40.
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substack.com/@yourboystoo... It's Friday afternoon, you need something to help the last few hours of the working week melt away, and we've got you covered. Join @aidanwilliams74.bsky.social and @scraggy74.bsky.social for Module 1 of Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating. 1980sTastic.
MODULE 1: Everton v Liverpool: 1986 General Motors FA Charity Shield
(Admit it, you'd forgotten about the General Motors bit)
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May 2, 2025 at 12:27 PM
substack.com/@yourboystoo... It's Friday afternoon, you need something to help the last few hours of the working week melt away, and we've got you covered. Join @aidanwilliams74.bsky.social and @scraggy74.bsky.social for Module 1 of Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating. 1980sTastic.
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Its a gloriously sunny afternoon. We reckon you should down tools and give this a listen. Scattered among the topics of conversation are Robert Maxwell, the ratio in composition of Subbuteo player to trophy, plus the Top 40, TV guide and back page headlines from the week beginning August 11, 1986.
yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/module-1-e... We present you with MODULE 1 of Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating, the definitive 1980s football podcast. This week's teachings sees the 1986 Charity Shield put under the microscope by @aidanwilliams74.bsky.social and @scraggy74.bsky.social
MODULE 1: Everton v Liverpool: 1986 General Motors FA Charity Shield
(Admit it, you'd forgotten about the General Motors bit)
yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com
April 30, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Its a gloriously sunny afternoon. We reckon you should down tools and give this a listen. Scattered among the topics of conversation are Robert Maxwell, the ratio in composition of Subbuteo player to trophy, plus the Top 40, TV guide and back page headlines from the week beginning August 11, 1986.
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yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/module-1-e... We present you with MODULE 1 of Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating, the definitive 1980s football podcast. This week's teachings sees the 1986 Charity Shield put under the microscope by @aidanwilliams74.bsky.social and @scraggy74.bsky.social
MODULE 1: Everton v Liverpool: 1986 General Motors FA Charity Shield
(Admit it, you'd forgotten about the General Motors bit)
yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com
April 30, 2025 at 8:41 AM
yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/module-1-e... We present you with MODULE 1 of Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating, the definitive 1980s football podcast. This week's teachings sees the 1986 Charity Shield put under the microscope by @aidanwilliams74.bsky.social and @scraggy74.bsky.social
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygVg... Yes it is Archie, indeed it is...
Souness Tackle
YouTube video by DiavolessaMilanista
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April 29, 2025 at 8:23 AM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygVg... Yes it is Archie, indeed it is...
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yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/pun-ditry-... "That is certainly a booking"...
Pun-ditry matters
March 1988 and the sub-editors of Shoot!
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April 29, 2025 at 8:21 AM
yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/pun-ditry-... "That is certainly a booking"...
As days go, that was off the scale...
April 27, 2025 at 7:29 PM
As days go, that was off the scale...
Whether you wear spectacles or not, everything is rose tinted around Anfield this afternoon...
April 27, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Whether you wear spectacles or not, everything is rose tinted around Anfield this afternoon...
I said. Liverpool Vs. Tottenham Hotspur it is then.
April 27, 2025 at 9:47 AM
I said. Liverpool Vs. Tottenham Hotspur it is then.
Liverpool Vs. Tottenham Hotspur it is then.
April 27, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Liverpool Vs. Tottenham Hotspur it is then.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Udg... It was more than alright on the night though.
Marco Tardelli - Italy World Cup Final '82
YouTube video by jacarbo77
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April 27, 2025 at 8:38 AM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Udg... It was more than alright on the night though.
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yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/prediction... Tony Gubba had profound doubts that Italy could win the the 1982 World Cup, and to be fair, he wasn't a lone voice... Liam Brady felt they were in with a shout though.
Predictions? It's a mug's game!
It’s the Radio Times’ 1982 World Cup preview, and Tony Gubba is having a ‘mare.
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April 27, 2025 at 8:36 AM
yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/prediction... Tony Gubba had profound doubts that Italy could win the the 1982 World Cup, and to be fair, he wasn't a lone voice... Liam Brady felt they were in with a shout though.
Something is happening... Hop aboard.
yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/module-0-m... An idea was had, a pitch to a weary podcast editor was made, a mission statement was cobbled together and a round of 'job interviews' took place. Join us, as we head back to the good, the bad and the ugly of 1980s football.
April 25, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Something is happening... Hop aboard.
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DROPPING SUNDAY🎙️
@miguellpereira.bsky.social joins me for a second time to discuss his new book on #Spain 🇪🇸
🗣️ Regional identity and football
⚽️ Rise of Spanish coaches
🏟️ Groundhopping
...and much more!
Sub/catch up wherever you get your podcasts
Here's a taster...
@miguellpereira.bsky.social joins me for a second time to discuss his new book on #Spain 🇪🇸
🗣️ Regional identity and football
⚽️ Rise of Spanish coaches
🏟️ Groundhopping
...and much more!
Sub/catch up wherever you get your podcasts
Here's a taster...
April 17, 2025 at 1:35 PM
DROPPING SUNDAY🎙️
@miguellpereira.bsky.social joins me for a second time to discuss his new book on #Spain 🇪🇸
🗣️ Regional identity and football
⚽️ Rise of Spanish coaches
🏟️ Groundhopping
...and much more!
Sub/catch up wherever you get your podcasts
Here's a taster...
@miguellpereira.bsky.social joins me for a second time to discuss his new book on #Spain 🇪🇸
🗣️ Regional identity and football
⚽️ Rise of Spanish coaches
🏟️ Groundhopping
...and much more!
Sub/catch up wherever you get your podcasts
Here's a taster...
Our Mo. The absolute fella.
April 11, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Our Mo. The absolute fella.
Didn't feel the nerves that some seemed to be feeling about tonight's game. We are where we deserve to be. 13 points to go.
April 2, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Didn't feel the nerves that some seemed to be feeling about tonight's game. We are where we deserve to be. 13 points to go.