Dave Read
@wanderingtractor.bsky.social
I enjoy taking on walking ultra challenges, most sports, #ITFC, 70s & 80s music, but mainly spend my weekends watching & blogging about lower tier #NonLeague & #womensfootball.
www.wanderingtractor.uk
www.wanderingtractor.uk
The way the second half of 2025 has gone I can only hope 2026 is a massive improvement. Just got to survive the next few weeks and then go again with a little cautious optimism. 🙂 #lookaheadnotback
November 24, 2025 at 9:55 AM
The way the second half of 2025 has gone I can only hope 2026 is a massive improvement. Just got to survive the next few weeks and then go again with a little cautious optimism. 🙂 #lookaheadnotback
All for #nonleague clubs now using ticketing sites for pre-sale & ease of getting in but it bugs me when they increase the price you pay on the gate. Maybe you had plans that changed, just fancy a local game or mates decide to go for a few beers & footie that morning, why should you pay more?
October 26, 2025 at 8:47 AM
All for #nonleague clubs now using ticketing sites for pre-sale & ease of getting in but it bugs me when they increase the price you pay on the gate. Maybe you had plans that changed, just fancy a local game or mates decide to go for a few beers & footie that morning, why should you pay more?
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We want to grow our Blue Sky community!
Drop us a follow if you’re interested in:
Football ⚽️
#NonLeague
#WomensFootball
#SundayLeague
And generally a bit of a light-hearted approach to running an amateur football club in the Reading area!
Come and join our journey! 👋
Drop us a follow if you’re interested in:
Football ⚽️
#NonLeague
#WomensFootball
#SundayLeague
And generally a bit of a light-hearted approach to running an amateur football club in the Reading area!
Come and join our journey! 👋
October 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
We want to grow our Blue Sky community!
Drop us a follow if you’re interested in:
Football ⚽️
#NonLeague
#WomensFootball
#SundayLeague
And generally a bit of a light-hearted approach to running an amateur football club in the Reading area!
Come and join our journey! 👋
Drop us a follow if you’re interested in:
Football ⚽️
#NonLeague
#WomensFootball
#SundayLeague
And generally a bit of a light-hearted approach to running an amateur football club in the Reading area!
Come and join our journey! 👋
OMG! Will be going right back to my childhood tonight since spotting That's channel are showing Grange Hill from the very beginning! #GrangeHill #schooldays
October 16, 2025 at 5:44 PM
OMG! Will be going right back to my childhood tonight since spotting That's channel are showing Grange Hill from the very beginning! #GrangeHill #schooldays
Having a long term injury sucks. So many games & weekends away planned but not been able to get to any so far this season. Looks likely to drag on into 2026 too. Never plan too far ahead! The sad thing is I've now got used to not going & think that's only going to get worse the longer this goes on.
October 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Having a long term injury sucks. So many games & weekends away planned but not been able to get to any so far this season. Looks likely to drag on into 2026 too. Never plan too far ahead! The sad thing is I've now got used to not going & think that's only going to get worse the longer this goes on.
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Written by a doctor at St Thomas' Hospital, London after the Tommy Robinson march on 13/9.
September 15, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Written by a doctor at St Thomas' Hospital, London after the Tommy Robinson march on 13/9.
Mondo Duplantis is just different gravy. Just wow! 👏👏👏
Also love the cameraderie between all the pole vaulters. Top quality.
#WorldChampionships #Tokyo
Also love the cameraderie between all the pole vaulters. Top quality.
#WorldChampionships #Tokyo
September 15, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Mondo Duplantis is just different gravy. Just wow! 👏👏👏
Also love the cameraderie between all the pole vaulters. Top quality.
#WorldChampionships #Tokyo
Also love the cameraderie between all the pole vaulters. Top quality.
#WorldChampionships #Tokyo
Very best of luck to @valedynamos.bsky.social in their #FACup tie this afternoon. 👍
3 hours to kick off. Only one place for football today. #MagicOfThe Cup 🟡🔵
August 30, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Very best of luck to @valedynamos.bsky.social in their #FACup tie this afternoon. 👍
Received this through the post today. Look forward to reading pieces on the price of merchandise, the new football regulator, player spotlights, & much more, all penned by #nonleague fans.
Head to the @tttonlf.bsky.social site here
tttonlf.square.site/product/parks-…
You won't be disappointed 👍
Head to the @tttonlf.bsky.social site here
tttonlf.square.site/product/parks-…
You won't be disappointed 👍
August 30, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Received this through the post today. Look forward to reading pieces on the price of merchandise, the new football regulator, player spotlights, & much more, all penned by #nonleague fans.
Head to the @tttonlf.bsky.social site here
tttonlf.square.site/product/parks-…
You won't be disappointed 👍
Head to the @tttonlf.bsky.social site here
tttonlf.square.site/product/parks-…
You won't be disappointed 👍
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🙏 SHARES APPRECIATED 🙏
WANTED: grassroots football teams with good vibes and a social conscience to connect with and (who knows) maybe play friendlies and stuff with. Any ages/abilities/genders welcome. If you know of such a team with a presence on Bluesky, please do send them Union Street's way 👇💚
WANTED: grassroots football teams with good vibes and a social conscience to connect with and (who knows) maybe play friendlies and stuff with. Any ages/abilities/genders welcome. If you know of such a team with a presence on Bluesky, please do send them Union Street's way 👇💚
Hi Bluesky, we're Union Street FC - a ragtag amateur football team based in Oxford.
Club motto: Love 💚 Peace ☮️ Freedom 🕊️
Values: good causes, fair play, supporting the refugee community and failing to defend corners.
Currently scrapping it out in Oxfordshire Senior League Div 3. Come say hi x
Club motto: Love 💚 Peace ☮️ Freedom 🕊️
Values: good causes, fair play, supporting the refugee community and failing to defend corners.
Currently scrapping it out in Oxfordshire Senior League Div 3. Come say hi x
August 10, 2025 at 12:55 PM
🙏 SHARES APPRECIATED 🙏
WANTED: grassroots football teams with good vibes and a social conscience to connect with and (who knows) maybe play friendlies and stuff with. Any ages/abilities/genders welcome. If you know of such a team with a presence on Bluesky, please do send them Union Street's way 👇💚
WANTED: grassroots football teams with good vibes and a social conscience to connect with and (who knows) maybe play friendlies and stuff with. Any ages/abilities/genders welcome. If you know of such a team with a presence on Bluesky, please do send them Union Street's way 👇💚
I might be found at this game 😉
August 18, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I might be found at this game 😉
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🏆 FA CUP DRAW 🏆
We entertain Step 3 Isthmian League Premier side @stalbanscityfc.com on Saturday 30th August at 15:00
It’s a tough one 🥊but a very exciting one too!! #MagicOfTheCup #WeAreTheDynamos
We entertain Step 3 Isthmian League Premier side @stalbanscityfc.com on Saturday 30th August at 15:00
It’s a tough one 🥊but a very exciting one too!! #MagicOfTheCup #WeAreTheDynamos
August 18, 2025 at 12:35 PM
🏆 FA CUP DRAW 🏆
We entertain Step 3 Isthmian League Premier side @stalbanscityfc.com on Saturday 30th August at 15:00
It’s a tough one 🥊but a very exciting one too!! #MagicOfTheCup #WeAreTheDynamos
We entertain Step 3 Isthmian League Premier side @stalbanscityfc.com on Saturday 30th August at 15:00
It’s a tough one 🥊but a very exciting one too!! #MagicOfTheCup #WeAreTheDynamos
Feeling slightly nervous about the #ITFC game today. My teams in all sports never all win over a weekend, one (or more!) usually let me down. This weekend the #Brewers, on an unbelievable winning run, won twice, the #Packers (pre-season) & #Hawthorn in the #AFL both won. Ipswich it's over to you. 🤞
August 17, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Another blank weekend for me footie wise as I continue to recover from the ankle injury. Hoping to be back on #nonleague and #womensfootball reporting duty in 2-3 weeks. Pencilled in a couple of days break in Dorset first weekend in September to take in the Portland United v Brockenhurst match. 👍
August 16, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Another blank weekend for me footie wise as I continue to recover from the ankle injury. Hoping to be back on #nonleague and #womensfootball reporting duty in 2-3 weeks. Pencilled in a couple of days break in Dorset first weekend in September to take in the Portland United v Brockenhurst match. 👍
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One of the greatest UEFA Cup runs took place in 1980/81, where Ipswich Town went on an explosive campaign to glory.
They would win the final 5-4 on aggregate, with John Wark scoring a record 14 goals in the competition that season.
Sensational.
They would win the final 5-4 on aggregate, with John Wark scoring a record 14 goals in the competition that season.
Sensational.
August 11, 2025 at 10:56 AM
One of the greatest UEFA Cup runs took place in 1980/81, where Ipswich Town went on an explosive campaign to glory.
They would win the final 5-4 on aggregate, with John Wark scoring a record 14 goals in the competition that season.
Sensational.
They would win the final 5-4 on aggregate, with John Wark scoring a record 14 goals in the competition that season.
Sensational.
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Hi Bluesky, we're Union Street FC - a ragtag amateur football team based in Oxford.
Club motto: Love 💚 Peace ☮️ Freedom 🕊️
Values: good causes, fair play, supporting the refugee community and failing to defend corners.
Currently scrapping it out in Oxfordshire Senior League Div 3. Come say hi x
Club motto: Love 💚 Peace ☮️ Freedom 🕊️
Values: good causes, fair play, supporting the refugee community and failing to defend corners.
Currently scrapping it out in Oxfordshire Senior League Div 3. Come say hi x
August 10, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Hi Bluesky, we're Union Street FC - a ragtag amateur football team based in Oxford.
Club motto: Love 💚 Peace ☮️ Freedom 🕊️
Values: good causes, fair play, supporting the refugee community and failing to defend corners.
Currently scrapping it out in Oxfordshire Senior League Div 3. Come say hi x
Club motto: Love 💚 Peace ☮️ Freedom 🕊️
Values: good causes, fair play, supporting the refugee community and failing to defend corners.
Currently scrapping it out in Oxfordshire Senior League Div 3. Come say hi x
One for all my #nonleague friends, @valedynamos.bsky.social have just joined us here on Blue Sky. It might be time to revise my grassroots starter pack but in the meantime give AVD a follow. 🙂
August 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
One for all my #nonleague friends, @valedynamos.bsky.social have just joined us here on Blue Sky. It might be time to revise my grassroots starter pack but in the meantime give AVD a follow. 🙂
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My local side down here AVDFC are now on Blue Sky. @valedynamos.bsky.social. All my #nonleague contacts please RT and follow
August 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
My local side down here AVDFC are now on Blue Sky. @valedynamos.bsky.social. All my #nonleague contacts please RT and follow
Hoping that my #nonleague season will finally get underway at the end of the month with a trip to Dorset. Better late than never I guess. 🙂
August 10, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Hoping that my #nonleague season will finally get underway at the end of the month with a trip to Dorset. Better late than never I guess. 🙂
Just remembered to download the new Honeymoon Suite album. Some cracking tunes on there, much better than their last album. 👍
August 3, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Just remembered to download the new Honeymoon Suite album. Some cracking tunes on there, much better than their last album. 👍
Just been up my local supermarket and wondered when the cash back option disappeared? Was this another consequence of Covid and the rise of contactless payments?
August 1, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Just been up my local supermarket and wondered when the cash back option disappeared? Was this another consequence of Covid and the rise of contactless payments?
What have I just watched in the #AFL? St Kilda, 46 points behind going into the 4th quarter, come back and win it with the last kick of the game! Wow! 👏👏👏
July 27, 2025 at 8:05 AM
What have I just watched in the #AFL? St Kilda, 46 points behind going into the 4th quarter, come back and win it with the last kick of the game! Wow! 👏👏👏
Watching the Tour stage this afternoon and amazed just how depressing the ad breaks are. A constant flow of charities pleading for funds, bloody cremation ads and just how many new gold coins are they going to mint? Seems like a new one every week!
July 24, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Watching the Tour stage this afternoon and amazed just how depressing the ad breaks are. A constant flow of charities pleading for funds, bloody cremation ads and just how many new gold coins are they going to mint? Seems like a new one every week!