Tom Canning
@tomcanning83.bsky.social
Ex Newsroom traveller & Youtube Ed at Reach PLC. Co-founder of Bracknell Ale Festival & Football in Berkshire. Football tourist.
“HE ALWAYS SCORES”
Current top scorers in the Thames Valley Premier League (league only)
Tobias Nowell of Woodcote tops the table with a familiar name of Shane Cooper-Clark banging in the goals for Reading City Reserves.
Tobias Nowell of Woodcote tops the table with a familiar name of Shane Cooper-Clark banging in the goals for Reading City Reserves.
February 12, 2026 at 11:25 PM
“HE ALWAYS SCORES”
Open letter to the FA, your divisions are too big, there are too many cup competitions and too many groundshares.
Robins and Yellas launch 'fixture rescue' service as games pile up.
Find out more: https://bit.ly/4a6UNkn
Find out more: https://bit.ly/4a6UNkn
Ascot United and Bracknell Town offer ‘fixture rescue’ service with grounds available – Football in Berkshire
Berkshire sides Ascot United and Bracknell Town have both made their grounds available to clubs dealing with fixture backlogs due to the weather and cup runs.
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February 9, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Open letter to the FA, your divisions are too big, there are too many cup competitions and too many groundshares.
Really excited for this. Somehow we’ve managed 10 years and it’d be lovely, if you love your grassroots football, if you could join us.
ON SALE NOW | Tickets to our 10th Anniversary Event are available right now. We have a great line up of guests including Becky Jane, Scott Davies and Yashwa Romeo.
We'd love to see you, tickets: https://bit.ly/46rCNP8
We'd love to see you, tickets: https://bit.ly/46rCNP8
February 3, 2026 at 7:19 AM
Really excited for this. Somehow we’ve managed 10 years and it’d be lovely, if you love your grassroots football, if you could join us.
The club had a meteoric rise in football terms. I hope they can come through this but it goes to show building a football club is so much more than winning on the pitch.
Hungerford Town | Crusaders chairman says previous funding model where several individuals made personal contributions to the club is not sustainable in the long run.
Full story: https://bit.ly/3ZdfLYv
Full story: https://bit.ly/3ZdfLYv
January 31, 2026 at 1:26 PM
The club had a meteoric rise in football terms. I hope they can come through this but it goes to show building a football club is so much more than winning on the pitch.
Reposted by Tom Canning
100 icons - Players, Managers, Volunteers and Employees who've made an impact and shaped your club and the grassroots game in Berkshire.
Nominations are now open: https://bit.ly/4qhJ1Jw
Nominations are now open: https://bit.ly/4qhJ1Jw
January 26, 2026 at 8:00 PM
100 icons - Players, Managers, Volunteers and Employees who've made an impact and shaped your club and the grassroots game in Berkshire.
Nominations are now open: https://bit.ly/4qhJ1Jw
Nominations are now open: https://bit.ly/4qhJ1Jw
Really delighted to publish our first piece by young journalist William Kruczek.
INTERVIEW | How Bracknell Town's Carl Davies has turned the Robins around.
Read it: https://bit.ly/4k0iZYV
Read it: https://bit.ly/4k0iZYV
January 26, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Really delighted to publish our first piece by young journalist William Kruczek.
I adore the Sweeper. Please give it a listen, amazing football and human stories from around the world.
🙏 Please help us out. We can’t do this with you! ☺️
January 25, 2026 at 9:34 PM
I adore the Sweeper. Please give it a listen, amazing football and human stories from around the world.
Just booked my first new freelance work of 2026. Yay!
January 19, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Just booked my first new freelance work of 2026. Yay!
All I’m hearing is more loud music without headphones 😂
We’re on track to roll out 4G across the Underground by the end of the year.
That means more opportunities to stream, message and stay connected when you’re travelling across the city.
That means more opportunities to stream, message and stay connected when you’re travelling across the city.
January 17, 2026 at 12:52 PM
All I’m hearing is more loud music without headphones 😂
If you love something in Reading, nominate it!
ICYMI, it's time to celebrate the people, places and events that made Reading such a vibrant place in the last year - nominations for this year's WHAT'S ON READING AWARDS are OPEN!
There are 11 categories, and you can nominate as many different people and places as you like.
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There are 11 categories, and you can nominate as many different people and places as you like.
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January 15, 2026 at 3:42 PM
If you love something in Reading, nominate it!
Reposted by Tom Canning
babybel implies the existence of scarybel, sportybel, gingerbel and poshbel
January 13, 2026 at 4:50 AM
babybel implies the existence of scarybel, sportybel, gingerbel and poshbel
Signs you don’t want to see at soft play.
January 11, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Signs you don’t want to see at soft play.
We need a replacement for the phrase “thrown under the bus” because it’s past the point of over use.
January 7, 2026 at 9:57 PM
We need a replacement for the phrase “thrown under the bus” because it’s past the point of over use.
Berkshire Beer of the Year 2025 in case you were wondering*
Fantastic brew from Stardust in Maidenhead.
*in my opinion 😉
Fantastic brew from Stardust in Maidenhead.
*in my opinion 😉
December 31, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Berkshire Beer of the Year 2025 in case you were wondering*
Fantastic brew from Stardust in Maidenhead.
*in my opinion 😉
Fantastic brew from Stardust in Maidenhead.
*in my opinion 😉
I do this every year, the annual Big Berkshire Beer Survey is live and I’m looking for your favourite venues, beers and breweries from the Royal County in 2025.
The survey is ⤵️ in-berkshire.co.uk/beer/the-big...
The survey is ⤵️ in-berkshire.co.uk/beer/the-big...
The Big Berkshire Beer Survey 2025 – have your say on the best the county has to offer – In Berkshire
Get your votes in for the fifth (or sixth) run of the Beer In Berkshire survey
in-berkshire.co.uk
December 30, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I do this every year, the annual Big Berkshire Beer Survey is live and I’m looking for your favourite venues, beers and breweries from the Royal County in 2025.
The survey is ⤵️ in-berkshire.co.uk/beer/the-big...
The survey is ⤵️ in-berkshire.co.uk/beer/the-big...
Latest Hermes/Evri rebrand has dropped.
December 30, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Latest Hermes/Evri rebrand has dropped.
Reposted by Tom Canning
Hate freeloaders who join in the New Year's Eve countdown for the last 10 seconds. I've been doing this all year. Where were you back in May
December 30, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Hate freeloaders who join in the New Year's Eve countdown for the last 10 seconds. I've been doing this all year. Where were you back in May
Yes.
Is claim Ukraine deal is ‘95% done’ just another empty assertion from Trump?
Is claim Ukraine deal is ‘95% done’ just another empty assertion from Trump?
A sober observer assessing the US president’s claim may react the same way as Zelenskyy – with shock and disbelief
www.theguardian.com
December 29, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Yes.
Going freelance. Having been ‘fired’ in Feb, I was going down a dark path.
But turns out I’ve made a good impression over the last 20 years and people want to pay me for that - which is a huge vote of confidence
But turns out I’ve made a good impression over the last 20 years and people want to pay me for that - which is a huge vote of confidence
Quote this with what you have accomplished in 2025, no matter how big or small
Reading & writing has kept me alive this year.
Somehow, it’s been my most productive year as an author.
Here’s a guide to what I’ve published in 2025, in case you’ve lost track.
Individual links below but it’s all on itch: danifinn.itch.io
And elsewhere: books2read.com/ap/nAApPp/Da...
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Somehow, it’s been my most productive year as an author.
Here’s a guide to what I’ve published in 2025, in case you’ve lost track.
Individual links below but it’s all on itch: danifinn.itch.io
And elsewhere: books2read.com/ap/nAApPp/Da...
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December 28, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Going freelance. Having been ‘fired’ in Feb, I was going down a dark path.
But turns out I’ve made a good impression over the last 20 years and people want to pay me for that - which is a huge vote of confidence
But turns out I’ve made a good impression over the last 20 years and people want to pay me for that - which is a huge vote of confidence
Reposted by Tom Canning
What we’re seeing in this series is actually the start of England’s long-term plan to win back the Ashes by denying Cricket Australia day 3/4/5 ticket sales and by doing so eventually bankrupting them. 4D chess
December 26, 2025 at 5:59 AM
What we’re seeing in this series is actually the start of England’s long-term plan to win back the Ashes by denying Cricket Australia day 3/4/5 ticket sales and by doing so eventually bankrupting them. 4D chess
Dani Harmer, Will Carling, Bruce Grobbelaar, Rita Ora, Sir Elton John
Russell Brand, Jenna Coleman, Paul Chuckle, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Ian McKellen.
December 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Dani Harmer, Will Carling, Bruce Grobbelaar, Rita Ora, Sir Elton John
One of my Festive traditions used to be heading into Reading on Christmas Eve morning to do the VAST majority of my Christmas shopping, buy way to much in desperation and about 2pm sit in The Horn pub for a pint.
I do not miss this.
I do not miss this.
December 24, 2025 at 11:33 AM
One of my Festive traditions used to be heading into Reading on Christmas Eve morning to do the VAST majority of my Christmas shopping, buy way to much in desperation and about 2pm sit in The Horn pub for a pint.
I do not miss this.
I do not miss this.
Yes, yes I did just skip Mariah.
December 24, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Yes, yes I did just skip Mariah.
Happy to admit I was wrong here.
It’s the two minutes I spend sat with my daughter while she ‘brushes’ her teeth.
It’s the two minutes I spend sat with my daughter while she ‘brushes’ her teeth.
Having recently started to ache like the creaky 42-year old I am. I’ve started going to the gym (twice so far).
There is nowhere on earth time runs slower than at the gym is there?
There is nowhere on earth time runs slower than at the gym is there?
December 22, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Happy to admit I was wrong here.
It’s the two minutes I spend sat with my daughter while she ‘brushes’ her teeth.
It’s the two minutes I spend sat with my daughter while she ‘brushes’ her teeth.
I’m super proud of this. A year ago I didn’t have the skills, and I’m aware it’s far from perfect. But it’s come out exactly as I hoped. youtu.be/rlIOUQPYGBo?...
One Alan Devonshire | A tribute to 'Dev' after nearly two decades as Maidenhead United manager
YouTube video by Football in Berkshire
youtu.be
December 19, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I’m super proud of this. A year ago I didn’t have the skills, and I’m aware it’s far from perfect. But it’s come out exactly as I hoped. youtu.be/rlIOUQPYGBo?...