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Jacqui Oatley @jacquioatley.bsky.social · 14d

The kindness of strangers, alongside the love of old friends, is giving the Beard family real comfort as they begin to come to terms with Matt’s loss ❤️

www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...

Help raise £5000 to help Matt Beard's wife Debbie and family with immediate funeral and living costs – JustGiving Crowdfunding

Iʼm raising money to help Matt Beard's wife Debbie and family with immediate funeral and living costs. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.

www.justgiving.com

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Jacqui Oatley @jacquioatley.bsky.social · 16d

This is such a painful time for everyone who knew Matt Beard. If friends or supporters wish to ease the burden of funeral costs, etc, here’s a practical way to support Matt’s wife Debbie as she and the kids attempt to process the sudden loss of this lovely man 💔 www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...

Help raise £5000 to help Matt Beard's wife Debbie and family with immediate funeral and living costs – JustGiving Crowdfunding

Iʼm raising money to help Matt Beard's wife Debbie and family with immediate funeral and living costs. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.

www.justgiving.com

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Jacqui Oatley @jacquioatley.bsky.social · Aug 4

So much fun chatting to Grant and Dino on this 🎙️ podcast, reflecting on the ⚽ @weuro2025bot.bsky.social. Thanks for having me on, guys @decespedes.bsky.social and @grantengle.bsky.social @intothechannel.bsky.social @foxsoccer.bsky.social

Into The Channel Podcast @intothechannel.bsky.social · Aug 4

We talked to legendary broadcaster Jacqui Oatley about England's historic victory over Spain in the EURO Final, as well as her impressions on the tournament as a whole. Watch here: youtu.be/wThMQ6hIl_g?...

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 JACQUI OATLEY on England and EURO 2025's Best Moments | EP 160

In this episode, JACQUI OATLEY on England and UEFA Women's EURO 2025's highlights and best moments. Subscribe now to catch all of our women's football talk, including our ongoing coverage of the…

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Jacqui Oatley @jacquioatley.bsky.social · Jul 18

Forgive me for going down the “role model” route with the Lionesses 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, as they shouldn’t be lumbered with that label. Teens’ world is so social media based. So to see the likes of 19-year-old Agyemang show such resolve and resilience, without a phone in their hands, really does us parents a favour!

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Jacqui Oatley @jacquioatley.bsky.social · Jul 9

I asked England’s 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lauren James whether she’d spent extra time practising with her left foot as kid. LJ “It’s kind of natural. I had a habit of always using my opposite. Even in school, I'd use my left hand when I'm right handed. It was just a mindset thing. Just stg that I had a habit of doing.”

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Jacqui Oatley @jacquioatley.bsky.social · Jul 2

20 years after commentating on Finland’s 🇫🇮 opening Euro 2005 group match v England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 for the BBC, I’m about to commentate on Finland’s 🇫🇮 opener v Iceland 🇮🇸 at Euro 2025 live on FOX Sports 🇺🇸. Feeling grateful. Should be a cracking tournament 🏆

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Jacqui Oatley @jacquioatley.bsky.social · Jun 28

Thank you, my angel. I miss you too! Have a great tournament xx

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Jacqui Oatley @jacquioatley.bsky.social · Jun 27

Very excited to be working once again for Fox Sports 🇺🇸, this time commentating on UEFA Women’s Euro 2025 ⚽️ over the next month alongside @lorilindsey6.bsky.social. Fantastic lineup. After three weeks of 👩🏼‍💻🤓, now for the packing!

www.foxsports.com/presspass/bl...

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Jacqui Oatley @jacquioatley.bsky.social · Jun 20

Yes indeed. She’s doing a fantastic job too but managing the media is an important part of the gig. She’s impressive.

Jacqui Oatley @jacquioatley.bsky.social · Jun 19

Thought the Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 women ⚽️ head coach Rhian Wilkinson was outstanding with media this morning. Impressive leadership skills, she struck the right balance between confidence and humility. Do not write off Wales in that crazy Euro 2025 group of 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇫🇷 🇳🇱 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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Jacqui Oatley @jacquioatley.bsky.social · Jun 10

Well researched article by Ian Herbert of the @dailymail.co.uk
on the lack of support for female footballers below the
WSL. If anything at all vaguely positive can come out of Maddy Cusack's devastating death, then maybe it's these changes...

www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba...

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Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · Jun 3

We have one month to save @josimarfootball.bsky.social. If you can help, please do. 🙏

josimarfootball.com/2025/06/03/a...

A letter from Philippe Auclair - josimarfootball.com

The reality we at Josimar face is stark. Should we fail to raise € 50k by 1 July, the world's only investigative media dedicated solely to football will cease to exist.

josimarfootball.com

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Jacqui Oatley @jacquioatley.bsky.social · Jun 4

Packing for flight to 🇺🇸 to commentate on Jess Carter 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 and co for Gotham FC - good timing as this new @carriesparkle.bsky.social book is out tomorrow! It’s about the British women footballers ⚽️ who paved the way for the current Lionesses & co. Ban in force here until 1971 ⛔️ amzn.eu/d/cJgEbt9

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Jacqui Oatley @jacquioatley.bsky.social · Jun 1

One of my very favourite sport stories of the week is Lo’eau Labonta winning her first #USWNT 🇺🇸 cap aged 32, so fully deserved 👏🏼 . Fantastic footballer, infectious personality. She’s experienced incredible heartache in her life but never stops with the smiles and positivity. #GoLo

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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · May 30

Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...

There is one place, however, where Musk, with the help of his minions, achieved his goals. He did indeed shred U.S.A.I.D. Though a rump operation is now operating inside the State Department, the administration says that it has terminated more than 80 percent of U.S.A.I.D. grants. Brooke Nichols, an associate professor of global health at Boston University, has estimated that these cuts have already resulted in about 300,000 deaths, most of them of children, and will most likely lead to significantly more by the end of the year. That is what Musk’s foray into politics accomplished.

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Gary Taphouse @garytaphouse.bsky.social · May 31

Vacancy: Editorial content & comms manager at AFC Wimbledon (£32-35k)
www.afcwimbledon.co.uk/news/2025/ma... #mediajobs

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Jacqui Oatley @jacquioatley.bsky.social · May 30

Nice front page of the kids’ weekly news magazine, The Week Junior👌🏼 ⚽️ #arsenalwomen #awfc🔴⚪️

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Jacqui Oatley @jacquioatley.bsky.social · May 5

How common is this in professional football ⚽️? An intensive, full-time intern role as a performance analyst that pays nothing. In return, they ask you to bring experience, your own laptop (MacBook) and you must provide your own transport. Yet they’re “committed to equality”.

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Jacqui Oatley @jacquioatley.bsky.social · May 3

Looking forward to working with Tony Cascarino on @talksport.com Weekend Sports Breakfast tomorrow morning, filling in for Nat. On air 🎙️ 6-9am. Loads to talk about!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=PX-n...

LIVE: Weekend Sports Breakfast with Jacqui Oatley & Tony Cascarino | 04-May-25

YouTube video by talkSPORT

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Jacqui Oatley @jacquioatley.bsky.social · May 1

Fascinating day hosting the Sport Resolutions annual conference in London, chairing panel debates on key legal sport issues:
* Safeguarding
* Link between contact sport and MND
* Contamination: athlete responsibility and misconceptions
* Governance of Football
* Supreme Court ruling #SportRes2025

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Jacqui Oatley @jacquioatley.bsky.social · Apr 26

What a difference in 4 months. From 5 points behind Leicester, #wwfc are now 20 points clear of them. But the manager’s insisting on maintaining standards. And Jamie Vardy is 2 goals short of 200 for #LCFC. First game since his departure announcement. #WOLLEI 🐺 🦊

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Jacqui Oatley @jacquioatley.bsky.social · Apr 21

Thank you 🙏🏼

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Jacqui Oatley @jacquioatley.bsky.social · Apr 21

Can't quite believe this was 18 years ago today! Thanks to Katie for the chat about some rather stressful memories and, more importantly, a changing of the broadcasting landscape in the UK 🇬🇧 since that crazy, crazy time. PS 🇺🇸 very different experience 😊

Katie Whyatt @katiewhyatt.bsky.social · Apr 21

18 years today since Jacqui Oatley was the first female commentator on Match of the Day. Oatley on her memories of that “isolating” time, and how it led to the founding of Women in Football and a lifelong mission to help more women enter the industry

www.nytimes.com/athletic/629...

Jacqui Oatley made Match of the Day history but the experience was ‘isolating’

The broadcaster recalls the stomach-drop moment when she realised that she had, in fact, become the story

www.nytimes.com

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Jacqui Oatley @jacquioatley.bsky.social · Apr 19

Emirates 🏟️ looking mighty fine ahead of Arsenal 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 v Lyon 🇫🇷 first leg of Women’s Champions League 🏆 semi-final. Live on TNT Sports 1 at 12pm 🙌🏽 ⚽️

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Jacqui Oatley @jacquioatley.bsky.social · Apr 17

Arsenal 🔴 fans on cloud nine probably already have their tickets for this Saturday’s Women’s Champions League semi-final first leg at the Emirates 🏟️. 12:30pm KO
Arsenal v Lyon. I’m commentating 🎙️ for TNT Sports but my family coming too, only £18/£9 🎫 👌🏼 #afc #awfc

www.arsenal.com/tickets/wome...

Ticket info: Arsenal Women v Olympique Lyonnais

Ticket details for our UEFA Champions League semi-final match at Arsenal Stadium

www.arsenal.com

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