Oliver Ash
@oliverash1.bsky.social
🇪🇺🇬🇧🇫🇷 family, friends, history, sport, politics, countryside, music, theatre, film….Maidstone United FC, Brive Rugby Club, St Germain en Laye
@priceoffootball.bsky.social 3Up from National League to EFL would have happened years ago except, as an ex-EFL boss told me, the NL board had no credibility and were not taken seriously. The ‘GateMoney’ scandal of 2021/22 showed the NL board still lack integrity and, as a result, any credibilty…
February 6, 2025 at 9:10 AM
@priceoffootball.bsky.social 3Up from National League to EFL would have happened years ago except, as an ex-EFL boss told me, the NL board had no credibility and were not taken seriously. The ‘GateMoney’ scandal of 2021/22 showed the NL board still lack integrity and, as a result, any credibilty…
27 January, the first anniversary of the greatest football match I have ever watched, Ipswich v Maidstone, FA Cup 4th Rd. Privileged to watch it with family, friends and 5000 fellow supporters at Portman Rd. A day of pure joy. Simply unforgettable.
@maidstoneunited.bsky.social 💛🖤💛🖤💛🖤💛🖤💛🖤💛🖤💛🖤💛🖤💛🖤
@maidstoneunited.bsky.social 💛🖤💛🖤💛🖤💛🖤💛🖤💛🖤💛🖤💛🖤💛🖤
January 26, 2025 at 10:09 PM
27 January, the first anniversary of the greatest football match I have ever watched, Ipswich v Maidstone, FA Cup 4th Rd. Privileged to watch it with family, friends and 5000 fellow supporters at Portman Rd. A day of pure joy. Simply unforgettable.
@maidstoneunited.bsky.social 💛🖤💛🖤💛🖤💛🖤💛🖤💛🖤💛🖤💛🖤💛🖤
@maidstoneunited.bsky.social 💛🖤💛🖤💛🖤💛🖤💛🖤💛🖤💛🖤💛🖤💛🖤
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A tiny 2% wealth tax, on 20k people would raise £24 billion per year to spend on the things that urgently need fixing in our country.
We need some tax justice - the more money you have the less tax you pay and vice versa - that’s absurd.
We need some tax justice - the more money you have the less tax you pay and vice versa - that’s absurd.
January 23, 2025 at 10:49 PM
A tiny 2% wealth tax, on 20k people would raise £24 billion per year to spend on the things that urgently need fixing in our country.
We need some tax justice - the more money you have the less tax you pay and vice versa - that’s absurd.
We need some tax justice - the more money you have the less tax you pay and vice versa - that’s absurd.
Well that was a cold miserable night in Oyonnax, tough watching Brive lose again after an injury to a key player after 10 seconds and a very harsh early sending-off…. Hope my trip to @maidstoneunited.bsky.social v Worthing on Saturday is more fruitful…
January 23, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Well that was a cold miserable night in Oyonnax, tough watching Brive lose again after an injury to a key player after 10 seconds and a very harsh early sending-off…. Hope my trip to @maidstoneunited.bsky.social v Worthing on Saturday is more fruitful…
Winning ugly can be the sign of a good team 😏
January 21, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Winning ugly can be the sign of a good team 😏
Great to see George Elokobi developing into a top manager for @maidstoneunited.bsky.social . What a run we are now on following on from last season’s FA Cup heroics! So much hard work needed to get us to this position, as we also look to strengthen the squad to up our challenge for the title 💛🖤
January 15, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Great to see George Elokobi developing into a top manager for @maidstoneunited.bsky.social . What a run we are now on following on from last season’s FA Cup heroics! So much hard work needed to get us to this position, as we also look to strengthen the squad to up our challenge for the title 💛🖤
Desperate times for the UK economy. Will it take bankruptcy before we admit that leaving our closest trading partners was a colossal mistake costing us 4% of annual GDP and needs to be reversed sooner rather than later? After 8 years all Brexit has given us is a huge headache…
Reeves intervention ruled out as pound slides further
Reeves intervention ruled out as pound slides further
An intervention by the chancellor to help shore up flagging financial market confidence in the UK economy has been ruled out by the government, amid further declines in the value of the pound.
news.sky.com
January 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Desperate times for the UK economy. Will it take bankruptcy before we admit that leaving our closest trading partners was a colossal mistake costing us 4% of annual GDP and needs to be reversed sooner rather than later? After 8 years all Brexit has given us is a huge headache…
Shame no video highlights of Tonbridge v @maidstoneunited.bsky.social Boxing Day match, especially given a spectacular Aaron Blair goal…would not be the case if, as with most clubs, we could have been given space to film too…
December 29, 2024 at 5:09 PM
Shame no video highlights of Tonbridge v @maidstoneunited.bsky.social Boxing Day match, especially given a spectacular Aaron Blair goal…would not be the case if, as with most clubs, we could have been given space to film too…
In 2025 I will be posting more on here and less on X, fed up feeding the mad Musk machine…..thanks for following 😊
December 28, 2024 at 1:43 PM
In 2025 I will be posting more on here and less on X, fed up feeding the mad Musk machine…..thanks for following 😊
If only he’d stick to wrecking his own country…
December 20, 2024 at 11:11 AM
If only he’d stick to wrecking his own country…
Big shout out to the @stoneslive team, Sean and Adrian that was terrific commentary yesterday in trying circumstances, much appreciated by the exiles 👏👏👏💛🖤
Terrific @maidstoneunited result after the long trip to Cornwall, congrats to players and staff, all the hard work starting to pay off 👏👏👏💛🖤
December 15, 2024 at 9:26 AM
Big shout out to the @stoneslive team, Sean and Adrian that was terrific commentary yesterday in trying circumstances, much appreciated by the exiles 👏👏👏💛🖤
Terrific @maidstoneunited result after the long trip to Cornwall, congrats to players and staff, all the hard work starting to pay off 👏👏👏💛🖤
December 14, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Terrific @maidstoneunited result after the long trip to Cornwall, congrats to players and staff, all the hard work starting to pay off 👏👏👏💛🖤
Reposted by Oliver Ash
🎄 They say you shouldn’t do things by half but on this occasion you can. Digital half season tickets are available online.
tinyurl.com/bp6z4caf
Starting from the Welling United match on New Year’s Day, your membership will give you access to a dozen games at the Gallagher.
tinyurl.com/bp6z4caf
Starting from the Welling United match on New Year’s Day, your membership will give you access to a dozen games at the Gallagher.
December 10, 2024 at 1:12 PM
🎄 They say you shouldn’t do things by half but on this occasion you can. Digital half season tickets are available online.
tinyurl.com/bp6z4caf
Starting from the Welling United match on New Year’s Day, your membership will give you access to a dozen games at the Gallagher.
tinyurl.com/bp6z4caf
Starting from the Welling United match on New Year’s Day, your membership will give you access to a dozen games at the Gallagher.
@maidstone Our lovely new town centre matchday information totem temporarily obscured by a Christmas tree….🫢
December 1, 2024 at 11:14 AM
@maidstone Our lovely new town centre matchday information totem temporarily obscured by a Christmas tree….🫢
A few years ago I was proud of our South Stand development at Brive but the new North Stand and its facilities is way above, genuinely international class, brilliant design and decoration, great for the fans 👏👏👏@CABCLRUGBY .
November 28, 2024 at 7:08 PM
A few years ago I was proud of our South Stand development at Brive but the new North Stand and its facilities is way above, genuinely international class, brilliant design and decoration, great for the fans 👏👏👏@CABCLRUGBY .
Reposted by Oliver Ash
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November 28, 2024 at 6:49 AM
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So disappointing. Every chance Starmer gets to make a real difference he flunks. Arms to Israel, closer ties to Europe, breaking the grip of media oligarchs, etc….if Labour carries on like this it will be smashed by Reform/Tories next election
We have to break this control that wealthy individuals have over government. It stinks and it's bad for everyone apart from the wealthy individuals and those they fund.
November 26, 2024 at 10:18 AM
So disappointing. Every chance Starmer gets to make a real difference he flunks. Arms to Israel, closer ties to Europe, breaking the grip of media oligarchs, etc….if Labour carries on like this it will be smashed by Reform/Tories next election
Game’s gone soft since I watched this as a kid….
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November 23, 2024 at 3:56 PM
Game’s gone soft since I watched this as a kid….
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The bots and trolls trying to make a noise here too 🤡
November 19, 2024 at 3:45 PM
The bots and trolls trying to make a noise here too 🤡
A thread on why people often misuse the word ‘ambition’ in the context of running a football club….
It’s not ‘ambition’ to spend unearned or borrowed money on players just to get a promotion which cannot be sustained
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It’s not ‘ambition’ to spend unearned or borrowed money on players just to get a promotion which cannot be sustained
1/7
November 19, 2024 at 3:03 PM
A thread on why people often misuse the word ‘ambition’ in the context of running a football club….
It’s not ‘ambition’ to spend unearned or borrowed money on players just to get a promotion which cannot be sustained
1/7
It’s not ‘ambition’ to spend unearned or borrowed money on players just to get a promotion which cannot be sustained
1/7
In addition to this Starmer has to change course and steer back towards the single market, it makes obvious economic sense and otherwise Labour will be obliterated next time round by Tory/Reform, just like Biden/Harris were crushed by the new Trumpolitics
‘Europe Must Forget Trump and Form a Coalition of the Willing to Defend Ukraine’
Senior politicians, military leaders & experts send an open letter calling on Europe & Canada to join forces in defending Ukraine from Russian aggression
bylinetimes.com/2024/11/19/e...
Senior politicians, military leaders & experts send an open letter calling on Europe & Canada to join forces in defending Ukraine from Russian aggression
bylinetimes.com/2024/11/19/e...
'Europe Must Forget Trump and Form a Coalition of the Willing to Defend Ukraine'
Senior politicians, military leaders and experts send an open letter calling on Europe and Canada to join forces in defending Ukraine from Russian aggression
bylinetimes.com
November 19, 2024 at 10:36 AM
In addition to this Starmer has to change course and steer back towards the single market, it makes obvious economic sense and otherwise Labour will be obliterated next time round by Tory/Reform, just like Biden/Harris were crushed by the new Trumpolitics
No, it began years ago. The ‘mainstream’ is now X and Instagram and Facebook and so on…this is what got Trump elected
The mainstream media’s capitulation begins.
What’s important about these acts of cowardice isn’t just that those involved will normalize Trump but also that their actions will make those in the press who continue to criticize Trump all the more vulnerable.
What’s important about these acts of cowardice isn’t just that those involved will normalize Trump but also that their actions will make those in the press who continue to criticize Trump all the more vulnerable.
MSNBC “Morning Joe” hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski traveled to Mar-a-Lago over the weekend to meet with Trump in bid for “new approach” to coverage
November 18, 2024 at 6:06 PM
No, it began years ago. The ‘mainstream’ is now X and Instagram and Facebook and so on…this is what got Trump elected
In fact I don’t know why I keep referring to football as a business, it’s not, it’s a madhouse.
November 18, 2024 at 2:51 PM
In fact I don’t know why I keep referring to football as a business, it’s not, it’s a madhouse.
@maidstoneunited would like to have kept talented Jon Benton but that would have meant throwing a grenade at our wage structure and putting the club at risk which we won’t do. Grenades are not good for business….
November 18, 2024 at 11:25 AM
@maidstoneunited would like to have kept talented Jon Benton but that would have meant throwing a grenade at our wage structure and putting the club at risk which we won’t do. Grenades are not good for business….