Your Favourite John
@yourfavouritejohn.bsky.social
Writer, non-league football, father, advocate for good mental health
Stifling, brilliant stuff at Lord's. Jadeja, hats off, sir. A terrific effort.
July 14, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Stifling, brilliant stuff at Lord's. Jadeja, hats off, sir. A terrific effort.
How refreshing. Some properly gritty test match cricket.
Digging in can be beautiful.
Digging in can be beautiful.
July 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
How refreshing. Some properly gritty test match cricket.
Digging in can be beautiful.
Digging in can be beautiful.
Anyone have recent sales figures for hotcakes?
July 9, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Anyone have recent sales figures for hotcakes?
Reposted by Your Favourite John
Rupert Lowe telling MPs not to meddle in football or introduce a regulator is quite something. Remind me what he did to a club
July 9, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Rupert Lowe telling MPs not to meddle in football or introduce a regulator is quite something. Remind me what he did to a club
Excellent couple of strikes by James and Stanway.
Reward for a terrific first half performance.
Reward for a terrific first half performance.
July 9, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Excellent couple of strikes by James and Stanway.
Reward for a terrific first half performance.
Reward for a terrific first half performance.
Quite the 24 hours for alleged abusers.
Gregg Wallace and Christian Horner.
Cheerio 👋
Gregg Wallace and Christian Horner.
Cheerio 👋
July 9, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Quite the 24 hours for alleged abusers.
Gregg Wallace and Christian Horner.
Cheerio 👋
Gregg Wallace and Christian Horner.
Cheerio 👋
FM24
Take just 4 points from the first 8 games, then win 9-2 on the road to trigger a run of 10 points from the next four. 🤷🏼♂️
Take just 4 points from the first 8 games, then win 9-2 on the road to trigger a run of 10 points from the next four. 🤷🏼♂️
July 9, 2025 at 11:43 AM
FM24
Take just 4 points from the first 8 games, then win 9-2 on the road to trigger a run of 10 points from the next four. 🤷🏼♂️
Take just 4 points from the first 8 games, then win 9-2 on the road to trigger a run of 10 points from the next four. 🤷🏼♂️
Managing this bout of depression by...
1) Writing
2) Doing a youth academy FM career
3) Playing International Cricket Captain
4) Creating PowerPoint slideshows and Excel spreadsheets on 2 and 3.
1) Writing
2) Doing a youth academy FM career
3) Playing International Cricket Captain
4) Creating PowerPoint slideshows and Excel spreadsheets on 2 and 3.
July 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Managing this bout of depression by...
1) Writing
2) Doing a youth academy FM career
3) Playing International Cricket Captain
4) Creating PowerPoint slideshows and Excel spreadsheets on 2 and 3.
1) Writing
2) Doing a youth academy FM career
3) Playing International Cricket Captain
4) Creating PowerPoint slideshows and Excel spreadsheets on 2 and 3.
Saw a Porsche up in flames on the hard shoulder of the M1 this evening. Literally just burning 🔥
The driver was just forlornly filming the inferno, probably from a slightly unsafe distance.
The driver was just forlornly filming the inferno, probably from a slightly unsafe distance.
July 1, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Saw a Porsche up in flames on the hard shoulder of the M1 this evening. Literally just burning 🔥
The driver was just forlornly filming the inferno, probably from a slightly unsafe distance.
The driver was just forlornly filming the inferno, probably from a slightly unsafe distance.
Couldn't agree more.
MCO, women's teams being a mere asset to bail out mismanagement in the men's game.
Football utterly stinks.
MCO, women's teams being a mere asset to bail out mismanagement in the men's game.
Football utterly stinks.
Aston Villa selling their women’s team. Michelle Kang taking over as president of Lyon’s men’s team after buying their women’s team. Someone smarter than me is going to write a piece on how women’s football is subsidising cash strapped men’s football before long…
June 30, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Couldn't agree more.
MCO, women's teams being a mere asset to bail out mismanagement in the men's game.
Football utterly stinks.
MCO, women's teams being a mere asset to bail out mismanagement in the men's game.
Football utterly stinks.
Owen Hunt really is a piece of work.
June 27, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Owen Hunt really is a piece of work.
The world's eating itself.
But I made a fucking lovely red cabbage salad for lunch.
No question, it tasted much better.
But I made a fucking lovely red cabbage salad for lunch.
No question, it tasted much better.
June 27, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The world's eating itself.
But I made a fucking lovely red cabbage salad for lunch.
No question, it tasted much better.
But I made a fucking lovely red cabbage salad for lunch.
No question, it tasted much better.
Just did some research on Wes Streeting and now I'm all clammy from raised blood pressure and the heat.
June 27, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Just did some research on Wes Streeting and now I'm all clammy from raised blood pressure and the heat.
Something about MCO feels really insidious.
I know the arse fell out of the game years ago, but before long a handful of investment groups and nation states are going to own the entire world.
Just cba with it.
I know the arse fell out of the game years ago, but before long a handful of investment groups and nation states are going to own the entire world.
Just cba with it.
Brentford owner Matthew Benham is in talks w/ Kingsman creator Matthew Vaughn & ex-Autoglass boss Gary Lubner about a minority stake in the club. Benham would use the cash to boost the transfer budget, aid commercial growth & add another club to the group.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/644...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/644...
Brentford in advanced talks with filmmaker Matthew Vaughn and businessman Gary Lubner over minority investment
Brentford owner Matthew Benham has been open to selling a stake in the club for a few years.
www.nytimes.com
June 24, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Something about MCO feels really insidious.
I know the arse fell out of the game years ago, but before long a handful of investment groups and nation states are going to own the entire world.
Just cba with it.
I know the arse fell out of the game years ago, but before long a handful of investment groups and nation states are going to own the entire world.
Just cba with it.
No need to go near the Red Lion, thankfully.
They didn’t get this Rose & Crown. (Anyone familiar with the Battle of Britain movie will know what I’m on about.)
June 24, 2025 at 7:59 PM
No need to go near the Red Lion, thankfully.
Oh. Wait. All of a sudden bombarding hospitals is bad?!
June 19, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Oh. Wait. All of a sudden bombarding hospitals is bad?!
Quite a big lad.
Some might say a touch intimidating.
Some might say a touch intimidating.
June 18, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Quite a big lad.
Some might say a touch intimidating.
Some might say a touch intimidating.
Good.
MPs vote to decriminalise abortion in historic vote
MPs vote to decriminalise abortion in historic vote
MPs have voted to decriminalise abortion in England and Wales so that women cannot be prosecuted for terminating their pregnancy at any stage.
news.sky.com
June 17, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Good.
It's a tough life sometimes
June 17, 2025 at 9:37 AM
It's a tough life sometimes
It's 30 years today that Kristen Pfaff, bassist with Hole, died of a heroin overdose.
She was a good friend of Kurt Cobain, who had taken his own life a few weeks before, and, of course, played with Kurt's wife Courtney Love.
Have a listen to Live Through This. It's a great record.
She was a good friend of Kurt Cobain, who had taken his own life a few weeks before, and, of course, played with Kurt's wife Courtney Love.
Have a listen to Live Through This. It's a great record.
June 16, 2025 at 8:29 AM
It's 30 years today that Kristen Pfaff, bassist with Hole, died of a heroin overdose.
She was a good friend of Kurt Cobain, who had taken his own life a few weeks before, and, of course, played with Kurt's wife Courtney Love.
Have a listen to Live Through This. It's a great record.
She was a good friend of Kurt Cobain, who had taken his own life a few weeks before, and, of course, played with Kurt's wife Courtney Love.
Have a listen to Live Through This. It's a great record.
Once again, the women's game leads the way in inclusion 👏
This is super cool from the NWSL team Angel City FC, which is based in LA. They distributed these tshirts at last night’s game.
June 16, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Once again, the women's game leads the way in inclusion 👏
Credit to the FA here.
Not often they get things like this correct.
Just a shame a single individual took it upon himself to ruin a perfectly harmless, peaceful, and enjoyable day.
open.substack.com/pub/beardeda...
Not often they get things like this correct.
Just a shame a single individual took it upon himself to ruin a perfectly harmless, peaceful, and enjoyable day.
open.substack.com/pub/beardeda...
June 15, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Credit to the FA here.
Not often they get things like this correct.
Just a shame a single individual took it upon himself to ruin a perfectly harmless, peaceful, and enjoyable day.
open.substack.com/pub/beardeda...
Not often they get things like this correct.
Just a shame a single individual took it upon himself to ruin a perfectly harmless, peaceful, and enjoyable day.
open.substack.com/pub/beardeda...
Truly magnificent work by South Africa.
Don't mind it. Don't mind it at all.
And with a palindromic hero too. Markram, take a bow, sir.
Don't mind it. Don't mind it at all.
And with a palindromic hero too. Markram, take a bow, sir.
June 14, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Truly magnificent work by South Africa.
Don't mind it. Don't mind it at all.
And with a palindromic hero too. Markram, take a bow, sir.
Don't mind it. Don't mind it at all.
And with a palindromic hero too. Markram, take a bow, sir.
It always makes me a little sad when there's two such wildly different opinions on the same event.
The hardship of dating, I guess. One person's connection is another's version of 'meh'.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
The hardship of dating, I guess. One person's connection is another's version of 'meh'.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Blind date: ‘It felt more like two people having a friendly conversation at a conference’
Matthew, 48, an international English teacher, meets Emma, 40, a lecturer
www.theguardian.com
June 14, 2025 at 11:50 AM
It always makes me a little sad when there's two such wildly different opinions on the same event.
The hardship of dating, I guess. One person's connection is another's version of 'meh'.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
The hardship of dating, I guess. One person's connection is another's version of 'meh'.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...