Author: THE SLUM SPORT, story of 85/86. Ghosted: THE THIRD DEGREE. Sports Journalism course director, B'ham City Uni. Sports journalist (28 yrs & counting)
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Chris Lepkowski (new account) retweeted
Club Vacancies - 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝 & 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 (𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫) 🎨💻
➡️ Seeking a creative, driven and strategically minded Social Media Lead to oversee and develop the club's presence across all digital platforms.
➡️ A Head of Marketing to help deliver impactful campaigns, drive supporter engagement, strengthen the club's brand, and support key commercial objectives.
Find out more 👉 thera.ms/jobroles
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Chris Lepkowski (new account) retweeted
TNT Sports close to securing live rights for England’s white ball tour to Australia, with Channel 5 in talks to secure one T20 game live, in addition to a highlights package | The Guardian
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Manchester United's rabble of pathetic, over-entitled players push Carrick towards his place in the club's endless winter. But the chaos that has gripped United is not on him. It's on the Glazers, Ratcliffe, Berrada and Wilcox. dailymail.com/sport/football…
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No, Thierry Henry did not lobby for more than a points deduction for Manchester City.
Kylian Mbappe did not comment on Vinicius Jr’s sending off.
Jamie Carragher did not rail against refereeing in Liverpool against City.
This is football’s fake quotes factory and the reasons behind a growing problem on social media.
📝 @SebSB
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Chris Lepkowski (new account) retweeted
NEW EPISODE: Damp Squib at Drip-Dale...
Why couldn't The Baggies perform better at Preston?
#wba @GoldbergRadio @_ChrisLepkowski
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‘I won’t rest until I’ve sold off all the nation’s utilities and fucked the next three generations’
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Burnley 22nd in the Championship, players not responding to coach Nicky Hayen, whacked 4-1 by Lincoln City, so no great surprise that Hayen sacked after 14 games (one win). But… even by football standards the club's curt 26-word dismissal statement is unnecessarily brutal (and naïve) for four reasons...
First, it’s classless towards a departing member of staff, however underachieving, so what does that say about the owners’ treatment of people? What message does it send to potential successors?
Second, Hayen was the board’s appointment. What does that say about their judgement? Nb: new technical director incoming who should understand football better than chairman Alan Pace.
Third, it highlights the mess, not least in recruitment, that Hayen stepped into. Did he have a chance? Relegated squad, sold best players (last two club POTYs Flemming & Esteve + Anthony), is there enough fight in the team?
Fourth, highlights the club’s financial problems. Burnley used to be well-run.
Board have to make the right appointment, remember Burnley are a football club as well as a business and engage better with increasingly disaffected fans. Burnley fans deserve better than what Pace and ALK Capital are giving them. #twitterclarets
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As someone works in human rights, I’ve never seen anything like the Epstein files in my 15-year career
Raped
Cannibalized
Trafficked
Filmed
Terrorized
Tortured
Murdered
13, 14, 15 year children
ZERO arrests. Not a single girl got justice.
THOUSANDS have been arrested for criticising Israel.
ZERO have been arrested for raping children.
I don't understand how we're not having a global revolution right now.
Chris Lepkowski (new account) retweeted
Time for one of these polls thingies.
Where do you expect #wba to finish this season?
1%top 2
28%3rd-8th?
71%9th-16th?
1%17th-24th?
358 votes • Final results Chris Lepkowski (new account) retweeted
I feel for James Maddison but it’s time to admit defeat. Shave it off and become a YouTuber. Why delay the inevitable on both counts?
Chris Lepkowski (new account) retweeted
🚨 POINTLESS STAT OF THE DAY #186
THE EARLIEST HATRICK IN ENGLISH FOOTBALL
KONE IN 15!
Richard Kone has scored a hat-trick in the 2nd, 9th and 15th minutes for QPR against Swansea this afternoon.
Sadio Mané scored in the 13th, 14th and 16th minutes, setting the Premier League record for the fastest hat-trick but Kone has completed his a WHOLE minute earlier.
Wolves' historical records identify Roy Swinbourne's hat-trick in the opening 20 minutes in 1952 as the earliest Football League treble.
Kone has gone five minutes earlier than that. Bizarrely against a Swansea defence only conceding 8 goals before today.
Has QPR's striker just set an English league record? 🤔
Anyone know of an earlier hat-trick?
Use this information wisely. 🤓
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Hoping to host a Liquidator LIVE around 5.30 Baggies fans … though may be a bit earlier or later depending on circs
#wba @GoldbergRadio
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Three years ago this weekend, a WhatsApp that changed everything.
I'd given notice at the job that'd worn me thin, and was ready to build something.
It was this message, to CP CTO Jay, that began the conversation about The Moonraker and what would become CounterPress Media.
And since then... wow!
Nov '23: Jay introduces Max, bringing critical, human-focused brand expertise.
Jan '24: Max's suggestion - we call ourselves CounterPress. I'm happy my proposal, Rerite, gets binned.
Apr '24: Incorporated. It's getting real.
Spring '24: Full MVP CMS built.
Jun '24: Soft launch of The Moonraker. Who will care?
Aug '24: They care. The Moonraker reaches 500 paying subscribers in 1 month.
Spring '25: Website/CMS rebuild, with (critically) infrastructure designed to support multiple independent publications.
Summer '25: The Moonraker moves onto the upgraded platform. A shared codebase makes it easier to launch and manage new outlets.
Jul '25: CounterPress takes on its first external titles. I'll never forget the belief Richard Edwards and Machel St Patrick Hewitt had in the product.
Autumn '25: A new central backend. Work on a publisher dashboard begins, bringing audience data, contacts, email campaigns and subscription management together.
Dec '25: Podcast hosting arrives as standard within CounterPress.
Early '26: The platform's commercial tools expand, adding revenue reporting, audience segmentation, promotional offers and automated subscriber communications.
Spring '26: CounterPress launches outlets covering 17 of the 18 first-class county cricket clubs.
Spring '26: Full deployment of the v1 dashboard, with native analytics, newsletter builder and audience management tools.
Apr '26: CounterPress signs up its 30th title.
May '26: CounterPress signs up its 40th title.
May '26: CounterPress ID launches: a single account and sign-in experience across the network.
Jun '26: Embedded checkout make it easier for readers to support publications they love. We build first stage of a bundles project. Watch this space.
Jul '26: CounterPress app is downloadable. Our outlets now have a quick and easy home in readers' pockets.
Jul '26: CounterPress signs up its 50th title.
Jul '26: FC CounterPress becomes our first live aggregator, helping spread our outlets' coverage further.
Summer '26: Major improvements to platform speed and performance, alongside enhanced podcast and video publishing, international pricing and sophisticated subscription tools.
Aug '26: CounterPress signs up its 60th title.
Aug '26: Live blogging, giving outlets the ability to tell their stories as they happen.
Oct '26: Push notifications, giving publishers another direct route to their readers.
Oct '26: Partnerships, giving titles platform to showcase relationships with local business.
Oct '26: Automated outlet onboarding, foundations for publishers to sell products through CounterPress (stay tuned).
There's so much more in the pipeline.
What a ride!
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Looks like he’s getting ready to bowl an over of some off spin
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Clubs learn of cost of Independent Football Regulator… double the original Government estimate. IFR sets out plan which includes 100 staff and top Prem clubs shoulder most cost mirror.co.uk/sport/football/…
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"The White House says" isn't journalism, lads
BREAKING: The White House says Melania Trump has brokered a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine "localised to the city of Oleshky".
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It appears to be over.
If all of Asia, Africa and Conmebol - and 10 of the 11 members of Oceania - vote for Gianni Infantino he has 120 votes.
He needs 106 to win.
Unless Uefa can find a candidate, and uncover something to move the dial.
Time was always on Infantino's side.
Aug 10: Asian football chief Sheikh Salman signs letter with UEFA & Concacaf condemning Infantino for “profound failure of judgement” & “deception” over WC sell-off plot
Oct 23: Salman endorses Infantino for FIFA re-election, vowing “full commitment”
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