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Husband, father and Chelsea legacy fan. Loves pubs and beer and most kinds of music - listening to and playing. Currently playing a Telecaster in a classic country/country rock band TWAANG!
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Mikel not pulling any punches in post match summary

Terrible, silly challenge. Second one he's got red carded for. Cost the team badly. Get shot of him.

And there we go...

This referee's a self-important little prick, isn't he? Top drawer card flourishing. We need to be careful. Itching to send someone off.

Happy Birthday @tim-rolls.bsky.social Gentleman scribe, walking footballer, greatcoat aficianado, music quizzer and fellow long term Chelsea sufferer. Have a smashing day, Tim!💙

Commentators trying to big up the "vibe" in a near empty stadium. Players walk out individually in some kind of pseudo NFL build up as announcer shouts names. Hideous.

Finding this very poignant today. The final track on the final Beach Boys album. From the opening musical nod to California Girls to the waves breaking on the shore, and the sumptuous harmonies. A beautiful song about getting older. open.spotify.com/track/3YIqde...

1/ Desperately sad to hear of the passing of one of my musical heroes, Brian Wilson. He heard things in his mind that the rest of us can only dream of, and was able to translate them into reality. The word genius is overused, but he was one. Thank you Brian. Rest in peace at last...

Found this fabulous colour footage of New York in 1939 www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XLw....

So a couple of weeks ago we completed our first Interrail trip around Europe. Calling at Cologne, a brief stopover in Munich (for a quick beer and memory of 2012) Vienna, Budapest, Krakow, Gdansk and Berlin. Can't recommend it highly enough. Discount if you're 60+.

The cynic in me says that we will shortly be receiving season ticket renewal emails. "On the back of such a successful season, we feel it is only fair to increase prices... blah...blah... reinvest in thr squad... blah"