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Writer of words, talker of shite — @thesquareball.net, @realclass.co.uk
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If Wigan are going to be so good then can they at least have the decency to make me hate them? by @robconlon.bsky.social

There's something I need to get off my chest and I don't care if this is the post that gets me cancelled. I think I might...like this Wigan team?😩 www.realclass.co.uk/wigan-warrio...

Sheffield United 1-3 #LUFC: This team Nights like this don’t come around very often at Leeds United. Only twice a week. by @robconlon.bsky.social

The. Fucking. Lads. thesquareball.net/leeds-united...

Only just noticed Joe Rodon yelling fuck off at the home fans after Joel Piroe's goal. Think he might be the love of my life.

Is it time to give Jake Connor the keys to the Leeds team? Are Paul Vaughan's shorts too small for him? We answer all the big questions in the latest episode of the Real Class podcast as we review round two of the 2025 Super League season🎧 www.realclass.co.uk/the-real-cla...

Now in stock* *Chris Wilder's tears not included thesquareball.net/shop/

A beautiful set of brilliant bastards. Get in.

Daniel James is all grown up and now he’s a “pure baller” too I’m sure Dan James knows what xG means, but in a spiritual sense, he absolutely doesn’t know or care about it at all. by @wrjalmond.bsky.social • #LUFC

“I could have made a fortune. But the Australians preferred training to smoking and wine. It was never going to work.” www.realclass.co.uk/make-full-ba...

More great stuff from @glosluke.bsky.social👇

The Real Class podcast, ep 3: Adrian Lam in Popworld We wipe the egg from our faces after our terrible predictions, hold our first post-Headingley therapy session, and discuss Salford sticking it to the man by, erm, losing 82-0. That'll learn 'em! www.realclass.co.uk/the-real-cla...

A perfectly normal football club thesquareball.net/leeds-united...

this is great but rob’s definitive comment on this game was summed up on the match ball, when he had to explain why this was better than beating cardiff 7-0: because at no point in the cardiff game “did i think i was going to die”.

Our first @realclass.co.uk post-Headingley therapy session of the season is out now. There's also some stuff about much better rugby league teams in there as well. Plus whatever Salford are trying to be. www.realclass.co.uk/the-real-cla...

#LUFC 2-1 Sunderland: Falling apart again Was I going to pass out? Throw up? Burst into tears? It would have been the happiest anyone has ever done any of those things. by @robconlon.bsky.social

Our first @realclass.co.uk post-Headingley therapy session of the season is out now. There's also some stuff about much better rugby league teams in there as well. Plus whatever Salford are trying to be. www.realclass.co.uk/the-real-cla...

How very fucking hell

The Square Ball, Season 35, Issue 6 _ Our new mag features include Peter Haddock, Ballon d'Or, Jock Stein and Sean Gregan. Cover illustration by Emily Tartanella. _ Get it at Elland Road tonight or online now! _ thesquareball.net/shop/2024-25-issue-06/

Includes words from me on how the death of Red Bull GmbH co-founder Dieter Mateschitz finally lead to the drinks marketing company’s arrival at Elland Road. #lufc

"After watching Spirit of the Rhinos, I would absolutely love Brad Arthur to call me a dickhead." Some Leeds players might not agree after the weekend. www.realclass.co.uk/spirit-of-th...

The good news is Brad Arthur might genuinely lamp some of these at half-time.

“I could have made a fortune. But the Australians preferred training to smoking and wine. It was never going to work.” Puig Aubert not just the poster boy of @realclass.co.uk, but rugby league itself. www.realclass.co.uk/make-full-ba...

“I could have made a fortune. But the Australians preferred training to smoking and wine. It was never going to work.” Puig Aubert not just the poster boy of @realclass.co.uk, but rugby league itself. www.realclass.co.uk/make-full-ba...

Watford 0-4 #LUFC: Playing the hits When Leeds are on it, every other team in the league is fucked. by @robconlon.bsky.social

Make Full-Backs Smoke Again! If rugby league is an anti-establishment, rebel sport, then Puig Aubert is its ultimate poster boy. by @robconlon.bsky.social www.realclass.co.uk/make-full-ba...

Two episodes in and we're already falling out. After a quick round-up of a weekend of positives in the Challenge Cup, it's time for the 2025 Fantasy Draft, and things get tense in the studio. www.realclass.co.uk/the-real-cla...

'How can a city that has Addingham, Bingley and Ilkley be a complete dump? How can the city that brought us David Hockney, Kimberley Walsh and Gareth Gates be a cultural wasteland?'

In the first episode of our new weekly podcast, we preview every Super League club ahead of the 2025 season and make some predictions that definitely won't look silly in a few months. What are your hot takes for 2025?🔥 www.realclass.co.uk/the-real-cla...

Frank Lampard’s Coventry City™ 0-2 #LUFC: Tearing up In the mould of their manager, Coventry played with a chip on their shoulder and a baffling self-assurance, despite the fact it was clear they were thin at the back and devoid of good ideas. by @robconlon.bsky.social

Spirit of the Rhinos is a peak behind the curtain of a club that left the front door open By the second episode, everyone looks like they want to cry. And that’s when Spirit of the Rhinos gets good. by @robconlon.bsky.social www.realclass.co.uk/spirit-of-th...

Back on my Italian chat with @tmgitalia.bsky.social and this story about Paddy Sloan, the Lurgan man who scored in a 1949 Milan derby. tmgitalia.net/posts/2025-0...

How Penrith Panthers made greatness a self-fulfilling prophecy Winning four Grand Finals back to back to back to back was meant to be impossible in a salary-capped sport. Then Nathan Cleary and co rocked up. by @joshheff.bsky.social www.realclass.co.uk/how-penrith-...