Dad of 4, Grandad of 4 | Writer | OPTA analyst | ❤️Cricket, golf, music, Ham Hill. Every man has two lives & his second begins when he realises he only has one.
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1 May 2025
How it started.... how it's going!
April 30th 2024 - May 1st 2025
22 st 9 lb to 15 st 8 lb = 7 st 1 lb loss
🚶♂️1,282 miles walking/running
🚴♂️209 miles cycling
🛶91 miles of rowing
🚴♂️45 miles on hand bike
🏃♂️42 parkruns
🚶♂️3.4 million steps
🏋️♂️53 gym sessions
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MarvelLOUs news!
Richly deserved for one of football's nice guys!
Jun 15
Lou Macari has been recognised for his decade-long commitment to a homeless charity in Stoke-on-Trent by being made an MBE in the King's Birthday Honours.
The former Manchester United and Scotland, who established the Macari Foundation in 2016, spoke to #BBCBreakfast
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3ey…
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Jun 14
Happy days!! 🏴
Just waiting for the call up now! 🙏
7 - Excluding own goals, seven of Scotland's last nine goals at major tournaments have been scored by players whose surname starts with Mc.
✅ McStay
✅ McClair
✅ McAllister
✅ McCoist
❌ Collins
❌ Burley
✅ McGregor
✅ McTominay
✅ McGinn
MC's.
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Jun 12
We meet the England fan who won't cut his hair until England win a major tournament...
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Introducing the Scottish-American travel dictionary 🇺🇸🏴
We’ve put together this guide to keep the Tartan Army out of trouble in the States.
Read carefully to avoid confusing the locals, deeply offending the country, or being interrogated by Homeland Security over a sandwich.
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Jun 10
Second 10k in three days, tonight’s is the Cirencester Sizzler 10k in the colours of Emersons Green Running Club for the first time!! 💚🖤
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Jun 9
No ha empezado el Mundial y Noruega ya tiene las 3 mejores fotos de equipo.
La primera antes de viajar, disfrazados de vikingos.
La segunda, su foto oficial, con la camiseta de Noruega, todos perfectamente alineados.
La tercera, ahora, todos los jugadores con las camisetas de su primer club.
Qué grandes los vikingos.
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Jun 7
"Being the guy from f**king TikTok..."
For Mick McCarthy, it can't go on like this... can it?
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Not sure what's funnier here, the original line up that contains a CB at CM and an Irishman, or the comments! 😁
Jun 7
“Greatest England XI of all time”
Community note
Whilst the majority of this team is subject to opinion. George Best was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland and not England. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Be…
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All good, going into my top 3 favourite parkruns for sure. 🖤🧡
Windy but dry, don’t look down if you’re scared of heights. An out-and-back; uphill out, downhill back!
Definitely a sub-30 minute run there in less windy conditions & with more confidence on my finishing kick!
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May 31
So with the season now pretty much at an end, time as always to generate a lot of pointless stats, facts and figures about my season with OPTA; number 9 signed, sealed and delivered!
⚽️Games: 91 (a record)
⚽️Goals: 284 (153 home, 131 away)
⚽️Average: 3.12
⚽️Home wins: 43...
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⚽️Draws: 8
⚽️Away wins: 40
🟥Red cards: 18 (a record)
🥅Hat tricks: 3
0⃣ -0⃣draws - 2 (5th and 6th games of the season, current streak of 85 games since a 0-0)
🏆Competitions: 15
🏟️Grounds: 22 (3 new ones of "the 92" at Burnley, QPR and Brighton)
💡Highlight: Subway League...
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May 31
.. Cup Final at Ashton Gate - Chelsea Women v Man United Women.
💻Have now completed 595 fixtures for OPTA.
🏃♂️The role also helps me visit new parkruns on my way to matches so have added 4 new parkruns this season, plus a revisit too.
Let's rest now as Season 10 is coming!
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May 30
European Champions.
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Liked it when “Fletch” said it would be ironic if Arsenal won on penalties given that they haven’t been awarded one all season.
Absolutely mind-boggling levels of ineptitude. They’ve had 8.
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May 30
*Declan Rice passes the ball five yards*
Ally McCoist: “That is exceptional.”
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May 30
Gazza has just turned up at the @footballontnt desk with fishing rods, chicken wings and some lager!!
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