Had a really enjoyable chat with David McEwen of Unit 38, an architecture cooperative based in East London, about knowledge repositories of place, community wealth, and a sprinkling of football. Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/4q2…

SIGN THE PETITION: bit.ly/rfc-petition I’m glad that supporters groups @SellBeforeWeDai and @STARReading have joined me in calling for a parliamentary inquiry into #readingfc's absent owner, Dai Yongge. (1/4)

Of all the next potential twists in football's descent into the commercial abyss, Jürgen Klopp to marketeering Austrian energy drink manufacturer feels quite unexpected, but maybe we shouldn't be surprised. Still, not even he can change the fact that #Leipzig is blau-gelb.

Goosebumps watching today. Rarely capture the same feelings I got from sport as a kid. Today did.

Tragedy.

Great news. First female head coach of a professional men's side in Germany. Hopefully #lokleipzig are playing them soon!

Unsurprising but so disappointing. Was a fantastic effort to avoid double relegation, and now this. Any new owners need to address this. #sellbeforewedai

What a start to the transfer window.

🧙‍♂️New episode!🪄 This time📺and📽️researcher @JDHDoveton talks to us about the representation of labour in adaptations of some iconic British fantasy works. You'll find beautiful production, sharp social insight, and a definitive Dobby retrospective. 🔉 on.soundcloud.com/E2Q3AEQ76B…

Something so Romantic about snooker. Remembering the time I went to Bayern Munich's colossal stadium Museum-merch shop-restaurant complex, and still ended up eating chips watching snooker as if I was in a caff in Reading instead of one of the biggest arenas in Europe.

Early kickoff issues... Reading have already run out of tea.

Mad achievement in the current situation.

You wanna talk about fixture congestion...

Football is for everyone. And I like flags.

'We're not doing eggs this year....' #readingfc

This spot in Spring is such a great part of the sporting year. Chaos everywhere. Let's go. #MarchMadness2024

Events at #ReadingFC highlight need for independent regulator to protect fans from errant owners like Dai Yongge. Debts, fines, points deductions, shambles. "Throughout our campaign we’ve become increasingly aware of just how little protection football fans have from bad ownership,” Caroline Parker @SellBeforeWeDai. "In our view, an independent regulator cannot come soon enough and though that still may be too late for Reading Football Club, we sincerely hope its creation will stop other football fans from going through what we have.  "As always, the devil is in the detail and we’ll take time to read this publication properly. It could be a game changer for our beautiful game though. If the independent regulator would like a test case, or would like to learn from our experiences, they know where we are."

Independent regulation long overdue, but if they're not able to intervene reasonably in situations like #readingfc then it will feel exactly like existing administration bodies either in the sway of, or unwilling/powerless to change, the status quo and power of football money.

*Browsing library catalogue for non-sports stuff* Library: Oh, here we go. #footballresearch

At what point in the future do clubs just stop providing any information to fans? Terrible decision, or at least the processes that led to it, terrible statement, dire situation. Nothing left.