Daniel McConaghy
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Daniel McConaghy
@MACDS94
Hockey is life. Mens club captain for Bournville & Kings Heath HC. supported by Hannah and Leo. Sponsored by Grace Hockey.
Birmingham, England Bergabung Temmuz 2011
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@tommyialexander @MemEnglandhokey And until Bisham Abbey is moved to a different location or the way the international set up is run is changed there will continue to be this slide unless you have a stream of players coming to you for other reasons e.g uni/ school.
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@MemEnglandhokey Beeston are the new Cannock. Both clubs were elite European clubs, that represented the midlands & 🇬🇧
Since education sides (BU, NU, NTU + Repton school) are allowed to play weekend club hockey, it’s killed the bottom line for these once great clubs
No regulation = madness
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@MemEnglandhokey With all this preparation and specific focus on the national team, surely we’ll see some really positive results against big nations that will prepare them for the big international tournaments 🤔
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What?! You don’t already have a plan and set dates?
Of course not, have to pander those with an England badge on 🙄
Pathetic governing body as per
The Hockey Paper@TheHockeyPaper
England top flight could resume in mid-March due to World Cup qualifiers. thehockeypaper.co.uk/articles/2025/…
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@MemEnglandhokey That’s fine we have to promote parts of our sport and anyone willing to photograph deserves their moment.
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@RussellLuke24 @MemEnglandhokey This use to be how it worked in the midlands, can’t say whether it worked or not but certainly stopped uni teams from dominating.
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@MemEnglandhokey I will always say we should have a Dutch system where 1XI play in one league system, then the rest in another. So tinpot seeing reserves in certain leagues
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Or there are too many clubs and you have 1st teams playing really low levels…
Ian King@KingIan
Of our 14 @CliftonRobbies Adult League teams playing this wkend ⬇️ 11 are v 1st XIs 😲 & 3 v 2nd XIs 👏 Clearly even playing in our 45678s is still playing a very decent standard! 🙌 #Best of #Bristol #Hockey @swsportsnews @BristolSportGT @MemEnglandhokey @uonmhc
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@MemEnglandhokey @Sport_England @DCMS @EnglandHockey It’s okay England Hockey have realised there’s an issue - wonder which of their mates they can employ…

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Wow. That is genuinely appalling. Someone should let @Sport_England and @DCMS know @EnglandHockey aren’t up on their safeguarding policies
David Brereton@david_brereton1
@MemEnglandhokey Welfare are behind on safeguarding policy by over 6 months. See my note to YNE to ask for help to sort this out.
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@MemEnglandhokey @EnglandHockey Wonder if the reason England hockey have changed the way they charge clubs is to now start planning to fill that void they’re going to have post LA.
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Almost £30million of funding over two Olympic cycles and this is what it is producing
We don't deserve that level of funding. We are simply not producing world-class talent or results.
Everyone involved with EH should be embarrassed. Shame on you @EnglandHockey
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@MemEnglandhokey waiting for your thoughts on that Men’s game 😂
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@RussellLuke24 Great blog and a lot of sensible ideas. Couldn’t agree more about the second team and we probably need to address universities and the fact that there’s a very clear south base around the internationals.
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After the success of the last blog post I’ve decided to do a 3 part series breaking down my ideas on solving the problems.
So let’s start with the league structure!
russellrambles24.blogspot.com/2025/07/englan…
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@GoaleeMurph @Addershockey Will raise it with the new skipper and coach. Need to see what our pre season plan looks like and when we have our players around. (Too many cricketers and students)
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@MACDS94 @Addershockey Haha! We may be looking for a team for a bit of a pre season knockabout at our place. Would be Mids 2/3 level if you're interested.
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Me: Never doing a committee role again, focusing on playing.
Also me: As of last night, leading the Communications and Fundraising charges for @Addershockey.
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@gazza0303 @CNWHC @MRHARESULTS @KhalsaLeamHC Well UoB tried their best to get themselves down but despite throwing away a 3-1 lead to draw 3-3 they will survive. This gives Khalsa and Loughborough town a reprieve from mids prem/ mids 1.
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@GoaleeMurph @LucasBall2211 @MemEnglandhokey @EnglandHockey I’ve been wondering this, Twitter still seems to have the most active hockey community but I hate that it’s supporting Musk. Clubs seem to be going towards Instagram but that’s less engaging other than to throw out team sheets, fixtures and results.
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@LucasBall2211 @MemEnglandhokey @EnglandHockey It is unfortunate that twitter has become a complete binfire. Where do we go next?
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Clearly @EnglandHockey have lost the password to their account, so on their behalf, let me introduce the new coach.
This is now not only a meme account but also (un)official account for the governing body 🥳
englandhockey.co.uk/media/news/jon…
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@hannahhhhh15 The sub conscious wants what the sub conscious wants. Maybe you’re just dreaming of being a United fan 😱
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@GoaleeMurph All games off for us. First time I think we’ve ever had them all called off on a Friday. If only we had a version of our sport that we could play during the coldest time and was accessible to all teams…
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