Benjamin Smith

Our thoughts on this significant and poignant day, as always, are with all those affected by the tragedy at Hillsborough and we pause in memory of the 97 fans who will never be forgotten.

@StephenEvans75 Looked like that for most of the season

Can’t believe how unfit we look. Wirtz and Kerkez blowing out their arses after 30 mins.

Greatness isn’t reaching the summit. It’s returning there. McIlroy just the fourth man to win back-to-back green jackets. But boy did he ride the Rory rollercoaster during that final round #TheMasters

@tmab1980 Despite having left the media in 2015?

@BSmith If there had been a strong, influential, and insightful media presence, a foolish coach like Slot wouldn't have been able to last. Therefore, you are complicit in the failures we, as a passionate fan base, are experiencing.

Another utterly joyless performance by Liverpool. One of so many this season. Totally devoid of pace, passion or any real purpose. Spurs at their lowest ebb and LFC were oh so welcoming. Believers to doubters … enough already

@Shanksalot @Jay82_LFC @JamesPearceLFC Try my best to forget 🤪

@BSmith @Jay82_LFC @JamesPearceLFC

FT: #LFC 0 Leeds 0: Liverpool kick off 2026 with a dour stalemate at Anfield. That was a tough watch. Signs of promise in the first half but the second-half performance was so poor. Littered with errors. Created next to nothing.

@patmurphybbc @5liveSport What an innings, Pat. You’ll be sorely missed by those of us who can’t remember a time when you weren’t on the radio! I’ve always admired your originality, creativity and unwavering honesty: a great storyteller and a legendary voice in every sense. Enjoy your retirement

Just done my last report for @5liveSport ending 51 yrs at the Beeb & 44 in the Sports Dept. My decision. Will remain on this platform, fulminating & eulogising in equal measure. Thanks for listening & ( usually) the supportive feedback.

@JamesPearceLFC 😆

@BSmith I take full responsibility mate

England were a hundred ahead with nine wickets left when I went to bed 🙈

@heraldsunsport The fact he came so prepared, as funny a comeback as it was, suggests this is something that’s still very much on his mind …

Monty Panesar said England should reignite Sandpaper-gate during the Ashes... Steve Smith came prepared. 😂

@Chem2006 @BBCRadioScot @Alasdair_Lamont @BBCSportScot So true 🙌

@BSmith @BBCRadioScot @Alasdair_Lamont @BBCSportScot Football can make grown men feel like they are 7 years old again at a moment’s notice. Sometimes football is a hard taskmaster, but when it pays back? Wow

Switched across to @BBCRadioScot on 90 mins in the vain hope it would somehow change 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿’s fortunes, and heard 8 mins of absolute commentary gold from @Alasdair_Lamont and @BBCSportScot from Hampden - have a listen: glorious, glorious 🙌 🏆 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@Andrew_Heaton Never a penalty. If that’s a pen, you’re great at replying on WhatsApp groups

It was a penalty and this is a shitshow Feels lithe new setup is caught between what we see and what the manager wants but it’s not working Feel like some big calls need making, like it or not, that’s football

@kc_opinionated @TheMasters Haha. The Masters is very special and the patrons there are the antithesis of what we saw at Bethpage. Worlds apart. Hope you get to Augusta one day soon

@BSmith I’ve never golfed. I’ve never been to a tournament, but I will probably see the @TheMasters one day, being that I live very close to the course. I’m struggling with understanding the behaviors shown at the #RyderCup2025 I thought golf was quiet, respectful, and dignified. ?????

Reflects very poorly on the American players that they are happy to stand by and listen to their own crowd abusing their opponents (and friends) when they’re lining up shots. These scenes with Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry do the #RyderCup no favours at all

@JamesKline14315 Amen, James

@AaronSchiro @luvrvlife Aaron, that's a really poor take. But you're entitled to your opinion. Surely you understand the law of cause and effect? No abuse from crowd, no reaction from the players. Do people come to your work and shout personal abuse at you while you're trying to do your job? #RyderCup

@luvrvlife @BSmith If players cant handle it they shouldent be giving them the middle finger and telling them to fuck off and then cry to officials about what's being said. Either shut up and golf or accept the drunken shit that people will say. They had security in order.

@67PurpleJules Sadly Julie, he didn't. Keegan Bradley had multiple opportunities to call out the fans and the poor behaviour but hasn't done. Nor have any of the US players. Nor did the top brass at the PGA of America. Disappointing #RyderCup #RyderCup2025

@BSmith Exactly right. Poor by Keegan Bradley not to call this out (unless he has and I haven’t seen it)

@danroan Staggeringly tone deaf

“Things like that are going to happen… I don't know what was said but I do know golf is the engine of good.” Don Rea - president of Ryder Cup organisers PGA of America - asked by BBC’s Stephen Watson what he made of y’day’s abuse of Rory McIlroy at Bethpage ⬇️

@AlexSmith90014 @flushingitgolf I know that, Alex. Real shame that 'American crowds' will be tarnished because of the behaviour of a relatively small group of people but if you allow it to happen and normalise it, then that's going to happen

Yes, sorry, I didn't know about that when I wrote my comment. Unbelievable. FWIW, I googled and a) The PGA commentator was fired -or quit-immediately afterwards; and b) Again, FWIW, she's not MAGA but a Democrat (ppl are blaming Trump for this, when a NY crowd is more likely to be D). The PGA actually had their electronic signboards flashing notices at the crowd to behave themselves. I'm stunned at the crowd's behavior. Look at the Masters or any major that happens in the US - golf crowds don't behave like this in America.🙄

The Ryder Cup crowd was out of control at Bethpage and this will have definitely played a part. It wasn’t even 7am when an official announcer was leading the 1st tee grandstand into a chant of “fuck you Rory” on the mic. Completely unacceptable