Martin McConachie

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 🏆

Fantastic tweet. Deserves to bang.

🏃‍♂️ - Second quickest 10k run this morning 🏅 ⚽️ - @bristolcitywfc beat the league leaders 🌞 - Sun shone all day! ⚽️ - Arsenal lose in the Cup Final ! #supersunday

Completed it!

Season #9 for OPTA, matchday #76 of the campaign. Back at Ashton Gate again for @bristolcitywfc v @CAFCWomen. Big game for the Robins as defeat would deal a blow to hopes of achieving promotion to the WSL this season. The Valiants sit 9 points clear at the top so a tough ask.

Gloucester 10k - let’s do this!!

Season #9 for OPTA, matchday #75 of the campaign, it’s the first of two successive days at Ashton Gate as the men’s first team @BristolCity host @WBA in the Championship….

No parkrun run today (Gloucester 10k tomorrow) so volunteering at Chipping Sodbury parkrun this morning….

… Midlands and met Ryan this lunchtime in Leamington Spa. That’s 139 done, just 75 left to go. Cheers Nathan, hugely appreciated.

🚨🚨🚨 IT’S ANOTHER ONE!! 🚨🚨🚨 Ryan’s third signing in 24 hours is Nathan Talbott, whose one and only appearance, was in the March 2004 2-1 win over Bury, the game of Dani Rodrigues’s bicycle kick. Hugo Rodrigues also played in the fixture. Nathan is now a lawyer in the …

@Belgian_glover @YTFC @Jemma_Lucy_ Dani and Hugo live in the same city (Santa Maria de Feira) now, hence Ryan met them both today.

@Belgian_glover @YTFC @Jemma_Lucy_ Just watched it once, er, twice, ahem, a dozen times. Fantastic finish, and what a way to announce yourself to your new club. For those not lucky enough to be there... youtube.com/watch?v=Vwsm25…

So, the correct answer was in fact, Dani Rodrigues. Dani joined @YTFC on a short term deal in March 2004 and scored 4 goals in 4 games before moving on. Today, he works at a car dealership in Santa Maria de Feira, Portugal and my youngest lad, Ryan, met him today. Thanks Dani.

🚨This is not a drill, this is not a drill!🚨 We have ANOTHER signature for the book. 😍 He met Ryan in Portugal this afternoon, showed him around the town, posed for a pic, signed the book & chatted about his time at @YTFC with great fondness. Thanks so much, Hugo Rodrigues.

He wasn't at @YTFC for long but had a memorable loan spell including a goal that no one there will ever forget. @BristolCity fans with long(ish) memories will remember him. I'll let you know later. ⏱️

Delighted to say that our copy of my @YTFC book "10" has this afternoon got another signature! 💚🤍 I wrote the book in 2013 based on our 1st decade in the @EFL and the aim is to get as many of the 214 players that played from 2003-2013 to sign it. Today, number 136! But who?

@hamish_hurst 🎵 "Hamish scores headers, everywhere he goes Hamish scores headers, everywhere he goooooooesssss.... everywhere he goes!🎵 Hardly breaking news anymore.

About time really

Season #9 for OPTA and matchday #74 of the campaign, it’s @Official_BRFC v @shrewsburytown at the Memorial Stadium….

@PascalNieuwland @bfcgpg Of course, yes, my bad! I know they can go back to see if any offences in the build up to the goal but wasn't sure how far before the goal this incident is.

@HamdonMart @bfcgpg No goal, no potential red or penalty kick. So, not eligible for VAR

Think you know the backpass rule? It reads "it has been deliberately kicked to the goalkeeper by a team-mate" So....was this a backpass or not?

@Clonc6 @bfcgpg VAR simply not fit for purpose. Too many quirks regarding where, when & how it gets involved and to what extent. Needs a reboot and fast.

@HamdonMart @bfcgpg Nope not at all. Lead to their first goal too