John Lawrence

I'll hold back today's bird report for an hour or so, as for the last few evenings they have been singing later, due to longer daylight hours I guess. One very unusual bird to report, and I assumed it was an error, but an online check confirms they have been recorded locally. 🦚

@AboutEG The east grinstead Thameslink service is simply terrible.

Trains: The 06:44 and 07:14 Thameslink services from East Grinstead are cancelled due to late running and crew issues.

Chase me, I dare you. ⛰️ #JapanAwaits

@MillwallElmo @SportSJA @ThePalaceWay @JacquesAFC @Reuters @GettyImages I can only assume that’s why they have done it. The article says the judges made a comment that the photo was “a moment of real impact” …..you’re not kidding he ended up in hospital! I’m surprised Millwall fans are not all over this.

@johnbungle @SportSJA @ThePalaceWay @JacquesAFC @Reuters @GettyImages It's fucking hilarious

🏆 Congratulations to Picture of the Year award winner @JacquesAFC! 🥈 Hannah McKay @Reuters 🥉 Julian Finney @GettyImages #SJA2025

@SportSJA The judges said Feeney’s photo for Offside Sports Photography was “a moment of real impact” .. Grow up, the player was seriously injured and it’s extremely offensive for you to celebrate such a horrible incident. Shame on you, maybe it’s time to live in the real world. idiots.

NEW: Getty Images’ Julian Finney claims his first SJA Canon Photographer of the Year crown 🏆 📸 Finney also successful in Canon Portfolio category; stablemate Carl Recine wins Football Portfolio and News Picture; veteran photographer Bob Martin wins Doug Gardner Award; Jacques Feeney takes Picture of the Year… #SJA2025 sportsjournalists.co.uk/awards-news/ca…

@Rinoire @vividcloudofwat At Bicester yesterday, beautiful classic.

#Lamborghini Miura P400

@SportSJA @GettyImages Shameful to celebrate such a violent incident. What sort of hateful clowns have been involved in this awful horrible vote.

🏆 Congratulations to Canon Sports Photographer of the Year Julian Finney from @GettyImages! #SJA2025

@SportSJA @ThePalaceWay @JacquesAFC @Reuters @GettyImages Mateta suffered a severe, "destroyed" left ear injury requiring 25 stitches and plastic surgery following a high boot challenge from Millwall goalkeeper. The incident left his ear severely damaged and partially detached, causing him to be rushed to the hospital for emergency

@SkySportsNews @CFO4TAG So we want to create a situation where after making a save, all goalkeepers know they can stay down ‘injured’ to immediately stop the game regardless of any other consideration such as whether the player is actually injured or just out of position.

"Munoz did the right thing" 🦅 Jay Bothroyd claims that Crystal Palace defender Daniel Munoz was right to "play to the whistle" after he scored whilst Liverpool's goalkeeper Freddie Woodman was down injured 🗣️

@DaleJohnsonBBC @KieranMaguire It’s all nonsense anyway. To think that Marinakis could argue having no decisive influence at Forest because his shares are in a temporary blind trust. Simpler to just let people say they have no influence whilst winking and crossing their fingers behind their back.

Lawyers were desperately shuffling documents ahead of Uefa's March 1 deadline. Could a Premier League team lose a place in Europe again? Looking at: 📌 Everton & Roma 📌 Chelsea & Strasbourg 📌 Nottm Forest & Olympiakos 📌 Brighton, Hearts & Union SG 👇 bbc.co.uk/sport/football…

@AboutEG How did the catamaran compare with the hovercraft? I’ve completed several trips on the hovercraft in recent years and always found it very easy and flexible.

Back in East Grinstead after a great week on the Isle of Wight. Three modes of transport brought me home - a Catamaran from Ryde to Portsmouth, a Train from there to Three Bridges and a Metrobus 291 for the final leg (wheel?). The whole Ryde to EG journey took less than 3 hours.

@TLRailUK Regular reminder to anyone looking to move to #eastgrinstead. Thameslink tried to use the pandemic to completely remove their EG services, we are now left with half of what we had pre covid and EG service is always sacrificed to protect rest of network from potential disruption.

How will trains be affected? 🤷 /1 ❌ Trains which run on the below routes will be suspended in both directions and will not run until further notice; - Brighton to Cambridge - East Grinstead to Bedford ℹ️ If you would usually use these routes, please use alternative Great Northern, Southern and Thameslink services to travel. Your journey time could be extended by 20-30 minutes as you will need to change onto more than usual trains.

⚠️Due to a fault with the signalling system between London Bridge and Norwood Junction some lines towards Norwood Junction are blocked 📢Train services running to and from these stations may be delayed 🕓Disruption is expected until 20:45

AboutEG is taking an overdue break for a few days. The odd post (tweet) may still pop up, but the main focus won't be on EG for now. Some followers worked out where I'm going (flying over the sea at an altitude of 5 feet) and I got my floating bridge tickets this morning. 🤔🌞🏖️

For anyone who used a computer between 1990 & 2005… what’s the one game you still think about?

@cristianocupin @ForzaHorizon @grok MG Metro 6R4

@johnbungle @ForzaHorizon @grok que carro é esse?

All eyes on you. No pressure, right? #JapanAwaits

Lovely day trip to Highcliffe beach on Saturday.

@FabrizioRomano Let’s face it, he’s appealed for far far softer at old Trafford and that’s part of the problem.

🚨 Harry Maguire: “So soft… but that's where football is at at the moment and I should know better”. You would think both decisions would reach the same outcome”.

@henrywinter It must be very confusing for Man Utd when at old Trafford you can win a penalty for being tickled and feel confident enough that you appeal to the referee that you’ve been kicked in the head when you know that you havnt.

Decisions, decisions. Amad Diallo was a penalty. That gets given as a free-kick anywhere else on the pitch. It’s even more a penalty than the Matheus Cunha penalty (which was a pen, however “soft”). Amad was just less theatrical. Penalty not given. Wrong decision. Harry Maguire was a penalty and red card. DOGSO. Penalty and red card given. Correct decision.  Understandable debate over the decisions and inevitable frustration for Manchester United. But United have benefited from decisions that go their way this season. All clubs have these issues, examples, frustrations. The main issue here is … 1) General standard of officiating in the Premier League. Amad decision was poor. Even more investment required in grass-roots refereeing, in fast-tracking talent, in training up academy graduates who don’t make it as pros, and in continued work to improve further the Select Group refs. PL has some good officials. Just need more. 2) Football belongs to fans, not officials. Fans deserve to know what is going on in real time. When decision/incident being discussed by officials, audio should be played live. The authorities don’t want to, feel it places too much pressure on officials so content themselves with brief explanation when announcing decision and clarification on PL Match Centre. Fans in the stadium and tuning in pay a lot for tickets and subscriptions, respectively, and shouldn’t be kept in the dark. Audio works well in rugby union and cricket (and acknowledging those sports have more pauses in play). l went to a VAR demonstration (not PL) earlier this week given by an elite official. Hearing the audio between officials gave insight into the process - and respect for what they are dealing with at speed, especially with players trying to con them.  You are never going to get complete consistency over decisions. There’s always going to be an element of subjectivity with so many incidents. But fans deserve more transparency and accountability. It might restore some trust. #BOUMUN