Pete Oliver

@MarkOgden_ Spot-on Mark. Never been an ‘assist’ fan. Might be the best passer in the world with the worst set of forwards and never get an assist. Equally, roll the ball five yards sideways miles out, let the scorer do the rest and hey-presto! Stats might be a guide but no more. Moan over.

Maybe just rename assists as ‘last player to touch the ball before somebody scores…’

One of the best.

@CharlotteFC @PhilBirdBFC @rugsdotcom Old habits die hard!

Ready for a par-tea 🫖

🤞🏻if you know……..

@daveflettpress @YorkCityFC In one way but also feels like another world! A lot happened since.

@peteoliver68 @YorkCityFC Thanks Pete! Doesn’t seem two minutes since you were dealing with Stan Ternent at Burnley and me Lennie Lawrence with Luton!

Incredible scenes yesterday. Not the finish we all wanted. So agonising, but what a game to look forward to next weekend. Anyway, please feel free to read my take on events @YorkCityFC fans. It’s been a while…

@DominicKing_DM @MailSport You’ve certainly stayed the course! Good luck with whatever’s next Dom.

So this is where it ended. The finishing line for the Grand National and the finishing line for this reporter. After 15 years on @MailSport, having the privilege to see history unfold on pitches, gallops and golf courses, it’s time to leave. Thank you for all your feedback.

Vested interests aside, congratulations to @LincolnCity_FC A magnificent achievement and evidently a superb team effort with the legendary John Helm calling them home. Hope ‘we’ can find a way to follow them up 🫡

@PhilBirdBFC And I bet he loved every minute of it!

2026 - no easter games 1978 - three games in four days Saturday - Burnley 4 Oldham Athletic 1 Easter Monday - Blackburn Rovers 0 Burnley 1 Tuesday - Blackpool 1 Burnley 1 Three goals for Terry Cochrane ⚽️⚽️⚽️

Happy summers to everyone covering the @CountyChamp this season. Go well 🏏 bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/…

What an incredible job Rob Elliot is doing at @GatesheadFC Needed snookers and now they’re out of the @NL_Enterprise relegation zone 👏🏻

@daveflettpress Hard to argue Dave, although I’d be happy to see @Jamestrafford6 get a medal.

Why do clubs play 10 strongest outfield players in cup finals and reserve keepers? Makes no sense, does it? Just another example of copycat management in modern game.

@RickersTwickers I hear you.

@peteoliver68 And from an era when very few games were televised. No VAR, no over-analysis of every incident and an acceptance that the officials were in charge. Not one to say ‘in my day’ but it is becoming increasingly difficult not to do so.

The Big Match Re-Visited should be required viewing for the modern game. Purer football - apart from goalkeepers picking up a back pass! No huddles around the referee here - or trying to dupe him every two minutes. All our yesterdays…..

Re the starts. Grey Dawning wouldn’t have got up the hill but they did race nearly another furlong in the Gold Cup.

@campbellclaret @alanshearer Perhaps only in the @premierleague and the ‘top end’ Alastair. @EFL as lively as ever and over 800 at @ClitheroeFC yesterday. Hope you’re well.

Made the mistake of watching MotD - the more you see the two VAR decisions the more you worry technology is ruining so many parts of our life! Stealing childhood. Boosting crime. Ruining football. @alanshearer spot on. To take five minutes to decide a “clear and obvious error” is utterly ridiculous. Football is dying.

@PhilBirdBFC Early night Phil?

Goodnight Clarets 💤😴

This brought back a few memories today. Delighted to see our boys win though.

I thought there was a hint of maroon in the left-hand pic 🤔

Another transfer window closed. Can’t blame this one for going grey (or white!) ✍🏻