Sam Trafford

@Laker87405835 I'm starting to think that Colin is the mysterious "Monsanto Batman" once seen pulling up plants in the dead of night

Is this chap trying to gaslight freedom lovers and plant stampers just when we're celebrating our success? If so, it's working. Colin Urban's just poured a vodka into his snakebite.

@Laker87405835 😆

A Hoylake Nativity😥 Pregnant at Christmas, On a clear Hoylake morn. The hotel said No, As they were locally born. They went to a stable, Just outside, As illegals ate buffet, A cold Saviour cried. 3 men from the east, Followed a star, To that Wirral Hotel, And got a Free bar.

@ZackPolanski The button text remains off-centre

The Spectator have not yet had a full on right wing melt down. They're very close, though! Join.greenparty.org.uk

@Laker87405835 😆

Of all the things to choose, why snowflakes? This is how the left gets into your subconscious. Might as well have chosen light-up rubber dinghies. What's wrong with our suggestion of "Memory Nigels"? We'll be picketing Wirral trees obvs.

@Laker87405835 Bring back the Trappist Hog Roast. The highlight of COVID

Saw this in one of these Woke Hoylake groups. 12 replies and nobody said "Vape shop". #elitist

@ScarredForLife2 Remarkable

This film was made 103 years ago by the way

James and @thewildoutdoors talking all things ‘Dreaming Of You’ on the BBC the other day ⬇️

The Venus de Peado

@BimboLimboSpam I cycled past for a nosey. I should have stayed longer

@BimboLimboSpam I heard "Communist scum off our streets"

So just over two years in my dream job came to an end today as I became one of the statistics you’ve been reading about in the press associated with United. For those two years I loved every day of being able to work at Old Trafford, I loved the immense privilege despite it being such a difficult time in our history, hoping that I could help from within to contribute something positive. I’m beyond proud of my work outside of United, the kind reviews of my books and perception of me as a writer. To be described as the pre-eminent writer on the club by Martin Edwards, to have Tony Whelan say I have ‘no peers when it comes to articulating the nature and essence of our magnificent football club’ are not tributes I use to be boastful, but are compliments I’m incredibly, incredibly proud of, as they represent something I’ve worked extremely hard for.  That outside reputation earned the trust of some of the club’s most beloved families, as well as that of the family of Tom Tyrrell, who entrusted me with his archive. I was able to use some of that to create some fascinating content for the club, including podcasts to mark the 66th anniversary of Munich and the 25th anniversary of the Treble, which were both very warmly received. I was also trusted to conduct a one-man investigation to discover the foundation date of the club, which I accomplished. The club did not know of this beforehand. It is one of the most important pieces of information in the club’s history and I’m very proud that it was my research and investigation which discovered it.  I am proud that I worked on the campaign that saw former players awarded winners’ medals in 2023. I also conceived a legacy project to record interviews with elder figures at Old Trafford for archival use for future generations, and worked on important in-house academy projects.  And I have immense pride that copies of my books have been given to young academy players, as well as sit inside the walls of Old Trafford on the director’s corridors.  To see these things with my own eyes has been an indulgence I cannot describe. Obviously, I am heartbroken that my contribution is no longer of value to the club I love. I understand that difficult decisions have to be made. I have seen very talented people leave their roles, and I have seen legendary figures who are drenched in the history of our club been told they too are now part of the past; a past which is, for me, the richest history in football, a past which these people remain a significant part of the tapestry and educational process for the future. They are indispensible; the cost of losing them far greater than financial. I read all the comments on social media from those on the outside, who speak about the necessity of these decisions. People make jokes and comments, but we are talking about people working for the club, mostly because they love the club. It’s the biggest club in the country, possibly the world, and every loss I’ve seen and experienced has been significant to the operations. Every loss has been felt.  These are real people, real lives, being affected - not because of the quality of their performance or contribution. They work incredibly hard and feel, like I have done, a sense of gratitude and privilege and a dream coming true. There are people having to deliver terrible news which wasn’t their decision to make. A football club is not a normal business. It is a community asset, serving different needs. It is it’s history.  Anyway. So today I leave the club I love, hoping that one day, they will need me again, and that I’ll be back, my tiny little cog in the big machine, my sense of grandoise not lost on me with the self-importance of this post.  I’m by no means an important loss, but it’s an important loss to me.

A rich man's heaven is a poor man's hell youtu.be/ySqosiGiy_0?si…

@JamieBowman77 @rocking_bob @AceRecordsLtd Don't think so. Surely The Klubs would be on there if Wirral acts were permitted?

@rocking_bob @AceRecordsLtd Strange question Bob but do any of the acts come from Wirral?

Liverpool Sunset: The City After Merseybeat 1964-69 is a compilation I’ve put together for @AceRecordsLtd Kind of a geographical sequel to London A to Z. It’s a corker. Available to pre-order nnnnnow. acerecords.co.uk/liverpool-suns…

@sheallisonleigh I think about him every day. Thank u

Talking about comics tonight was so fun! It’s funny that a lot of followers don’t even know my past in that industry. Here are some gems I pulled that I highly recommend. (Only 4 featured cuz X 🫡) I miss you, Ed Piskor. 💔

@LeoCrusher @rosemeyer1939 Talking of St John's tower. I went up yesterday, filthy windows.

Once fans realise how terrible the transport options are from Bramley Moore, half the stadium will be empty by the end of the match. Same as Sunderland stadium of light. A long walk, so better start early...

I've deleted Threads. That's one of them at least.

This year's crimbo books

@FPLCrateDigger Amazing, and ridiculous that films like this and Wake In Fright are free to watch on YouTube

Highly recommend. Whole movie on YT atm

@MorleyLass92 Is it still there? - when I was a kid I thought it was a shop for men who only repaired clocks.

Finally the largest painting I have ever completed is done. This painting has been rattling round in my head for years. It’s our ‘go-to’ shop particularly as we have bought and lived in old houses in Scarborough and had to DIY as we couldn’t afford tradesmen. ….🧵